The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps’ information company Tasnim reported that an Israeli airstrike just lately focused an space in Damascus often called “Sayyidah Zainab,” aiming at an Iranian advisory middle. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights additionally reported that the strike resulted within the deaths of seven folks, together with a number of people linked to Iran.
Prior to this, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported, quoting their correspondent in Damascus, that the assault within the Sayyidah Zainab space led to 2 deaths and a number of other accidents. It was additionally talked about that unidentified plane focused the positions of Iran-affiliated militias within the space.
This strike follows an identical incident final Saturday the place 13 folks, together with 5 Iranian army advisors, have been killed in Damascus. The assault focused a constructing within the Al-Mazzeh neighborhood in western Damascus, a location identified for its safety and army significance, and one other constructing that housed Palestinian commanders.
Notably, in late December 2023, Reza Mousavi, a senior advisor among the many IRGC commanders close to Damascus, and earlier this month, Saleh Arouri, the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau within the southern suburbs of Beirut, and Wissam al-Taweel, a army commander of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, have been killed in operations attributed to Israel.
These assaults coincide with the continuing battle within the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, intensifying worldwide issues concerning the potential escalation of the battle.
Israel has carried out a whole lot of airstrikes lately focusing on Iranian and Hezbollah ammunition depots and reserves in Syria, in addition to Syrian army bases. While Tel Aviv has acknowledged duty for many of those strikes, it has repeatedly emphasised its robust opposition to Iran’s army presence in Syria.
Since the start of the Gaza battle, Israel has launched a number of assaults on Syrian soil, focusing on Damascus and Aleppo worldwide airports and Hezbollah bases a number of instances.”