Israeli airstrike on Damascus countryside kills four soldiers, injures three others

At least four Syrian army troops have been killed and three others injured after “hostile” Israeli missiles hit the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, in yet another act of aggression against the Arab country.

Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing a military source, reported that Israeli aircraft fired several missiles from the direction of the northeastern Israeli city of Tiberias, which lies on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, at areas in the vicinity of Damascus at 0:41 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2141 GMT Wednesday).

Most of the projectiles were intercepted and destroyed before hitting any of their targets, it added.

The source said four soldiers had lost their lives while three others were wounded. The airstrike also caused some material damage.

Back on April 14, Israeli missiles were intercepted by the Syrian air defense systems over the western countryside of Damascus.

Syria confronts Israeli airstrikes outside Damascus

Syria’s air defenses confront Israeli airstrikes against the countryside of the Arab country’s capital Damascus.

An unnamed military source said at the time that the missiles were reportedly fired from the direction of Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

A similar attack was carried out by Israel on April 9 against the northwestern Syrian city of Masyaf, which only caused material losses at the targeted area.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.

Syrian air defenses repel Israeli aggression over town of Masyaf in Hama province

Syrian air defenses repel Israeli aggression over town of Masyaf in central province of Hama.

Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the resistance movement Hezbollah which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against the foreign-backed terrorists.

The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on Syrian territories which many view as knee-jerk reaction to Syrian government’s increasing success in confronting terrorism.

Israel has been a main supporter of terrorist groups that have opposed the government of President Bashar al-Assad since foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria nine years ago.

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Israeli military drone crashes in Syria

Also on Tuesday, an Israeli military drone crashed in the Syrian territory.

The Israeli military said the incident was being investigated, claiming that no sensitive information was lost due to the crash and there was no risk of intelligence being taken from the device.

The military did not specify the drone model or the circumstances that led to its crash.

While it remains unclear what exactly caused the unmanned aerial vehicle to fall, similar past incidents have been reported by the Israeli military as the result of technical mishaps.

Back in September last year, a similar event occurred when another drone which belonged to the Israeli military fell in the Syrian territory after it purportedly suffered a technical malfunction.

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