The buildings targeted were located in the suburbs of Mazzeh and Qudsaya, both in the west of the Syrian capital. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DUBAI (Reuters) -Fifteen people were killed and 16 injured in Israeli attacks on a number of residential buildings in suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, state news agency SANA reported,

Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital.

The deaths on Wednesday made it one of the most lethal days for the Israeli military since it invaded Lebanon last month to battle Hezbollah fighters.

Several people were killed and others injured in Israeli attacks that targeted two residential buildings in suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, Syrian state news agency SANA said.

At least 15 people were killed and 16 others wounded on Thursday when Israeli airstrikes hit a western neighborhood in Syria's capital, Damascus, and a nearby suburb, according to Syria's state news agency SANA.The strikes targeted the Mazzeh neighborhood ...

People gather in front of a residential building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Dam

A war monitor said Israeli strikes in and around Damascus on Thursday killed 20 people including Palestinian militants and Iran-backed fighters, as attacks intensify during the Lebanon war.

Israel carried out at least two airstrikes on a western neighborhood of Damascus and one of the capital's suburbs on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 16, Syria's state news agency said.