An Israeli missile attack has killed two civilians and left material damage on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, Syria.
Israel carried out the attack at about 5’o clock in the morning on Monday, hitting positions south of Damascus, Syria’s official SANA news agency said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a monitoring group, said the missiles hit “a weapons and ammunition depot operated by Iran-backed militias near the Damascus International Airport”.
According to SOHR, Israel has carried out raids in Syria at least seven times since the start of the year.
Last month, Israeli raids near Damascus killed two Syrian soldiers and four Iran-backed militia fighters, the war monitor said.
Since war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air attacks inside the country, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and fighters of the Shia group Hezbollah.
