SAEDNEWS: The IRGC said in a statement on Saturday that four of its members along with a number of Syrian forces were martyred in the occupying regime airstrike's in Damascus.
The attack targeted a three-story residential building in the city’s Mezza neighborhood which houses several diplomatic missions. Israel repeatedly targets Syria with missiles and warplanes (SOURCE: PRESSTV).
A well-informed source told Al Jazeera the target was an IRGC intelligence unit, adding that a senior IRGC intelligence official in Syria and his assistants were in the building.
In a brief statement, the IRGC said an air strike by Israeli fighter jets killed “a number of Syrian forces and four military advisers”, without mentioning their names or their titles. Iranian state television called it a “terrorist” attack by Israel.
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor that relies on a network of sources on the ground, said the attack killed five people in a building where “Iran-aligned leaders” were meeting.
“An Israeli missile strike targeted a four-storey building, killing five people … and destroying the whole building where Iran-aligned leaders were meeting,” said the Syrian Observatory.
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