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From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 1, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 1, 2024
Reuters says suspected Israeli strike ‘flattened’ Iranian consulate in Damascus
Emergency and security personnel gather at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian consulate in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. (Maher Al Mounes/AFP)
The Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers were spotted at the remains of the flattened Iranian consulate in Damascus after an alleged Israeli airstrike destroyed the building.
Reuters reporters at the scene in the Mezzeh district of the Syrian capital saw smoke rising from the rubble of a building that had been flattened, and emergency vehicles parked outside. An Iranian flag hung from a pole in front of the debris.
While Iran’s Tasnim news agency says five people were killed in the strike, Syria’s SANA state news agency says only that an unspecified number of people were killed or injured.
