Sharjah 24 – AFP: Five Syrian soldiers were wounded in an Israeli air strike near the western city of Homs early Sunday, Syria's state news agency SANA said.
The strike was Israel's third in recent days after Damascus was targeted on the nights of March 30 and 31, according to the agency.
"Today at around 00:35 (2135 GMT), the Israeli enemy carried out an air assault from northeast of Beirut targeting positions in the city of Homs and its province," SANA reported on Sunday, citing a military source.
Syria's air defence intercepted several missiles, but five soldiers were wounded and some material damage was reported, the source added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the strikes targeted several military positions of Syrian government forces and pro-Iran groups in Homs.
The NGO said explosions rocked the city and a fire broke out in a research centre, with ambulances heading to the scene of the attack.
Observatory director Rami Abdul Rahman told AFP that in addition to the five wounded Syrian soldiers, several Iranian-affiliated fighters in the research centre had been killed in the strikes.
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