By Francis Ugwu Tehran on Friday threatened retaliation following the death of an Iranian revolutionary guard in Syria by a suspecte...
By Francis Ugwu
Tehran on Friday threatened retaliation following the death
of an Iranian revolutionary guard in Syria by a suspected Israeli air strike.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that the Revolutionary
Guards Corps (IRGC) military adviser was killed on Friday morning near the
Syrian capital Damascus.
It was the second Israeli airstrike within 24 hours,
according to Syrian sources.
The state agency SANA said two Syrian soldiers had already
been injured in an attack on Thursday.
However, the Israeli military did not comment on the attack.
Recall that earlier in the month, an Israeli bomb had hit
Aleppo’s airport.
A week ago, a U.S. military contractor was killed and
several U.S soldiers were injured following a drone attack on a military base
in north-eastern Syria.
The U.S. military blamed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
and then flew attacks on targets belonging to their allies.
U.S. troops were sent to Syria in 2015 to support the fight
against the Islamic State terrorist militia (IS).
Experts had, however, warned of an escalation after the
attacks.
Israel regularly attacks the neighbouring country in an
effort to prevent Iran from expanding its military influence with the help of
militias.
Russia and Iran are Syria’s most important allies.
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