1 killed, 3 wounded in Israeli strike against Syrian base in Damascus countryside

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DAMASCUS, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- One soldier was killed and three others were wounded on Wednesday by a fresh Israeli missile attack against a military base in the western countryside of the capital Damascus, state news agency SANA reported.

The missile attack was carried out from outside the Syrian airspace at dawn and targeted an air defense unit in the Zabadani suburb west of Damascus, SANA said.

The Syrian air defenses intercepted some of the missiles, it added.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israeli attack targeted a base run by the Shiite Lebanese Hezbollah in Zabadani.

According to the Britain-based watchdog, the targeted base had been used by Hezbollah to transport weapons.

In 2020, Israel has carried out 39 attacks on military bases in Syria as opposed to 52 in 2019 and 2018 combined, said the Observatory.

Israel has repeatedly said it will not tolerate any military activity of Iran-backed militias in Syria. Enditem

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