Several members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were killed in an airstrike on a building in the Syrian capital Damascus. The Iranian state broadcaster reported this on Saturday. The channel’s Arabic department reported that two senior advisers were among the dead. At least six people are said to have died in total. State television blamed Israel for the attack.
According to information from the Iranian Mehr news agency, the Iranians were IRGC intelligence officers. A responsible person, his deputy and two other men are said to have been killed in the attack.
Four-storey building completely destroyed
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five people were killed in the suspected Israeli attack. The four-story building that was attacked was completely destroyed. The Israeli military initially made no comment.
According to the Syrian state news agency Sana, the attack was “the result of Israeli aggression.” Photos on social media showed a destroyed house on the side of the road.
Israel wants to limit Iran’s influence in Syria
The Israeli Air Force repeatedly bombs targets in neighboring Syria. Israel wants to prevent its arch-enemy Iran and its allied militias from expanding their military influence in the country. Iran is one of Syria’s most important allies. The number of Israeli attacks has increased since the start of the Gaza war in early October.
Situation in region tense after major attack by Hamas
The situation in the region has been extremely tense since the Gaza war broke out following the massacre by Islamist Hamas in Israel on October 7, which left around 1,200 dead. A few days ago, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired missiles from their own territory into Iraq, Syria and Pakistan for the first time since the start of the war in retaliation for terrorist attacks and the assassination of a general in Syria.
In late December, Iranian General Sejed-Rasi Mousavi, a senior member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus.
Experts and observers believe that the world is currently experiencing a dangerous shadow conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran. Shortly after Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel, Hamas leaders praised the attack as an act of defiance but vehemently rejected any direct involvement.
Source: Krone
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