The Iranian regime has defiantly pledged retaliation against Israel for an airstrike in Damascus that targeted a building used as a base for Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Accusing Israel of launching precision-targeted missiles, the Iranian regime claims that the strike flattened a multi-story building housing Iranian advisers supporting President Bashar al-Assad's government. The Israeli government has refrained from providing any comments on the incident, maintaining its customary silence regarding such operations.
The Iranian regime's Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemned the strike as a "desperate attempt to spread instability in the region" and asserted the regime's perceived right to respond to what it labels as organized terrorism by Israel.
Syrian state media reported an Israeli aerial attack in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus, with Syrian air defenses reportedly intercepting several missiles. The casualties included five Iranians and an unspecified number of Syrian military personnel.
Amidst ambulances and fire trucks at the site, rescue operations were underway to retrieve individuals trapped under the rubble. The strike follows heightened tensions in the region, with Israel intensifying its campaign against the Iranian regime's military and security forces in Syria after an October 7 attack on Israel by militants affiliated with the Iranian-backed group Hamas.
