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Four people killed in air attack on Damascus' outskirts - Reports

| @indiablooms | Jul 01, 2019, at 10:19 am

Moscow, July 1 (Sputnik/UNI): The recent air attack on the outskirts of the Syrian capital city of Damascus resulted in four people have been killed, while 21 more were wounded, local media reported on Monday.

Earlier in the day, media reported that the Syrian Air Defence Force repelled an air attack on the southern outskirts of Damascus and Homs, shooting down at least three missiles. According to a Sputnik correspondent, explosions were heard in the skies above Damascus. A military source told Sputnik later that the attack was carried out by the Israeli Air Force from Lebanon's airspace.


Syrian state television reported that one of those four people, who were killed in the area of Damascus, was a child, adding that one-month-old child was among those injured.


Ikhbariya TV channel reported that several houses in Sahnaya town were damaged due to explosions pressure.  

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