Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention following a rare Israeli strike near Damascus on Wednesday amid deadly sectarian violence.

In Syria, at least 30 people have been killed in recent days amid violent clashes between government forces and armed groups on the outskirts of Damascus. Israel intervened by launching air attacks on Syria,

Clashes broke out in a suburb of the Syrian capital early Tuesday between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters, leaving at least four people dead, a war monitor and an activist group said.