Syria says four soldiers killed in alleged Israeli airstrike on Damascus

Israeli airstrikes targeted areas in and near Syria’s capital Damascus early Monday, killing four Syrian soldiers, the country’s official media said early Monday.

Another four soldiers were wounded in the alleged Israeli sortie at around 2:20 a.m. and there was unspecified property damage, Syria’s state-run SANA media outlet reported.

“The aggression led to the death of four soldiers, the wounding of four others and some material losses,” SANA quoted a military official saying. READ MORE