Syria says Israeli strike in Damascus killed civilians; Israeli fired on peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, UN says
Syria’s foreign ministry has condemned a suspected Israeli air strike on an apartment building in Damascus that, it says, killed seven civilians. The ministry said women and children were among the dead from Tuesday evening’s attack on the Mezzeh neighborhood, which houses the Iranian embassy and other diplomatic facilities. Israel's military has not commented. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 13, including nine civilians and two members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which is a key ally of Iran and Syria's government. The UK-based monitoring group said the strike targeted an apartment frequented by leaders of Iran's "Axis of Resistance". Syria’s state news agency, Sana, cited a military source as saying that the building was hit by three missiles launched by Israeli aircraft from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights identified the civilians killed as a Yemeni doctor, his wife and their three children, as well as a woman and…
10 Oct 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday