Israeli drone strikes killed six Syrian troopers exterior Damascus, state tv reported Wednesday (August 27, 2025), updating the toll for assaults the day past, which additionally noticed a person killed within the south.
Israel has carried out a whole lot of strikes in Syria since an Islamist-led alliance toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December.
It has additionally opened talks with the interim authorities in Damascus.
“Six members of the Syrian Arab Army were killed in strikes by Israeli occupation drones” near Kisweh, exterior Damascus, state tv stated referring to the Tuesday (August 26, 2025) assault.
A Defence Ministry official had beforehand advised AFP on situation of anonymity that an Israeli drone focused “one of the military buildings of the 44th Division”.
The Israeli army didn’t reply to an AFP request for remark.
Earlier Tuesday (August 26, 2025), state information company SANA reported that “a young man was killed in an Israeli strike on a home in the village of Taranja”, on the previously Syria-controlled aspect of the armistice line on the Golan Heights.
Since Assad’s overthrow, Israel has occupied a lot of a U.N.-patrolled demilitarised zone on the previously Syria-controlled aspect of the armistice line.
