An Israeli airstrike within the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday killed 11 folks, in keeping with a battle monitor, as Israel continues to focus on Syrian weapons and army infrastructure even after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated the airstrike focused a weapons depot that belonged to Assad’s forces close to the economic city of Adra, northeast of the capital.
The observatory stated no less than 11 folks, largely civilians, have been killed. Beirut-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV additionally reported the airstrike however put the dying toll at six. The Israeli army didn’t touch upon the airstrike Sunday.
Israel, which has launched a whole bunch of airstrikes over Syria because the nation’s rebellion turned-civil battle broke out in 2011, hardly ever acknowledges them. It says its targets are Iran-backed teams that backed Assad. Israel additionally needs to take away a risk posed by weapons in Syria, which is now ruled by Islamists.
Syrian insurgents who ousted Assad in a lightning ofensive in early December have demanded that Israel stop its airstrikes.
Elsewhere, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels attacked close to the strategic northern border city of Kobani, which is below the management of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, following weekslong clashes. The SDF shared a video of a rocket assault that destroyed what it stated was a radar system south of the town of Manbij, which the Turkish-back group captured earlier this month.
The Kurdish-led group is Washington’s key ally in Syria, the place it’s closely concerned in concentrating on sleeper cells belonging to the extremist Islamic State group.
In different developments: — Syrian state-run media stated a mass grave was discovered close to the third largest metropolis of Homs. SANA stated civil protection staff have been despatched to to the positioning in al-Kabo, one among many suspected mass graves the place tens of hundreds of Syrians are believed to have been buried throughout a brutal crackdown below Assad and his community of safety businesses.
An Egyptian activist wished by Cairo on prices of incitement to violence and terrorism, Abdulrahman al-Qardawi, was detained by Lebanese safety forces after crossing the porous border from Syria, in keeping with two judicial and one safety officers who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to to speak to the press.
Al-Qardawi is an Egyptian activist residing in Turkey and an outspoken critic of Egypt’s authorities. He had reportedly visited Syria to affix celebrations after Assad’s downfall.
His late father, Youssef al-Qaradawi, was a prime and controversial Egyptian cleric revered by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. He had lived in exile in Qatar for many years.
Lebanese safety forces apprehended an armed group within the northern metropolis of Tripoli that kidnapped a gaggle of 26 Syrians who have been not too long ago smuggled into Lebanon, two Lebanese safety officers stated on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to share the data with the media. The Syrians included 5 ladies and 7 youngsters, and safety officers are working to return them to Syria.
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