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At least 3 soldiers killed in latest Israeli strike on Syria

AT LEAST three soldiers were killed and seven wounded when an Israeli air strike hit the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus in the early hours of today.

According to the Syrian military, the rockets were fired from the occupied Golan Heights just after 12.30am. 

“The Syrian army air defence confronted the aggression’s missiles and shot down some of them,” a source said. 

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