Israeli strikes on Syria kill 9 militia fighters
Israeli missile strikes against several targets near Syria's capital Damascus killed at least nine pro-regime militia fighters early yesterday, a Britain-based war monitor said.
"Nine Iran-backed militia fighters were killed" in Israeli strikes targeting arms depots, including missile stores, around Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Observatory said all the fighters killed were non-Arab "pro-government" forces but it said it could not determine if they were Afghan, Pakistani or Iranian.
"Syrian air defences intercepted a sizable number of the missiles but many hit their targets and caused material damage," it said.
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