DARAA, Syira — Syria’s international ministry on Tuesday condemned the newest Israeli airstrikes on targets within the south of the nation, calling the assault a violation of worldwide regulation.
At the least three individuals have been killed in a strike on Monday on the southwestern metropolis of Daraa, the place crowds of individuals had gathered to mark the 14th anniversary of a taking pictures by authorities forces that sparked the rebellion in opposition to Bashar Assad’s authorities.
Syria’s Civil Protection mentioned that three individuals have been killed and plenty of others wounded, together with 4 kids, a lady and three civil protection volunteers. Tons of of individuals attended a funeral on Tuesday for one of many victims.
Dr. Nizar Rashdan, director of the Daraa Common Hospital, advised The Related Press that the airstrike hit an deserted military barracks close to a residential space killing three and wounding 25.
Yasser al-Sharaa was standing in entrance of his store when the strike occurred. “We’re civilians dwelling right here. The kids have been scared and the constructing was broken,” al-Sharaa mentioned. “Thank God my losses have been materials, with no human losses.”
The Israeli navy mentioned it had hit “command facilities and navy websites containing weapons and navy automobiles belonging to the previous Syrian regime, which (the brand new military) are attempting to make reusable.”
Israel’s navy has destroyed a lot of the now-dissolved Syrian military property in a whole bunch of airstrikes after Islamist teams led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, whose roots comes from al-Qaida’s department in Syria, captured Damascus following the ouster of Assad final December.
The commemoration of the March 18, 2011, taking pictures in Daraa that sparked the rebellion in opposition to Assad’s authorities was held on the metropolis’s Omari Mosque the place a whole bunch of individuals marched Tuesday chanting “Oh Gaza, we’ll help you to demise.”
The physique of a younger man who was killed in Monday’s airstrike was carried in a coffin draped in Syrian flag. Throughout the funeral, Ahmad al-Masalmeh carried a banner that learn in English, Arabic and Hebrew, “Netanyahu and Assad are two sides of the identical coin.”
“At present marks the spark of the revolution that started in Daraa in opposition to Bashar Assad,” al-Masalmeh mentioned. “Thank God we’re victorious. We’re united with the Palestinian individuals and we’ll at all times be God prepared.”
