DAMASCUS, (SANA)-An official source on Sunday announced that four US helicopters coming from Iraq violated the Syrian airspaces�over�Abu Kamal area (al-Sukkariah Farm) targeting a civilian building, killing eight citizens.

The source identified the civilians killed in the aggression as Daoud Mohammad al-Abdullah and his four sons, in addition to Ahmad Khalifa, Ali Abbas Al-Hassan and his wife. Another citizen was also wounded, the source added. Later, the US helicopters flew back to the Iraqi airspace.

Syria, while condemning this act of aggression, holds the US forces responsible for this aggression and all of its repercussions, calls on the Iraqi government to shoulder its responsibilities and open an immediate investigation into this dangerous violation and prevent using the Iraqi territories for launching aggression on Syria.

The Deputy Foreign Minister summoned the Charge d 'Affairs at the US Embassy in Damascus, informing her of Syria's protest and condemnation of this dangerous aggression, holding the US administration full responsibility for it. The Iraqi Charge d'affaires has also been summoned to the Foreign Ministry for the same purpose.

Earlier, a media source said that four US military helicopters had violated the Syrian airspaces eight km over al-Sukkariah Farm, in Abu Kamal area at 4.45 P.M Sunday.

The US helicopters launched an aggression on a civilian building under construction and opened fire at the workers inside the building, killing eight civilians, including the wife of the building guard, and wounding another. The helicopters then left towards the Iraqi territories.

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