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From the Liveblog of
Saturday, January 20, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Iran media confirms 4 IRGC officers, including Syria intel chief, deputy, killed in Damasus
People and rescuers gather in front of a building destroyed in a reported Israeli strike in Damascus on January 20, 2024. (Louai Beshara/AFP)
An alleged Israeli strike on Damascus killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence chief for Syria and his deputy as well as two other Guards members on Saturday, Iranian media reports.
“The Revolutionary Guards’ Syria intel chief, his deputy and two other Guards members were martyred in the attack on Syria by Israel,” Iran’s Mehr news agency says, quoting an informed but unnamed source.
