Syrian state media reported that an Israeli attack on Monday targeted a building attached to the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus, in which a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was also killed, according to Lebanese media.
A war monitoring organization says eight people have been killed in the attack.
The Syrian official news agency Sanaa has said that “the Israeli attack targeted the building of the Iranian consulate in Maza, a suburb of Damascus.”
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
AFP reporters at the scene have confirmed that a building attached to the embassy on the outskirts of Damascus has been destroyed.
Iranian media have also reported that the adjacent building was completely destroyed in the attacks in Damascus, but the ambassador was not harmed.
Iran’s Noor news agency has said that Iran’s ambassador to Damascus, Hossein Akbari, and his family were not harmed in the Israeli attack.
According to the media of Syria and Iran, the building has been destroyed by the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
On the other hand, Lebanese security sources have told Reuters that “the senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Mohammad Reza Zahidi, has also been killed” in the Israeli attack.
While Reuters has reported with reference to the Iranian official channel that “several Iranian diplomats were also killed” in this attack.
After the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, according to Reuters, the Iranian ambassador to Syria said that “Tehran’s response will be very strong.”
On the other hand, according to IRNA, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Moqdad visited the Iranian embassy after the missile attack and condemned the Israeli attack while talking to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdullahian over the phone.
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Two AFP reporters at the scene confirmed that a building adjacent to the embassy was destroyed in the attack.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that Israeli missiles destroyed a building connected to the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Eight people lost their lives.
Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported earlier that “our air defense system countered an enemy attack on the outskirts of Damascus.”
The incident comes days after the Observatory reported that 53 people, including 38 soldiers and seven members of Iran-backed Hezbollah, had been killed in Israeli strikes in Syria.
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2024-09-30 16:32:28
