At least six people were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli attack on Koya in Syria\u2019s southern Deraa province, according to Syria\u2019s foreign ministry. Israel said the strike followed gunfire directed at its troops, though it did not specify whether they were inside Syrian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Syria condemned the attack as a violation of its sovereignty and called for an international investigation. Tensions have been rising between Israel and Syria following the removal of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, Israel has carried out multiple airstrikes on military sites in Syria and deployed troops into a UN-monitored buffer zone. The EU and Jordan warned that Israel\u2019s actions could increase regional instability, while UN officials expressed concern over Israel\u2019s demand for the demilitarization of southern Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least six people were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli attack on Koya in Syria\u2019s southern Deraa province, according to Syria\u2019s foreign ministry. Israel said the strike followed gunfire directed at its troops, though it did not specify whether they were inside Syrian territory. Syria condemned the attack as a violation of its sovereignty …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":121342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,12],"tags":[11274],"class_list":["post-121341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-syria","tag-israeli-airstrikes-on-syria"],"yoast_head":"\n