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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
DAMASCUS, July 16 (Xinhua) — Israel launched intense air strikes on the presidential palace area in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday, partially destroying the Syrian army's headquarters, local media and eyewitnesses reported.
As noted, the strikes were directed against the interim authorities of Syria due to clashes between the government army and the Druze community in the province of As-Suwayda in the south of the country.
Israel carried out at least five airstrikes on Wednesday afternoon, mostly targeting the Syrian army's General Command, destroying part of the building, according to local media and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Local television footage showed smoke rising from the headquarters in Umayyad Square in central Damascus.
Another strike hit the area of the Syrian presidential palace, Qasr al-Shaab, sending plumes of white smoke rising over the mountain on which the palace is located.
There have been no reports of casualties or official comments yet.
Following the previous strike on the headquarters early Wednesday morning, Syrian state television channel Al-Ikhbariya reported that two civilians were wounded as a result of “Israeli aggression.”
The Israeli military campaign is part of a larger effort to support the Druze community in As-Suwayda, where deadly clashes have escalated between local Druze militias, Bedouin tribes and interim government forces. –0–
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