Israel today carried out an airstrike on Aleppo, Syria causing material damage, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

“The Israel carried out an air strike from the direction of the Mediterranean, west of Latakia, targeting a number of points south of the city of Aleppo,” the statement said.

In Jerusaleman Israeli military spokesman declined to comment.

Also, 19 militants linked to Iran were killed today and around 20 wounded by “probably Israeli” airstrikes on locations in eastern Syria, the IDF said. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

“Nineteen fighters linked to Iran, including four Syrians and six Iraqis, were killed in at least nine airstrikes targeting military positions in and around Bukamal” in Deir Ezzor province, which borders Iraq, the non-governmental organization said. government organization.

The strikes are “probably Israeli,” he told the French Agency Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman, who initially said they might have been carried out by the Pentagon.

Asked if a US strike had been carried out in eastern Syria, a US military official, who asked not to be named, told AFP that “the United States did not carry out any defensive strikes during (last) night”.