The targeted assassination this week in Damascus – allegedly by Israel – of Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Forces in Syria and Lebanon, was long overdue. As part of its post-October 7 updated doctrine of security, Israel can no longer make do with fighting Iran’s … Read more
Iran held a funeral on Friday for seven officers killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Syria this week, an unprecedented attack for which Tehran has vowed to take revenge. State television showed demonstrators carrying pictures of those killed and banners with slogans such as “Death to Israel” and … Read more
Iran will retaliate for a suspected Israeli air strike against its consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, a day after seven Iranian military commanders were killed in the attack. “Having failed to destroy the will of the resistance front, the Zionist regime (Israel) has put blind assassinations … Read more
Israel early on Tuesday launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus resulting in some “material damage,” Syria’s defense ministry said. Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli “missiles and shot down some of them,” the ministry added in a statement. Iran has been a major backer of President Bashar al-Assad during Syria’s … Read more
Photo: PTI Damascus: Israeli aerial attack hit areas south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian Defence Ministry. The aerial attack originated from the occupied Golan Heights, targeting multiple locations on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday night, said the Ministry. It added that Syrian air defence units successfully intercepted the missiles, with … Read more
Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted Damascus twice within a matter of hours on Wednesday, with at least two people killed in the strikes, according to Syrian reports. The first strike targeted an apartment building in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Syria’s capital on Wednesday morning, with at least two deaths reported in the strike. Looks … Read more
At least three people were killed in Israeli-attributed airstrikes in Syria early Saturday, according to reports by Israeli media citing Syrian media. The strikes were in the Dimas area, just west of Syria’s capital city Damascus, and are believed to have killed “non-Syrian” individuals, according to AP. Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles … Read more
Syria’s Defense Ministry claimed to have downed two drones launched from Israel toward the Damascus area on Friday afternoon, with Syrian media reporting that an Israeli airstrike had targeted the Mezzeh Military Airport, east of Damascus, at about the same time. عاجل غارات جوية إسرائيلية استهدفت مطار المزة العسكري #إسرائيل #سوريا pic.twitter.com/jRYKHQGl5O — Nour … Read more
Four members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed in an alleged Israeli air strike on Damascus on Saturday, including a senior figure in its information unit, a security source in the regional pro-Syrian alliance told Reuters. The strike, using precision-guided missiles according to the source, flattened a multi-story building in the neighborhood of Mazzeh … Read more
Eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an airstrike targeting Damascus International Airport on Thursday evening, Saudi media reported the following morning. The commander of the Revolutionary Guards in eastern Syria, Nur Rashid, was injured in the airstrike, Saudi media channel Al-Hadath reported. IRGC commanders were reportedly at the … Read more
