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Alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria reportedly kills 3 Iranians

Israel "will regret" its actions, says senior political adviser to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after Sunday night's alleged Israeli missile strike in Damascus.

by  i24NEWS , News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  12-24-2019 08:09
Last modified: 12-24-2019 14:23
Alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria reportedly kills 3 IraniansSTR/AFP

Syrian air defenses engage Israeli missiles targeting Damascus | Archives: STR/AFP

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A Syrian war monitoring group said Monday that an Israeli missile strike overnight Sunday near the capital of Damascus killed at least three foreigners, who were most likely Iranians.

The top Syrian diplomat accused Israel of carrying out missile "aggression" on Damascus and its suburbs. There was no immediate comment from Israel.

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Syria Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem spoke in Moscow during a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, according to Syria's state news agency SANA. He did not provide further details.

Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior political adviser to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Russia's state-funded RT channel in an interview published on Monday that Israel "will regret" the alleged missile strikes.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitoring group that has activists around the country, said the Israeli strikes killed three non-Syrians, adding that they were most likely Iranians. It said there were wounded in the attack that struck an area south of Damascus.

Shortly before midnight Sunday, Syrian air defenses engaged the missiles fired from inside Israel, according to Syrian state media.

Damascus residents said explosions could be heard near the capital. State TV said one of the Israeli missiles was shot down near the suburb of Aqraba.

Last month, Israel said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in a "wide-scale" operation in response to rocket fire on the Israeli Golan Heights the day before.

Israel has repeatedly struck Iran-linked targets in Syria in recent years and has warned against any permanent Iranian presence on the frontier.

Parts of this article were originally published by i24NEWS.

Tags: airstrikesAyatollah Ali KhameneiIranIsraelSyriaSyrian Observatory for Human Rights

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