Hezbollah: Israeli Airstrike Killed Militant in Syria

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said an Israeli airstrike Sunday near Syria's capital killed one of its fighters who spent three decades in prison for murder in Israel. Samir Kantar was one of hundreds of Hezbollah members who have gone to Syria to fight alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces since the civil war began there in March 2011. Sunday's airstrike struck a building in Jaramana, a suburb south of Damascus. There was no immediate comment from Israel,...

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