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Nine soldiers among the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad were reportedly killed in an attack attributed to Israel in Aleppo on Sunday night, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
A Syrian military official on Sunday accused Israel of attacking the Al-Nayrab military air base in Syria near Aleppo, according to the official Syrian news agency SANA.
According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, nine people, including six Syrians and three others whose nationality has not been revealed, were killed at a logistics site used by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Guardians of the Iranian Revolution near the airport. State media said the strikes caused only "material damage".
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" The Zionist enemy returned in his desperate attempts to support the defeated terrorist organizations in Daraa and Quneitra, and he attacked using missiles one of our military outposts at north of Al-Nayrab airport. The damage was caused to the property only, "said a Syrian communique.
The Observatory said the attack, which he said was probably conducted by Israel, was targeting a regime site
An IDF spokesman declined to comment on the report Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Ynet on Monday that he had no knowledge of the incident but said that Israeli policy towards Iran in Syria has not changed.
"We will not allow Iranian rooting in Syria, we will not let them to make Syria a kind of vanguard against the state of Israel and we act in accordance with our security interests, "he said.
Israel, concerned that Iran's growing presence in Syria poses a threat to its security, has hit dozens of positions backed by Iran and Iran in Syria during the seven years of conflict.
Iran is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad and supports a number of militias, including Lebanese Hezbollah, who are fighting to support his regime.
Last Thursday, the Israeli army declared
He had hit three targets the night before in retaliation for the raid on Wednesday of a Syrian drone that was shot down on northern Israel.
"The Israeli army holds the Syrian regime accountable for the actions carried out on its territory and warns against other actions against Israeli forces," the Israeli statement said. time.
Friday, Israel fired a Patriot missile
to a drone approaching its border from Syria, the second such incident this week.
Israel, concerned that Iran's growing presence in Syria poses a threat to its security, has hit dozens of positions backed by Iran and Iran in Syria in during the seven years of conflict.
Iran is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad and supports a number of militias, including Lebanese Hezbollah, who are fighting for Assad's support.
Reuters contributed to this report.
