A Revolutionary Guard commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike on an Iranian embassy annex in the Syrian capital Damascus. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, “one of the leading commanders of the Quds Force,” “died a martyr in an attack by the Zionist regime,” Iranian state television reported on Monday.
The Al-Kuds Brigades are responsible for the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations. At least eight people were killed in the attack, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. An AFP correspondent on the scene said a building next to the embassy in the Syrian capital was hit. Syrian and Iranian state media also reported on the attack.
“Everyone in the building has been killed or injured.”
According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, the affected building was the consular section of the Iranian embassy. “Everyone in the building was killed or injured” during the attack and rescue efforts are underway. According to Syrian sources, the Israeli airstrikes were carried out from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The attack took place in the Masseh district, where several embassies and UN facilities are located. As the AFP correspondent reported, an Iranian flag could be seen at the entrance to the destroyed building. According to two AFP reporters, loud bangs were heard in Damascus at the time of the attack.
Iran’s Nour news agency reported that the Iranian ambassador and his family were unharmed. According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, Syrian air defenses had targeted several “enemy targets” near Damascus before the attack.
Syria: “Horrific terrorist attack”
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad called the attack a “heinous terrorist attack” that killed “a number of innocent people.” However, Israel “cannot have any influence on the connections between Iran and Syria.”
Source: Krone
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