At least eight individuals have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a constructing close to the Embassy of Iran in Syria’s capital Damascus on Monday, in accordance with studies by Iranian media shops.
“Israeli missiles… destroyed the building of an annex to the Iranian embassy… in Damascus, killing eight people,” mentioned the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The report, carried in a lot of the nation’s official shops, gave no additional particulars. The SNN company earlier mentioned the Iranian consulate and ambassador’s residence have been focused, with out giving additional particulars.
Syria’s SANA state news company mentioned a constructing had suffered main destruction and neighboring buildings have been additionally broken. It didn’t establish the goal, which it mentioned was situated within the Mezzeh neighborhood within the neighborhood of Damascus.
Earlier SANA had reported an explosion had been heard within the neighborhood of Damascus and mentioned “hostile targets” have been intercepted by Syrian air defenses.
“Hossein Akbari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, and his family were not harmed in the Israeli attack,” Iran’s Nour news company mentioned.
Two AFP correspondents on the web site confirmed the constructing subsequent to the embassy, had been razed to the bottom by the strike.
Since the Hamas assault on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has ramped up airstrikes in Syria towards Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), each of which help the federal government of President Bashar Assad.
Source: www.dailysabah.com