Gaza Israeli air strikes on Syria's capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs on Thursday killed a soldier and wounded seven others. The strikes targeted two different locations in the Kfar Sousa neighbourhood of Damascus at 3:40am local time,

Israeli invasion targeted central Damascus and a military installation near Homs early Thursday, according to Syria’s defence ministry, killing one Syrian soldier and injuring seven others.

The Israeli regime launched strikes on Syrian capital Damascus early on Thursday, the Syrian state media said, the latest such attack amid the war in Gaza.

Israel has been carrying out strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria for years, but it has ramped up raids since last year's October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas, which sparked the Gaza war.

Israeli strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs early on Thursday killed one soldier and injured seven, the Syrian defence ministry said. Read more at straitstimes.

Gaza An Israeli air strike destroyed a section of the main highway linking Syria and Lebanon on Tuesday, transport sources said, in the latest attack on areas widely regarded as supply lines for Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.