Israeli attack in Syria, against a neighborhood of the capital Damascus. The raid, explains the Sana news agency, "targeted a building in the Mezzeh area".

A building belonging to the Iranian Embassy, which also had the flag of the Islamic Republic, would have been hit", specify Tehran sources.

According to al Arabya, the attack attributed to Israel involved the consulate and the ambassador's residence, causing victims.

The raid, confirmed the Syrian Defense Minister, caused "many deaths and injuries". According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), an NGO based in the United Kingdom, there were at least eight deaths.

Among the victims there would also be a senior commander of the Pasdaran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards: Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a leading exponent of the Quds Forces in Syria and Lebanon.

The Iranian ambassador to Damascus, Hossein Akbari, said that "Tehran's response to the attack will be harsh". The diplomat then added that "after having removed the rubble of the building destroyed by the raid, the exact number of victims will be made known".

(Unioneonline/lf)