Israel air strike kills high-ranking Iranian common Sayyed Razi Mousavi in Syria

An Israeli air strike exterior the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday killed a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, three safety sources and Iranian state media mentioned.

The sources mentioned that Sayyed Razi Mousavi, who held the rank of brigadier-general, was answerable for coordinating the army alliance between Syria and Iran.

Iran’s state tv interrupted its common information broadcast to announce that Mousavi had been killed, describing him as one of many Guards’ oldest advisers in Syria.

It mentioned he had been “amongst these accompanying Qassem Soleimani”, the top of the Guards’ elite Quds Power who was killed in a US drone assault in Iraq in 2020.

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi mentioned the assassination of Mousavi confirmed weak spot on the a part of Israel.

“This act is an indication of the Zionist regime’s frustration and weak spot within the area for which it can actually pay the value,” Iranian media cited Raisi as saying.

The Revolutionary Guards mentioned Israel would undergo for killing Mousavi.

“Undoubtedly, the usurper and savage Zionist regime pays for this crime,” the Guards mentioned in an announcement learn on state tv.

For its half, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group condemned the killing of Mousavi as a “cowardly act”, saying he had performed a significant function in supporting the resistance within the area in addition to the Palestinian folks and their trigger.

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There was no quick remark from Israel’s army.

Israel has for years carried out assaults in opposition to what it describes as Iran-linked targets in Syria, the place Tehran’s affect has grown because it backed President Bashar al-Assad within the civil struggle that erupted in Syria in 2011.

Earlier this month, Iran mentioned Israeli strikes had killed two Revolutionary Guards members in Syria who had served as army advisers there.

Iran has despatched a whole lot of Guards as “advisers” to assist practice and organise hundreds of Shiite militia fighters from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to again the federal government within the Syrian battle. Fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah have additionally labored carefully with Iranian army commanders in Syria.