Middle East
From left: IRGC members Mohammed Ali Ataei Shoorcheh and Panah Taghizadeh who were killed in an Israeli strike in Syria. Photo: IRGC-affiliated telegram channels
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday announced that two of its members were killed by an Israeli strike in Syria.
The IRGC members were killed while on an “advisory mission in the Syrian Islamic resistance front,” said the force on its Telegram channel. It did not disclose details regarding the type of the attack or the location targeted.
State-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in the early hours of Saturday said that Israeli strikes had targeted several military positions in the vicinity of Damascus overnight, causing some material damage, but did not report any casualties.
The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Israeli airstrikes targeted bases of Lebanon's Hezbollah, killing two Syrians, two non-Syrians, and wounding five others.
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its 12-year civil war, often claiming to hit pro-Iran militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which supports the Syrian army.
Israel has intensified its attacks in Syria since October 7, when Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip launched a surprise assault. An Israeli airstrike last week put the Damascus international airport out of commission just hours after it was announced operational following a month-long hiatus.
Iran is one of the main backers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, providing him with financial and military support over the course of the 12-year conflict and aiding in propping his government against opposition forces. A number of Iran-backed militia groups are also present in Syria and frequently targeted by Israeli air attacks.
The IRGC members were killed while on an “advisory mission in the Syrian Islamic resistance front,” said the force on its Telegram channel. It did not disclose details regarding the type of the attack or the location targeted.
State-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in the early hours of Saturday said that Israeli strikes had targeted several military positions in the vicinity of Damascus overnight, causing some material damage, but did not report any casualties.
The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Israeli airstrikes targeted bases of Lebanon's Hezbollah, killing two Syrians, two non-Syrians, and wounding five others.
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its 12-year civil war, often claiming to hit pro-Iran militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which supports the Syrian army.
Israel has intensified its attacks in Syria since October 7, when Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip launched a surprise assault. An Israeli airstrike last week put the Damascus international airport out of commission just hours after it was announced operational following a month-long hiatus.
Iran is one of the main backers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, providing him with financial and military support over the course of the 12-year conflict and aiding in propping his government against opposition forces. A number of Iran-backed militia groups are also present in Syria and frequently targeted by Israeli air attacks.
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