Syrian military in Aleppo province. File photoCAIRO, Aug 14 Three Syrian soldiers were killed and several more were injured in an Israeli air force attack on the outskirts of Damascus and the province of Tartus, the Syrian Defense Ministry said. Earlier, the Syrian state agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses repel an attack by Israeli Air Force in the province of Tartus and in the Qalamoun mountains on the border with Lebanon. According to the defense department, the Israeli Air Force attacked from two directions. On the outskirts of Damascus, the attack was carried out from the Lebanese capital of Beirut, the province of Tartus was attacked from the Mediterranean Sea. «Our air defense systems repelled the aggressor's missiles, shooting down some of them. The attack led to the death of three servicemen, three more were injured, and material damage was caused» , the Defense Ministry said.
