Israeli airstrike on Iran consulate in Syria kills six including IRGC commander

Mohammad Reza Zahedi of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps among dead in Damascus attack, state media says

Israeli warplanes have destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing six people including a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

Reporters at the scene in the Mezzeh district of the Syrian capital saw smoke rising from the rubble of a building that had been flattened, and emergency vehicles parked outside. The Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers were both seen at the scene.