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An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 4 Iranian advisers, officials say
AP ^ | 1-20-24 | ALBERTE AJI AND BASSEM MROUE

Posted on 01/20/2024 6:55:38 AM PST by SJackson

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least four Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.

The Syrian army said the building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh was entirely destroyed, adding that the Israeli air force fired the missiles while flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military did not comment on the strike.

A few hours later, an Israeli drone strike on a car near the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre killed two Hezbollah members who were in the vehicle and two people who were in a nearby orchard, an official with the group and state news agency said. One of those killed was Ali Hudruj, a local Hezbollah commander, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, without giving further details.

Nour News, which is believed to be close to Iran’s intelligence apparatus, identified two of the dead in Damascus as Gen. Sadegh Omidzadeh, the intelligence deputy of the guard’s expeditionary Quds Force in Syria, and his deputy, who goes by the nom de guerre Hajj Gholam. The guard later issued a statement identifying the dead as Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali Aghazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi and Saeed Karimi. It gave no ranks for them. The difference in information could not be immediately reconciled.

An opposition war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said at least six people — five Iranians and a Syrian — were killed in the missile attack that struck while officials from Iran-backed groups were holding a meeting. The Observatory’s chief, Rami Abdurrahman, said three of the Iranians were commanders, adding that four other people are still missing under the rubble.

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TOPICS: Gaza; Hamas; Iran; Israel; Lebanon; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; iran; irgc; israel; lebanon; qudsforce; syria; waronterror; yemen

1 posted on 01/20/2024 6:55:38 AM PST by SJackson
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From AP which whose freelancers freelance as terrorists.

Alternate reality from al Jazeera, Syrian state media is reporting that a strike has hit a residential building

2 posted on 01/20/2024 6:57:55 AM PST by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec)
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To: SJackson

A good start. Israel should not hold back one iota. Send the message that the command and control apparatus of these terrorist proxies being funded by Iran are not safe anywhere. Public sentiment from the west be damned.


3 posted on 01/20/2024 6:59:43 AM PST by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: SJackson

Since the Bible says that Damascus will become a ruinous heap, maybe this is the kind of stuff, that leads up to it.


4 posted on 01/20/2024 7:12:14 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SJackson
...Syrian and Iranian state media reported.

Yeah, like Islamic reporters have been truthful in the past. Remember the "wailing woman" photo after some bombing in Gaza years ago? She evidently managed to be in two cities 70 miles apart at the same time. Have you noticed that the "hospital bombing" photos showing children are always from Islamic news sources (quite often Turkish). Why aren't there photos from non-Islamic sources? Why are the Israelis blamed for halting aid shipments to Gaza when the aid trucks are confiscated by Hamas as soon as the pass a checkpoint? This is especially true at the Egyptian checkpoint.

On the other hand, I'm not sure I'd trust US reporters, either.

5 posted on 01/20/2024 7:12:18 AM PST by econjack
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To: American Infidel

I agree. The Israelis like to send the message that they have the intelligence and the ability to strike where they please. Entebbe was not a fluke. And if they choose to attack Iran, the ayatollahs will be surgically targeted.


6 posted on 01/20/2024 7:24:33 AM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: Spok

Israel needs to name who they killed and post it for all to see. Then they should offer proof as in pics.


7 posted on 01/20/2024 7:41:22 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Mark17

“Since the Bible says that Damascus will become a ruinous heap, maybe this is the kind of stuff, that leads up to it.”
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Amen, and good post. Love your bio as well!


8 posted on 01/20/2024 8:19:16 AM PST by InkStone (ONLY returning to Faith in God, thru Jesus Yeshua, will save America)
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To: SJackson

They can’t hold a candle to an arms free Chicago weekend.


9 posted on 01/20/2024 8:47:18 AM PST by Iron Munro (AMERICA - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!)
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To: American Infidel

This is EXACTLY the way!


10 posted on 01/20/2024 9:10:18 AM PST by bantam
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To: SJackson

This is good.


11 posted on 01/20/2024 9:57:12 AM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: Mark17

(An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 4 Iranian advisers, officials)

Ezekiel 38 is coming.

And perhaps Isaiah 17.


12 posted on 01/20/2024 10:15:13 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Yes, we know that one day there will be a mushroom cloud over Damascus. Once and for all,.


13 posted on 01/20/2024 10:18:02 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: American Infidel

I, for one, am inconsolable.


14 posted on 01/20/2024 10:41:53 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Psalm 73

Could well happen


15 posted on 01/20/2024 12:34:49 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: SJackson

Seriously, that Israel killed 4 Iranian officials is very unfortunate.


16 posted on 01/20/2024 12:44:51 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: SJackson

Seriously, that Israel killed 4 Iranian officials is very unfortunate.


17 posted on 01/20/2024 12:45:31 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: SJackson

Only 4? Need to take out 4000 in Tehran then we will see the proxies implode.


18 posted on 01/20/2024 1:42:39 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: SJackson

Hey, maybe they can offer to sell their decapitated heads for $10K apiece. Emulate their Hamas buddies, you see.


19 posted on 01/20/2024 7:23:36 PM PST by EinNYC
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