DAMASCUS: Five Iran-backed fighters were killed in an Israeli missile strike south of the Syrian capital, a Britain-based war monitor said. The attack wounded at least seven Syrian troops, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency, adding that the missiles were launched by warplanes over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The five killed were all non-Syrian paramilitary fighters, according to the Observatory. It added that 11 combatants were wounded in total — four non-Syrian fighters and seven Syrian troops, of which two were in a critical condition. It has targeted government troops, allied Iranian forces and fighters from Hezbollah, saying its goal is to end Tehran’s military presence in Syria.

Source: Manila Times July 23, 2020 17:00 UTC