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Air strike by Israel leaves four soldiers wounded

SYRIA hit out at “Israeli aggression” yesterday after four soldiers were wounded in an air strike close to the capital Damascus.

A military source said that the attack had also caused some material damage but insisted that Syrian air defences had “intercepted the aggression and shot down most of the missiles.”

According to Syrian state news agency Sana, the attack came from the direction of Lebanon.

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