A reported missile attack caused extensive damage to a fourth-floor apartment in a building in the Kafr Sousa district.
At least two people have been killed in what appears to be an Israeli missile attack in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to Syrian state media and activists.
The Syrian army said several missiles hit an apartment complex in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood, killing two civilians.
Monitoring groups said two foreigners and a Syrian civilian were killed and that the area was frequented by leaders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
The Israeli military has not commented.
But it has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of airstrikes against targets in Syria that it says are linked to Iran and its allied militant groups.
It has reportedly stepped up such attacks in response to cross-border attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon and Syria since the war began in the Gaza Strip in October. ing. Hamas, an allied Palestinian organization.
Last month, an Israeli attack on Damascus left five Revolutionary Guards officers and several Syrian security personnel dead.
Syria's state-run Sana news agency, citing military sources, said a number of missiles were fired toward Damascus from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights just before 9:40 a.m. (7:40 a.m. Japan time) on Wednesday. Ta.
The missile struck a residential building in Kafr Sousa in the west of the city, killing two civilians and injuring one, the official added.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the Syrian civil war through a network of intelligence sources, said the missile killed two non-Syrians in an apartment building. It added that a Syrian civilian on the street below was killed by falling debris.
Videos and photos posted online showed the aftermath of what appeared to be a precision attack on the building's fourth floor, with extensive damage clearly visible on the exterior and interior of one apartment.
WATCH: The aftermath of the alleged Israeli attack in Damascus
Several vehicles parked on the street below were also damaged, including an empty bus reportedly belonging to the adjoining Al Bawader Private School.
In February 2023, at least five people were killed in an alleged Israeli rocket attack in Kafr Sousa, near a large complex used by security services.
Iran has established an extensive network of allied armed groups and proxies operating in Middle Eastern countries. They all oppose Israel and the United States and sometimes refer to themselves as the “Axis of Resistance.”
Many armed groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, are banned as terrorist organizations by Israel, the United States, Britain and other countries.
