Three fighters close to the Syrian regime were killed and four others were injured in his night air raid Israel against positions of the government army and organizations close to Iran near the outskirts of Damascus, according to the latest report released by the non-governmental organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Earlier, the Syrian state news agency, the SANAspoke of two soldiers who were injured in the strikes that targeted “certain positions on the outskirts of Damascus”.

Most of the Israeli missiles were intercepted by Syrian air defenses, the agency added, citing a source in the armed forces.

THE NGO, which is based in Britain and relies on a wide network of sources in the war-torn country, the Israeli strikes killed three people, a Syrian fighter close to the regime and two foreigners close to Tehran. Four other pro-regime fighters were wounded, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added.

He clarified that warehouses of the pro-Iranian armed movement Hezbollah of Lebanon were targeted, positions of 4th divisionan elite unit of the Syrian army, on the outskirts of Damascus, near the airport.

The blows also had the effect of causing fires, always according to the NGO.

This is the 20th Israeli one air raid within 2023.

Since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on Syrian territory, the vast majority of them from the air, against positions of the Syrian armed forces and their allies, especially Iranian forces and pro-Iranian armed groups, above all of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.

He rarely officially confirms operations in the neighboring country as part of this undeclared war, but he often declares that he will not allow Iran, his sworn enemy, to build a bridgehead or extend its influence on his doorstep.

Earlier this month, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Israel launched a raid against Hezbollah facilities and ammunition depots in the northwestern district of Homs (center), killing an Iranian member of the Revolutionary Guards and injuring others. four people.

It also hit an air defense base in Tartus province, according to the same source.

Since the start of the highly complex armed conflict, which has killed more than half a million people and uprooted millions more, Tehran has deployed its military, posing as trainers or “advisors”, to support the Syrian army. Many of them have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.