Syrian officials said Tuesday that Israeli strikes killed at least six soldiers across its southern regions. Israel has carried out consistent attacks on its neighbour since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad despite pursuing talks with the country's interim authorities.
Syriaon Wednesday condemned an Israeli drone strike that killed six soldiers outsideDamascusthe previous day, asIsraelcarried out another attack on the area.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since an Islamist-led alliance toppled longtime rulerBashar al-Assadin December.
It has also opened talks with the interim authorities in Damascus.
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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 occupationdrones" 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".
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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 theGolan Heights.
Since Assad's overthrow, Israel has occupied much of a UN-patrolled demilitarised zone on the Syrian-held side of the armistice line.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
Originally published on France24
