One dead, 18 wounded in Israeli strikes on Damascus: Syria health ministry
AFP correspondents said the strikes destroyed part of a four-storey building adjacent to the defense ministry, while the city's usually bustling Umayyad Square nearby was empty except for ambulances and military vehicles.
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