Israeli missiles have hit a military outpost near the Syrian capital Damascus killing nine people an hour after US President Donald Trump exited a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the British based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
Syria’s state-run media agency SANA says Syrian air defences intercepted and destroyed two of the incoming missiles which were fired at Kisweh, just south of the capital, an area known to have numerous Syrian army bases.
Syrian television also reported large explosions in the area.
The British-based observatory says the missiles targeted depots and rocket launchers that likely belong to Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.
The group, which monitors the Syria war through a network of activists on the ground, said it was not clear whether those killed were Revolutionary Guard members or members of a pro-Iranian militia. The report could not be independently confirmed.
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