Israeli airstrikes in Syria kill 11 fighters, target Hezbollah arms depot, reports say

Israeli airstrikes launched into Syria around midnight Wednesday have killed at least 11 government fighters and allies, reports say.

"At least seven army soldiers and four National Defence Forces militiamen were killed," the group’s director, Rami Abdul Rahman, was quoted as saying.    A military source that spoke to the Syrian state-run SANA news agency claimed Syrian air defense systems shot down some of the Israeli missiles, which had been fired from the direction of Lebanon after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.