In major escalation, Israel kills 8 after attacking Iranian embassy in Syria | louder.news

There are emerging reports and accompanying video confirmation that an Israeli airstrike destroyed part of the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital on Monday.

Syrian state media also reports that Israel carried out a rare daylight strike in the vicinity of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. The video shows that the entire facade of the embassy complex and the drive along with a side annex building have been destroyed.

Watch: Airstrikes target building near Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus. Syrian state media say Syrian air defenses intercepted “hostile targets” in the vicinity of the capital.#Iran #Syria

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However, the embassy building is standing and does not appear to have been directly hit in the attack. Regional reports say an annex of the main embassy was taken out.