Iran media says at least 5 including Guards commander killed in Israel attack on Syria

AFP

Apr. 01, 2024 • 1 min read

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Emergency and security personnel work at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

At least five people have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, the Iranian ambassador to Syria has confirmed.

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Israeli strikes on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital on Monday killed at least five people including a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian state media reported.

"At least five people were killed in the attack which was carried out by F-35 fighter jets," Hossein Akbari, Iran's ambassador to Damascus, said in front of the levelled building in an interview broadcast on state TV. He did not give the source of his information about the aircraft.