Five dead in Syria following airstrikes – report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 01:19

Attack in Syria on August 25, 2019.

Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles over the southern region of the country on Monday near Damascus, state television cited a Syrian military source as saying. The source accused Israel as being behind the attacks.

The strikes reportedly killed five Iranian-backed militiamen, including three of non-Syrian nationalities according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Initially, the state news agency SANA cited a military source as saying that at least two people were killed, and seven injured. The agency said a civilian woman had been killed and her husband injured in the blast. It was not immediately clear if she was among the two deaths initially reported by the military source, who had said that seven soldiers were wounded.

While Syrian officials are accusing Israel of being behind the attack, the IDF has yet to comment or confirm.