Israel raids on Syria killed 42 - report

Damage is seen in what appears to be a chicken farm following an air strike near Damascus. Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove columns of fire into the night sky.

Damage is seen in what appears to be a chicken farm following an air strike near Damascus. Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove columns of fire into the night sky.

Published May 6, 2013

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Beirut -

Israeli air raids on three military sites near Damascus killed at least 42 soldiers at the weekend, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in an updated toll on Monday.

“At least 42 soldiers were killed in the strikes, and another 100 who would usually be at the targeted sites remain unaccounted for,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

The Britain-based watchdog group had earlier given a toll of at least 15 soldiers killed. - Sapa-AFP

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