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Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, was killed. AFP

Emergency personnel extinguish a fire at the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. AFP

Emergency and security workers comb the rubble following the attack, which killed at least 11 people including senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, in the Syrian capital. AFP

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (centre) visits the embassy compound, in the central Mezzeh area of the city. AFP

Members of the Syrian Red Crescent work at the scene in Damascus. The head of the Quds Force in Lebanon was among the dead. Reuters

A destroyed vehicle is taken away from the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital. Reuters

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that the attack would 'not go unpunished'. AFP

The strike is the most significant attack against an Iranian target since the Gaza war began. EPA

A damaged vehicle is doused following the air strike in Damascus. EPA

An Israeli army spokesman claimed the embassy compound was a military site 'disguised' as a diplomatic site. Reuters

Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, was killed. AFP

Emergency personnel extinguish a fire at the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. AFP

Emergency and security workers comb the rubble following the attack, which killed at least 11 people including senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, in the Syrian capital. AFP

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (centre) visits the embassy compound, in the central Mezzeh area of the city. AFP

Members of the Syrian Red Crescent work at the scene in Damascus. The head of the Quds Force in Lebanon was among the dead. Reuters

A destroyed vehicle is taken away from the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital. Reuters

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that the attack would 'not go unpunished'. AFP

The strike is the most significant attack against an Iranian target since the Gaza war began. EPA

A damaged vehicle is doused following the air strike in Damascus. EPA

An Israeli army spokesman claimed the embassy compound was a military site 'disguised' as a diplomatic site. Reuters

Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, was killed. AFP

Like a war zone: Damascus residents stunned after Israel's strike on Iran embassy compound

Parts of the central Mezzeh district were cordoned off as search teams pulled bodies from the rubble

Danny Makki

Damascus

April 02, 2024

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