Iran accuses Israel of killing spy chief in missile attack on Damascus
The president of Iran has vowed to take revenge after blaming Israel for an airstrike that killed an Iranian intelligence chief on Saturday, as tensions across the region continue to escalate over the war in Gaza.
The Syrian army said a building in the tightly-guarded western Damascus area of Mazzeh, used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, was destroyed, killing three senior commanders and two others.
Among those killed was Gen Sadegh Omidzadeh, the intelligence deputy of the guard’s expeditionary Quds Force in Syria, according to , which is Hajj Gholam was also killed.
