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Rights group says woman killed in western Syria, likely by Iranian drone
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDAMASCUS, Syria — A civilian woman was killed Sunday in Syria’s western Tartus province when a drone struck her home, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
It marks the first reported casualty on Syrian soil since the latest escalation between Iran and Israel began.
The Britain-based war monitor reports the death of “a woman after a drone fell on her house” in a village in rural Tartus, suggesting the drone was likely Iranian.
Since the start of the Iran-Israel escalation, AFP correspondents and residents across Syria have observed dozens of missiles flying overhead, several of them intercepted.
They have exploded in various regions, fuelling concerns over a broader regional conflict.
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