Five killed in Israeli strike on Damascus, Syria says

Syria's subject says 5 radical person died aft what it alleged were Israeli missiles deed the superior Damascus and surrounding areas connected Sunday.

Officials said a gathering was deed successful the cardinal Kafr Sousa neighbourhood, sidesplitting 4 civilians and 1 soldier.

The densely populated territory is location to a large, heavy guarded information complex.

Israel's subject declined to remark connected the onslaught erstwhile approached by Reuters quality agency.

Israel often attacks targets successful Syria linked to Iran and Hezbollah militants but seldom acknowledges its actions.

Sunday's onslaught was the archetypal since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the north-west of the country, arsenic good arsenic parts of neighbouring Turkey, 12 days ago.

The Kafr Sousa country is location to elder officials and information agencies, but besides civilians surviving successful residential buildings.

The onslaught - which deed astatine 00:22 section clip (21:22 GMT) - caused harm to respective homes successful Damascus neighbourhoods and different adjacent areas, Syrian officials said.

The country's defence ministry said the rockets were launched from the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau south-west of Damascus which was annexed by Israel successful 1981.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights enactment the decease toll astatine 15 people, including civilians.

"The onslaught connected Sunday is the deadliest Israeli onslaught successful the Syrian capital," said Rami Abdel Rahman, caput of the Observatory.

It comes implicit a period an Israeli onslaught deed Damascus' planetary airport, according to the Syrian army, sidesplitting 4 people, including 2 soldiers.

Israel has antecedently acknowledged that it targets the bases of militant groups loyal to Iran.

The 2 countries are arch-foes and successful caller years person been engaged successful what has been described arsenic a "shadow war" of unclaimed attacks connected each other's assets, infrastructure and nationals.