YEMEN Press Agency

At least 36 massacred in Zionist attack on Syria

DAMASUCS, Nov. 21 (YPA) – At least 36 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in an Israeli aggression on Wednesday, that targeted a number of buildings in Palmyra City, Syrian Desert, The official Syrian news agency (SANA) reported, citing a military source.

“At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of al-Tanf area, targeting a number of buildings in Palmyra City in the Syrian Desert, led to the martyrdom of 36 people, the injury of more than 50 others, and significant material damage to the buildings and the surrounding area,” the source said in a statement .

Since the beginning of 2011, the Israeli enemy has launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria, targeting government forces’ sites.

The pace of Israeli attacks on Syria has increased in recent weeks, with the escalation of the Israeli war on Lebanon since September 23.

Israel has recently targeted points near the border crossings linking Syria and Lebanon and has repeatedly targeted residential buildings in a number of areas, including Damascus and Homs, especially the Qusayr area on the border with Lebanon.

 

@E.Y.M