17:05
Nadia Ragozhina
Live reporter
An Israeli strike has destroyed the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus, killing and wounding several people, Syrian authorities say.
Iranian state media say several diplomats have been killed in the strike in the west of the city.
A senior commander in the powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, is among the dead according to state media.
After the strike, the Israeli military said it did not comment on foreign media reports.
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