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Two civilians injured in Israeli missile attack on Syrian port city

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This picture shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike against some targets in the vicinity of the western Syrian town of al-Hamidiyah on July 2, 2022. (Photo by the state-run al-Ikhbariyah Syria television news network)

At least two civilians were injured following Israel’s missile attacks on Saturday in Syria’s western port city of Tartus.

Meanwhile, a military source said that Syrian air defenses were able to bring down most of the missiles fired by Israeli warplanes from the direction of Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, according to Syria’s official news agency SANA.

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The strike “led to the injury of two civilians, including a woman, and some material damage,” the source said.

This picture shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike against some targets in the vicinity of the western Syrian town of al-Hamidiyah on July 2, 2022. (Photo by the state-run al-Ikhbariyah Syria television news network)

The development came less than a month after the Israeli military aircraft carried out an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, targeting some points south of the Syrian capital city of Damascus.

SANA reported that Syrian air defenses brought down most of Israeli projectiles during the June 10 attack. The strike caused one civilian injury as well as material damages.

Syrian air defenses repel Israeli attack on Damascus for second time this week

Syrian air defenses for the second time this week intercepted Israeli missiles aimed at targets south of the capital Damascus.

Last May, Syria urged the United Nations and the Security Council to issue a "clear" condemnation of the Israeli regime's recurrent airstrikes on the Arab country's territory.

In a letter to the UN secretary-general and the president of the Security Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said the country hoped the two bodies would "adopt a clear position on the Israeli attacks on Syrian sovereignty".

Such unequivocal position, the letter added, should be "away from politicized considerations and calculations that contradict the well-established and clear legal and political positions of the United Nations and its bodies."

The ministry also urged the UN to demand that the Israeli aggressor abide by the relevant Security Council resolutions and to immediately and unconditionally stop threatening regional and international peace and security.

Fresh Israeli air raid on Syria's Hama kills 5; most missiles intercepted

The Israeli regime carried out fresh airstrikes on Syria’s northwestern province of Hama late on Friday, killing at least five people, including a civilian, according to Syrian media.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.

Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the resistance movement Hezbollah which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against the foreign-backed terrorists.

Israeli military carries out missile strike against Syria’s Quneitra near occupied Golan Heights

The Israeli military has fired a salvo of surface-to-surface missiles from the occupied Golan Heights, targeting positions near Quneitra in southwestern Syria.

The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on Syrian territories which many view as knee-jerk reaction to Syrian government’s increasing success in confronting terrorism.

Israel has been a main supporter of terrorist groups that have opposed the government of President Bashar al-Assad since foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria.

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