Israel bombs and destroys Defense Ministry headquarters in Syria - Prensa Latina
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Damascus, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Israeli fighters bombed today the building that houses the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff in Damascus, the Syrian capital, Prensa Latina reported here.
Five violent raids left the military headquarters located in the emblematic Umayyad Square almost destroyed, while the National Library, the Opera House, the Radio and Television and residential buildings were damaged.
Ambulances rushed to the scene amid initial reports of dozens of military personnel and civilians among the dead and wounded.
Earlier, Israeli warplanes resumed their missile attacks on Syrian army positions in the southern city of Sweida, where violent clashes between Druze militias and government forces have left at least 200 dead and more than 400 wounded since last Sunday.
Israel escalated since last Sunday its air raids against government forces in the provinces of Sweida and Deraa, in the south of the country.
According to the official news agency SANA, several soldiers lost their lives and material damage was caused.
Tel Aviv assured that it would continue its bombardments unless the government forces withdrew from the province of Sweida, inhabited by the Druze minority which Israel claims it wants to protect.
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