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Report: At least three killed by Israeli missile strike in Syria

U.K.-based monitor group reports at least three “foreign nationals, likely Iranians” were killed an Israeli strike south of Damascus • Syrian state media reports downing of Israeli missiles.

A satellite image of Israel's purported airstrikes on Syria showing damage to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps/Quds Force headquarters near the Al Mazzeh Airport in Syria. Source: ImageSat International.
A satellite image of Israel’s purported airstrikes on Syria showing damage to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps/Quds Force headquarters near the Al Mazzeh Airport in Syria. Source: ImageSat International.

Syrian air defenses opened fire on missiles fired from within Israeli territory on Sunday night, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Monday.

One of the intercepted Israeli missiles came down near the Damascus suburb of Aqraba, according to the report. Damascus residents reported hearing explosions near the capital.

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group said in a statement that “three foreign nationals—probably of Iranian origin” were killed in the attack.

SOHR reported on Nov. 20 that 11 foreign nationals were killed by Israeli missile strikes near Damascus, including on areas serving as a weapons depot, surface-to-air missile batteries, regime forces barracks and Iranian Quds Force camps.

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