As many as eight people were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit the Iranian Embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus Monday, according to IRNA news agency as fears of conflict escalation in the Middle East ramp up, with thousands martyred in Gaza.
Iranian news agency claimed that the Syrian Air Force also intercepted some of the Israeli missiles fired toward the embassy, whereas Sana reported that the “Zionist forces” targeted the Mezzeh neighborhood in Damascus.
Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus including the ambassador and his family are unharmed.
