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Sources say Iran Revolutionary Guards official killed in alleged Israeli strike on Damascus

20 January 2024, 10:38 am 1 Edit

An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps official was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Damascus, the Reuters news agency reports, citing sources in the regional pro-Syria alliance.

The source says the multi-story building was used by Iranian advisers supporting Syria’s government and that it was entirely flattened.

Local reports in Syria say that four people were killed in the strike.

Syrian state media blamed the strike on “an Israeli aggression.”

No further details were given on the target of the alleged strike.

There was no confirmation from Israel.

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