Israeli Missile Strike Kills Soldiers Near Damascus

Israeli Missile Strike Kills Soldiers Near Damascus
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Four Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday, Syria’s defense ministry said, in an Israeli missile attack on positions near Damascus that a war monitor said had hit an arms depot.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported a higher death toll of five Syrian troops and four soldiers of other nationalities, adding that the strike had hit at least five different positions outside the capital.