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(I24) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that the strike targeted two distinct sites linked to Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias
A senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps was reportedly in an airstrike near Damascus, Tehran said on Monday.
The attack, attributed to Israel, eliminated Sayyed Reza Mousavi, a key figure responsible for Iranian forces in Syria.
Mousavi, a high-ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander, was overseeing Iranian military operations in Syria.
He was a close confidant of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian commander killed by a U.S. drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq in 2020.
#BREAKING: Israeli Air Force kills IRGC Senior Commander Rahdi Mousawi in Damascus airstrikes.
He was one of Qassem Soleimani’s closest confidants. pic.twitter.com/ljlSfdJEUd
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) December 25, 2023
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the strike targeted two distinct sites linked to Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias.
Reports in Syria of an Israeli airstrike targeting the area of Sayyidah Zainab in the Damascus countryside. pic.twitter.com/KHg7eyoe6a
— Ariel Oseran (@ariel_oseran) December 25, 2023
Witnesses reported loud explosions, and plumes of smoke billowed from the targeted locations, creating a visible spectacle in the Damascus countryside.