At least six reported killed in alleged Israeli strike near Damascus

Multiple casualties are being reported in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a weapons depot outside of Damascus.

According to al-Meyadeen, an outlet affiliated with allies of the deposed Assad regime, six people were killed in the strike near the Syrian capital.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war-monitor, reports 11 killed. The observatory, which relies on the sources on the ground in Syria, has been accused in the past of publishing inflated casualty numbers.

Unverified claims published on social media put the toll even higher. Footage from the strike shared online shows extensive damage to a building as rescuers comb through the rubble.

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Earlier, Syria’s Sham FM radio reported that an explosion in the city of Adra, on the eastern outskirts of the capital, had killed several people.

There is no comment from Syrian or Israeli authorities.