(New York Times) Anne Barnard - The air assault near Damascus struck several critical military facilities, killing dozens of troops from the elite Republican Guard, a high-ranking Syrian military official said. At the military's Tishreen Hospital on Monday, a doctor said that there were at least 100 dead soldiers and many dozens more wounded. Israeli analysts suggested that any deaths of Republican Guards, who were guarding weapons stockpiles, were probably incidental.
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