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Syria says Israel was behind airstrike in country's east

  • By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press
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BEIRUT (AP) — Unknown warplanes targeted an arms depot and posts of Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border, killing at least 18 fighters in a nighttime attack, Syrian opposition activists said Monday. A Syrian security official said Israeli jets staged the airstrikes…