Second Iranian Revolutionary Guard Adviser Dies After Israeli Assault in Syria – Mehr Information
DUBAI (Reuters) – A navy adviser to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps died of his accidents after an Israeli air strike close to Syria’s capital, Iranian semi-official Mehr information company reported on Sunday.
Israel has for years carried out assaults in opposition to what it has described as Iran-linked targets in Syria, the place Tehran’s affect has grown because it started supporting President Bashar al-Assad within the civil battle that started in 2011.
Iran says its officers serve in an advisory position in Syria on the invitation of Damascus. Dozens of Revolutionary Guards members together with senior officers have been killed in Syria in the course of the battle.
“Meqdad Meqdani was wounded in the course of the Zionist assault on Friday daybreak and was martyred,” Mehr information mentioned.
Friday’s air strike, the sixth assault by Israel in Syria in March in line with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, additionally killed one other Revolutionary Guards navy adviser and officer, Milad Haydari.
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The Revolutionary Guards vowed to reply to the Israeli assault on Friday.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Modifying by William Mallard)
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