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At least 11 pro-Iranian fighters were killed Wednesday in Israeli strikes targeting the thousand-year-old city of Palmyra, in central Syria, an NGO said.
Among the fighters killed, seven are of Syrian nationality, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) which reported dozens of injured, including at least seven civilians, following “aircraft strikes “Israeli targeting three distinct areas in the city of Palmyra”, including an arms depot close to the industrial zone.
The strikes targeted the thousand-year-old city of Palmyra, Syria.
AFP
The official Syrian agency Sana reported explosions resulting from an “Israeli aggression targeting residential buildings and the industrial zone” of the city. Syrian television reported “wounded”.
In recent weeks, Israel, in open war in Lebanon against pro-Iranian Hezbollah, has intensified its strikes in Syrian territory, where the powerful Lebanese movement supports the Damascus regime.
The city of Palmyra in the Syrian desert, which is home to thousand-year-old Greco-Roman temples, was pillaged by the jihadists of the Islamic State group, at the height of the Syrian civil conflict, in one of the greatest disasters inflicted on Syrian heritage.
The escalation of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel since September 23 has pushed more than 500,000 people, mainly Syrians, to flee Lebanon to find refuge in their country of origin, according to the Lebanese authorities.
Since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against the neighboring country, targeting the Syrian army and groups backed by Tehran.
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