Leaflets warn Syrian soldiers against presence in demilitarized zone

Arab media reports that after strike on Iranian weapons depot, Israeli aircraft dropped warning leaflets in Arabic to members of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s armed forces.

Following an overnight strike on an Iranian target in southern Syria, Arab media outlets reported that Israeli aircraft had dropped leaflets in the area, carrying warnings to members of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s military.

The leaflets, printed in Arabic, read, “We will not accept any presence by members of the Syrian army so long as they continue to violate the agreement for the demilitarized zone,” one reads.

Syrian state media reported that the country’s air defenses responded to “an Israeli missile attack” south of the capital overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. The reports claimed that Israeli warplanes attacked several targets in the region, and cited military sources as saying that the strike had caused massive damage to the area.The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israeli strikes targeted sites in the suburb of al-Kiswah, south of Damascus, and near the Damascus International Airport, southeast of the city.

Arab media reports on the incident said that one of the targets was a building in the heart of Damascus, believed to house weapons Iran had smuggled into the country.