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Palestinians walk among the rubble at the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2023. — Picture by REUTERS

Damascus calls for stop to Israeli strikes on civilian targets

CAIRO, Jan 21 — Syria urges the international community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following an Israeli airstrike on Damascus which killed at least five people, reported Sputnik.

“Syria calls on the international community to take urgent measures to stop the crimes and massacres committed by the Zionist entity against innocent civilians and civilian objects,” the ministry said in a statement.

On Saturday, Iranian media reported that Israel’s airstrike on Damascus killed five military advisers of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, including a commander of the intelligence service of the Quds Force. The ministry added that several civilians were also killed and injured as a result of the attack.

— Bernama

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