IRGC military adviser dies following injuries sustained in unspecified airstrike in Syria

A military adviser from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Aerospace Force has died following injuries sustained in Syria over recent weeks, the semi-official Fars news agency reports.

“Colonel Ahmadreza Afshari was martyred due to injuries sustained from aerial bombardment from the coalition violating Syria,” top Revolutionary Guard Commander Hossein Salami says. No precise date is given for the strike, but Iran media said Afshari sustained his injuries between late July and early August.

The announcement indicates that Afshari was transferred to Iran some time in the past two weeks for treatment.

Both Israel and the US have carried out airstrikes in Syria against Iranian assets and Iran-backed militias in recent months.

Syrian state media reported last week that four soldiers were wounded by an Israeli strike in central Syria near Homs, citing a military statement that also mentioned “material losses.”

The strike came nearly a week after a reported Israeli attack on a Hezbollah convoy crossing from Syria into Lebanon.

Iranian media publishes a photo of brigadier General Ahmad Reza Afshari, head of the missile and drone unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who was killed by israel in Syria.#Syria #Israel #Iran #IRGC pic.twitter.com/w7avo0tlkE

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