A strike widely attributed to Israel demolished Iran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria, and killed eight people, including two Iranian generals.
Iran and one of its key proxies vowed Tuesday to respond to a strike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus and killed eight people, including two Iranian generals. Iran's state TV reported Tuesday that the country's Supreme National Security Council, a key decision-making body, met late Monday and decided on a “required” response to the strike.
said Tuesday that Iran relayed an important message to the United States late Monday and that it called for a meeting of the U.N. Security Council. The message to Washington was delivered through a Swiss envoy in Tehran; Switzerland looks after U.S. interests in Iran. said Iran holds the United States, Israel's closest ally, responsible for the strike. Meanwhile, a U.S. defense official said that an attack drone was detected and destroyed by U.S. forces at Al-Tanf Garrison in Syria on Monday afternoon. No injuries and no damage to infrastructure were reported. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public.
said the vessel posed “a threat to U.S. and coalition forces and merchant vessels in the region.” Karimi and Chehayeb write for the Associated Press. Chehayeb reported from Beirut. AP writers Samy Magdy in Cairo, and Ellen Knickmeyer and Tara Copp in Washington contributed to this report.
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