Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says 2 of its generals killed in strike on Syrian consulate
- Revolutionary Guards said seven of its members were killed in the strike that Syrian officials and state media have pinned on Israel
- Mohammad Reza Sahedi and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Haji were killed in the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, IRGC said
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Monday said on Monday that seven of its members were killed in an air strike on Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital.
Syrian officials and state media pinned the attack on Israel, which declined to comment.
The strike on Iran’s embassy compound appears to signify an escalation of Israel’s targeting of Iranian military officials and their allies in Syria, which have intensified since Hamas militants – who are supported by Iran – attacked Israel on October 7.
Two brigadier generals, Mohammad Reza Sahedi and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Haji, were killed in the consular section of the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus, the IRGC said on Monday evening. Five other members of the Revolutionary Guards were also killed.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) confirmed the killing of a leader of the Quds Force, one of five branches of the IRGC.
Monday’s attack destroyed an annex next to the Iranian embassy that served as the consulate in the western Damascus neighbourhood, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said.
