Saturday, December 2, 2023

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says 2 officers killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced Saturday that two of its officers were killed in Syria, after Damascus said Israeli airstrikes hit a number of targets near the Syrian capital overnight.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Mohammad Ali Atai Shoorcheh and Panah Taghizadeh were “martyred” while on an advisory mission to Syria, blaming the “Zionists” for their death.

Syria said Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple areas near Damascus. There was no official comment from the Israel Defense Forces.

“At approximately 1:35 a.m. today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air assault from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points near the city of Damascus,” the Syrian defense ministry said in a statement, reporting no casualties.

Syria state television had reported an “Israeli aggression near the capital.” READ MORE