TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Syria calls on the international community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Saturday in a statement following an Israeli airstrike on Damascus which killed at least five people.

"Syria calls on the international community to take urgent measures to stop the crimes and massacres committed by the Zionist entity against innocent civilians and civilian objects," Beirut-based Al Mayadeen news network reported citing the Syrian Foreign Ministry's statement.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement that five Iranian military advisors were martyred in the Israeli aggression on Damascus. 

The Syrian Defense Ministry added that several civilians were also killed and injured as a result of the attack.

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