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Syria condemns deadly Israel air strikes on ‘civilian sites’ near Damascus

An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet in December 2023 [Amir Cohen/Reuters]

Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has called on the United Nations to act following Israeli air strikes south of the Syrian capital Damascus, which a human rights monitor said have killed two people and left five others wounded.

Syrian state-run news agency SANA, citing a military source, said the attack on Monday evening at about 5:18pm local time (14:18 GMT) involved Israeli warplanes hitting “a number of civilian sites south of Damascus, resulting in material losses”.

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