Europe News Desk!! Syria has urged the United Nations to take necessary steps to stop Israeli attacks and hold it accountable after a deadly Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. As Syria seeks to heal its wounds, bury its martyrs and seek condolences, sympathy and international humanitarian support in the wake of the devastating earthquake, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. carried out airstrikes targeting civilian populated areas. Israeli officials have not commented on the attack, according to Xinhua news agency.
The Syrian army said five people, including a soldier, were killed and 15 others wounded by Israeli missiles fired from the Golan Heights early Sunday. The condition of many of the injured is serious. Many residential buildings were damaged in Damascus and the city’s rural areas. At least 15 people were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. Nine of the victims were Syrians, including two civilians, four soldiers and three military officers. The UK-based watchdog group said the identities of the other victims were unknown. According to local media reports, the missiles targeted the upscale neighborhood of Kafr Susa and the Al-Majra area, the historic citadel of Damascus. The Israeli attack comes at a time when Syria is still reeling from the devastating earthquakes that hit the north of the country on 6 February. The tremors killed and injured thousands of people in the war-torn country.
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