Prominent Syrian businessman Baraa Katerji, close to the country's president Bashar al-Assad, was killed in Syria in an Israeli strike near the border with Lebanon, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
The agency cited three security officials on condition of anonymity. In addition to Katerji, his companion also died, France Press informed. The two were killed when their car was hit in the Syrian border area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"An Israeli drone targeted a car in which Baraa Katerji was traveling in Sabura municipality, not far from the capital Damascus, killing him and his companion," the London-based non-governmental organization said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that Katerji was linked to the Syrian Resistance for the Liberation of the Golan (the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights), a group created by the Lebanese Shiite movement ``Hezbollah'' that carries out operations against Israel. from Western Syria.