SNN identified the officer as Saeid Abyar without giving his rank.
Earlier on Monday, Syrian state media said, citing a military source that a number of people were killed in an Israeli air attack targeting sites in the vicinity of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday. This is the second reported attack on the country in less than a week.
The strikes at around 12:20 a.m. (2120 GMT on Sunday) "led to a number of fatalities and some material damage," the source said without elaborating.
Israel allegedly launched air attacks on May 29 on Syria's central region as well as the coastal city of Baniyas, killing a child and injuring ten civilians, according to Syrian state media. READ MORE
