At least five people, including four members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRF), were killed in an airstrike on a building in the Syrian capital Damascus, believed to have been carried out by Israel, on Saturday morning. The attack took place in a building where an intelligence unit of Iran’s elite military corps was holding a meeting. Two important Iranian military advisors and the head of the IRF information service were reportedly killed, according to the Reuters news agency.
The United Kingdom-based human rights organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, among others, writes the attack on Israel and speaks of a “targeted attack”. Israel has not yet responded to the claim.
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A four-storey building in the western Mazzeh district, the diplomatic center of Damascus including the Lebanese and Iranian embassies, is said to have been completely destroyed. It would not be the first time that the Israeli army has carried out attacks on Syrian territory or targeted Iranian facilities. After all, Tehran is considered an ally of Hamas.
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