Beirut:

Israel conducted more than 100 air strikes on military targets in Syria on Monday including a research centre Western countries suspected of having links to chemical weapons production in Damascus, a war monitor said.

“Israeli warplanes launched over 100 strikes in Syria today, including on the Barzah scientific research centre,” Rami Abdel Rahman who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP, reporting “increased Israeli strikes to destroy the former regime’s military capabilities”.

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