Eight people have been killed after Israeli strikes on Monday hit an Iranian embassy annex building in Damascus, Syria’s capital.
“Israeli missiles… destroyed the building of an annex to the Iranian embassy… in Damascus, killing eight people,” says Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
“The Israeli attack targeted the Iranian consulate building in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus,” Syria’s official news agency SANA reported.
According to Iranian media, the strikes in Damascus completely destroyed the annex building but the ambassador was unharmed.
AFP correspondents at the site confirmed the building next to the embassy, an annex, had been levelled, in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus.
“Hossein Akbari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, and his family were not harmed in the Israeli attack,” Iran’s Nour news agency said.
The incident came days after it was reported that Israeli strikes that killed 52 people in Syria, including 38 soldiers and seven members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
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