Iran announces death of Revolutionary Guards leader killed in strike blamed on Israel in Syria

It was “one of the Guardians’ most experienced advisors”. A general of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, was killed in Syria in a strike blamed on Israel carried out near Damascus, the official Iranian agency Irna reported Monday, December 25. Razi Moussavi was killed during a “attack on the Zionist regime carried out a few hours ago” against the neighborhood of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, IRNA said.

The Islamic Republic is one of the main international supporters of Hamas, whose October 7 attack in Israel left around 1,140 dead, mostly civilians, in Israel, according to an AFP tally based on the latest figures. Israeli officials available. In a press release, the Guardians presented the “Brigadier General Moussavi” as “the logistics manager of the axis of resistance” [groupes armés en lutte contre Israël] in Syria.

Israel rarely comments on its operations in Syria but says it wants to prevent Iran, its sworn enemy, from establishing itself on its doorstep. Asked Monday about the death of Razi Mousavi, the Israeli army said it did not “not comment on information from foreign media”.