Syria condemns Israeli strike that killed six soldiers

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Published On: 28 Aug 2025, 08:39

DAMASCUS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Syria on Wednesday condemned an Israeli drone strike that killed six soldiers outside Damascus the previous day, as Israel carried out another attack on the area.

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since an Islamist-led alliance toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December.

It has also opened talks with the interim authorities in Damascus.

In a statement, Syria's foreign ministry called the strike "a gross violation of international law and the United Nations Charter".

It added that the attack represented "a clear breach of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic".

State television reported six army personnel "were killed in strikes by Israeli occupation drones" near Kisweh, outside Damascus, in the Tuesday attack.

On Wednesday, state television reported that Israeli aircraft "targeted sites near the city of Kisweh in the Damascus countryside".

A defence ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity that at least three Israeli strikes targeted a former Syrian military base in Tal Maneh, near Kisweh.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the latest strikes, and did not respond to an AFP request for comment on Tuesday's attack.

Earlier Tuesday, state news agency SANA reported that "a young man was killed in an Israeli strike on a home in the village of Taranja", on the formerly Syrian-controlled side of the armistice line on the Golan Heights.

Since Assad's overthrow, Israel has occupied much of a UN-patrolled demilitarised zone on the Syrian-held side of the armistice line.

 

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