An advisor working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had died from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike that targeted a highly-secured neighborhood in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on October 1, Iran’s Student News Network reported on October 3.
The news network identified the slain guard’s advisor as Majid Divani, without providing any further details about his rank or work.
An Israeli strike targeted on October 1 the Mazzeh Western Villas neighborhood in Damascus, where several Syrian security and military headquarters as well as embassies and United Nations agencies are located.
Citing a Syrian military official, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported at the time that Syrian air defenses intercepted a number of Israeli missiles and drones which were launched from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights.
The strike killed three civilians and wounded at least nine others, according to the unnamed official. One of the victims was a Syrian state TV news female anchor.
