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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Five IRGC advisors killed in Israeli strike on Damascus</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">January 20, 2024<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>An Israeli attack targets a residential building in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing five IRGC advisors.</p><img src="cid:ii_lrme4vpl0" alt="cd41e6ec-bede-49d1-8288-300754536675.jpg" width="293" height="391"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
Israeli aggression targets a residential building in Damascus on January 20, 2025. (Social media/ X)
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<p>Syrian news agency <em>SANA</em> reported on Saturday that Israeli
aggression targeted a residential building in the al-Mazzeh neighborhood
in the Syrian capital, Damascus.</p>
<p>In turn, <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent in Damascus said that the aggression led to the complete collapse of the building. </p>
<p>Sources reported that the three-story building in Damascus houses members of the Iranian Revolution's Guard. </p>
<p><strong>UPDATE: </strong>The IRGC announced in a statement that five
Iranian military advisors were killed in the Israeli aggression on
Damascus. Iranian media reported that the IRGC's intelligence advisor in
Syria and his assistant were killed in the attack.</p>
<p>The IRGC named its martyred advisors as Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali
Aqazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Saeed Karimi, and Mohammad Amin Samadi.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's representative in Syria, Ismail
Al-Sindawi said, "All PIJ leaders in Damascus are fine, and the
aggression has not affected any of the movement's offices."</p>
<p>Last month, Senior Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Seyyed Razi <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/senior-irgc-official-martyred-in-israeli-attack-on-syria">Mousavi was martyred in an Israeli airstrike</a> on Damascus on December 25, 2023.</p>
<p>The Iranian commander was martyred after the Israeli occupation
launched three missiles at his location in the suburbs of Damascus.</p></div></div></div>
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