An Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on Wednesday killed one member of Syria's new security forces, a source from the Syrian interior ministry told Reuters. Israel said it had struck an "extremist group" preparing to attack members of the Arab Druze minority in Sahnaya, on the edges of Damascus. But the Syrian interior ministry source disputed that claim and said Syrian security forces were looking to put an end to clashes in Sahnaya between armed groups operating outside state control.

