What has Happened: Earlier today, Israeli warplanes destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing six people including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). General Zahedi was responsible for covert military operations in Syria and Lebanon, and he is among the most senior Iranian commanders believed to have been killed by Israel (and the most senior since Soleimani was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020). This recent strike follows Israeli airstrikes last Friday in Aleppo which killed over 40 people, including 36 Syrian soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters ... Academy SITREP – Israeli Airstrike on Iranian Consulate in Syria Kills IRGC Commander