{"id":17691,"date":"2023-12-29T21:23:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/attack-in-syria-leaves-11-senior-iranian-military-officers-dead-report\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T21:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:53:22","slug":"attack-in-syria-leaves-11-senior-iranian-military-officers-dead-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/attack-in-syria-leaves-11-senior-iranian-military-officers-dead-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack in Syria leaves 11 senior Iranian military officers dead: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Israeli airstrike on the Damascus airport has reportedly killed nearly a dozen senior Iranian military officials, which one expert told Fox News Digital would prove Israel\u2019s ability to maintain a multi-faceted defense of the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“While there is no independent confirmation of Guard Corps names or ranks, the IRGC has long seen Syria as a critical regional hub to project power into the Eastern Mediterranean and connect its constellation of proxies called the \u2018Axis of Resistance,\u2019” Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It should come as a shock to no one that Guard Corps elite are operating there, especially amid a regional war, which they are directing far away from their own soil,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Similarly, should the strike be independently verified, it would be more proof of Israel being able to hold back and deter elements of the Axis of Resistance in other geographies while fighting to defeat Hamas in Gaza,” Taleblu stressed.<\/p>\n
DESIGNATING HOUTHI REBELS AS TERRORISTS IS \u2018CRITICAL,\u2019 IRAN EXPERT WARNS<\/strong><\/p>\n Syrian media claimed that Israel had targeted sites in southern Syria and near Damascus in waves that aimed to disrupt and Iran\u2019s operations in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n