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Iran confirms killing of military advisors in Syria

Tehran, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the death of four of its military advisors in Syria, after an Israeli attack against Damascus.

In a statement, the institution described as criminal the Israeli airstrike against the Syrian capital that killed the Iranian advisors and several civilians in this nation.

According to the Iranian MEHR agency, the head of the IRGC intelligence in Syria and his deputy along with two other members were martyred during the bombing of Damascus.

The Defense Ministry of the Arab country confirmed that at approximately 10:20 local time, the Israel carried out an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan against a residential building, in the Mezza neighborhood of the capital.

The anti-aircraft defense means responded to the missiles of the attack and shot down several of them, the military said.

According to press reports, the bombing caused the martyrdom and injury of several civilians as a result of the total destruction of the three-story building and damage to other neighboring ones.

In recent months, the Israel carried out air strikes in several places in Syria and Lebanon, in light of its genocide war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

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