Damascus, January 05 (QNA) - Three Syrian soldiers were injured on Monday when drones targeted them in northern Syria.

"As part of its ongoing escalation against army positions across different regions of the Republic, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drones targeted a military police checkpoint near army deployment points in the vicinity of Deir Hafer, east of Aleppo," Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement to Syria's SANA news agency.

Three soldiers were injured and two vehicles were disabled following the attack, the statement added. (QNA)