Israeli strikes on Syria kill 18: minister

Charred cars were visible on both sides of the road, with nearby trees still burning, observed an AFP correspondent present at the scene as part of a media tour organised by authorities.The raids also blew five large craters in the main road to Masyaf, the correspondent said.Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told a media briefing: “We strongly condemn this criminal attack by the Zionist regime on Syrian soil.”Syria’s foreign ministry condemned the raids, accusing Israel of trying to “provoke a further escalation in the region”.Israeli raids on Syria surged after Hamas’s…