At least 36 people have been killed in air strikes near the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Syria's state news agency cited a military source as saying Israeli strikes hit several sites at 01:45 on Friday.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says the targets were weapons stores used by Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.Citing two security sources, Reuters news agency reports that five Hezbollah fighters are among the dead and gives a death toll of 38.
The defence ministry says civilians and Syrian military personnel were also killed.
The SOHR, a monitoring group with an extensive network of contacts in Syria, says "dozens" of others were injured.
The sites targeted are near Aleppo International Airport, it adds.
The Syrian defence ministry said the new air strikes had coincided with drone attacks in Aleppo carried out by "terrorist organisations", though it did not specify whether there had been any further casualties.
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