{"id":13807,"date":"2024-03-30T18:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T18:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/airstrikes-kill-soldiers-in-syria-in-apparent-israeli-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T18:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T18:15:34","slug":"airstrikes-kill-soldiers-in-syria-in-apparent-israeli-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/airstrikes-kill-soldiers-in-syria-in-apparent-israeli-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Airstrikes Kill Soldiers in Syria in Apparent Israeli Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Airstrikes<\/div>


\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Airstrikes killed a number of soldiers near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early Friday, Syria\u2019s state news media and an independent organization reported, in what appeared to be one of the heaviest Israeli attacks in the country in years.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that tracks Syria\u2019s civil war, said that the dead included 36 Syrian soldiers, seven Hezbollah fighters and a Syrian from the pro-Iranian militias. The group said the attack appeared to have hit multiple targets, including a weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia that Iran supports and has a presence in Syria.<\/p>\n

The airstrikes stoked fears that have unsettled Western officials for months: that Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in Gaza could escalate into a broader conflict against Syria, Iran and its proxies across the region, which could entangle allies of those involved, like Russia and the United States.<\/p>\n

American officials have sought to tamp down tensions<\/a>, and Iran has tried to rein in its network of militias<\/a> after a drone fired by one of the groups killed three U.S. Army reservists in January. But fears of a wider conflict have persisted as Israel and Hezbollah have clashed for months along the border, and as Israel has carried out assaults on Iran-linked targets in Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n