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At least three people were killed in an Israeli strike on an area south of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. The strike targeted members of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah militia in the Sayyidah Zaynab area, near the capital Damascus. Several people were injured, the observatory added. The official SANA news agency reported that the strike hit a residential building, leaving several people killed and injured, without specifying the toll. Israel has been bombing targets in Syria to prevent Iran and its allied militias from expanding their military influenc…