Syria says Israeli strikes killed 3, damaged air defense units

May 10, 2018

The Times of Israel:

Syria’s military said Thursday that Israeli airstrikes overnight had killed three people and wounded two, destroyed a radar station and an ammunition warehouse, and damaged a number of air defense units.

Israel launched the attacks in Syria in response to a barrage of rockets fired from Syrian territory that it blamed on Iranian forces.

In a statement carried by state news agency SANA, Syria’s foreign ministry said that the Israeli strikes on its territory were a “direct confrontation” that marked a “new phase” in the country’s seven-year conflict.

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