He blowed up real good.
Posted on 04/01/2024 9:10:22 AM PDT by bitt
DAMASCUS, April 1 (Reuters) - Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was flattened on Monday in what Syrian and Iranian media described as an Israeli air strike, a startling apparent escalation of conflict in the Middle East that would pit Israel against Iran and its allies.
A Lebanese security source, speaking to Reuters, said one of the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Iranian state television said several Iranian diplomats had been killed.
Reuters reporters at the scene in the Mezzeh district of the Syrian capital saw smoke rising from rubble of a building that had been flattened, and emergency vehicles parked outside. An Iranian flag hung from a pole in front of the debris. The Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers were both spotted at the scene.
Israel, which has repeatedly hit Iranian targets during the six-month war in Gaza, declined to comment on the incident, following its usual practice. An Israeli military spokesperson said: "We do not comment on reports in the foreign media."
Iran's Tasnim news agency said five people were killed in the Israeli strike. Syria's SANA state news agency reported an unspecified number of deaths and injuries. Since the Iranian-backed Palestinian faction Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has ramped up airstrikes in Syria against Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia and Iran's Guards, both of which support the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Iran’s Tasnim news agency says sources have indicated that at least six people were killed in the alleged Israeli strike on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
It says the number is not yet officially confirmed.
According to other Iranian media, the targeted building was Iran’s consulate and ambassador’s residence.
things are heating up
Tit for tat and away we go!
How sad...........not
Iranian general reportedly killed in Israeli air strike
Commander of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, was killed as a result of an Israeli strike on Damascus, a Sputnik correspondent has reported.
The Quds Force is a part of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. The force distinguished itself in the fight against terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria.
You do realize the Iranians have missiles that can hit any spot in Israel AND the Iron Dome is useless against many of them.
Excellent.
True, and not a reason to bend over and take it from Iran’s Hezbollah permanently and without retaliation.
Someone in the Iranian chain of command has to give the order to launch those missiles, but the IDF has just demonstrated that they will strike command level personnel wherever they might be found. I suspect that this was part of Israel’s calculation in assessing the odds of a counterstrike.
Any dead Quds savage is a good dead Quds savage. Let them know they’re not safe anywhere anytime.
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Purposely targeting a consulate is a crime and casus belli.
Wow! Really?! You may want to let the Israelis know about that.
The question is whether the citizens of Israel, innocent and not, are prepared for the next round of retaliation? I know you pooh pooh the danger of Hezbollah, I fear you underestimate their ability to harm Israel proper and the IDF.
They know, just as the Ukes know the Patriots are useless against their Patriot killing hypersonics. The Iranians have hypersonics.
BINGO! Good shot, IDF! Keep up the great work!!
Not disputing what you wrote, but didn’t we bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade?
I’m quite up to speed on Hezbollah. And, as you know, I’m going to Israel to volunteer for the IDF on base. I know that Hezbollah has aimable rockets (unlike ham ass’s terror-only-unaimed-rockets), and I’ll put myself in their way. Israelis also understand this.
Hezbollah, among its many war crimes, continues to violate UN Resolution 1701 which they agreed to, by militarizing Southern Lebanon. This is unacceptable. Israel cannot continue to live with a loaded gun to its head. Israel must, can, will and is going to defend itself against Iran’s catspaw Hezbollah.
Get some!
He blowed up real good.
Yep.
Many are pushing for WWIII.
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