Israeli Airstrike in Damascus Kills Top Iranian Commander

“Israeli airstrikes destroyed a building belonging to the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing a senior commander in the Quds Force, the external military and intelligence service of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,” the New York Times reports.

“Gen. Mohamad Reza Zahedi, 65, oversaw Iran’s covert military operations in Syria and Lebanon, Iranian officials said. He is among the senior most Iranian commanders believed to have been killed by Israel in a yearslong shadow war that has included assassinations of Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists in Iran and in Syria.”