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Israeli 'aggression' near Damascus and in south Syria: State media
The attacks, which usually refer to air strikes, were near the village of Rwihinah in the southern province of Quneitra near the occupied Golan Heights, and in the area of Jabal al-Manea in Damascus province, it said.
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People gather at the site of an explosion in al-Bab, Syria on Tuesday in this picture obtained from social media. (Reuters/MMC/Sharif l Halabi)
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yrian state news agency SANA reported two separate Israeli "aggression" in south Syria and outside the capital Damascus late Tuesday.
The attacks, which usually refer to air strikes, were near the village of Rwihinah in the southern province of Quneitra near the occupied Golan Heights, and in the area of Jabal al-Manea in Damascus province, it said.
There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
Israel has carried out hundreds of air and missile strikes on Syria since the civil war broke out in 2011, targeting Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces as well as Syrian government troops.
On Wednesday last week, Israeli warplanes struck Iranian targets in Syria, in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after explosive devices were found near one of its bases on the Golan Heights.
SANA said those strikes had killed three Syrian soldiers, while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven allied foreign fighters also died.
The Israeli army rarely acknowledges individual strikes.
On Saturday night, air strikes killed 14 pro-Iran militia fighters from Iraq and Afghanistan in east Syria, the Observatory said, adding they were likely Israeli air raids.
Syria's war has killed more than 380,000 people and displaced millions more since starting in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.
