A senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Damascus on Monday, according to Iranian media, and Tehran is vowing that it will respond.
The IRGC commander, Seyyed Razi Mousavi, was serving as a military advisor in Syria and was once a close confidant of IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad in 2020.
Israel acknowledged Mousavi was killed but did not officially take credit for the airstrike, maintaining its policy of ambiguity about its operations in Syria. For years now, Israel has been bombing Syria with impunity but rarely acknowledges individual airstrikes.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi vowed a response to the killing of Mousavi. Raisi said the IRGC commander was “martyred while serving as an adviser for the resistance front, defending holy shrines in Syria as well as safeguarding Islamic ideals” and vowed that the “Israeli regime will definitely pay for this crime.”
Hezbollah also condemned the Israeli airstrike and said Mousavi was “one of the best of brothers who worked to support the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon for decades of his honorable life.”
Before the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, Israeli warplanes bombed Syria 25 times in 2023, and the airstrikes have escalated significantly amid the onslaught in Gaza. Earlier this month, Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed two IRGC members outside of Damascus.
The Israeli killing of Mousavi and Israel’s overall bombing campaign in Syria risks starting a major regional war. Syria is just one of many fronts that could escalate into a full-blown conflict as Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire across the Israel-Lebanon border, and the Houthis are targeting Israeli-linked commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Another stupid, reckless move by Israel no doubt backed by the moronic Biden regime.
The fools are desperately trying to escalate Iran into a war, and were likely expecting an immediate Iranian response.
Happily for the world, Iran’s leaders are not just wiser but more patient than Israel’s and the DC juveniles.
It’s obvious that Iran saw right through it and didn’t respond immediately. They will, however, when they’re ready – and it will be extremely painful.
Right now, Iran’s leaders can just sit back and watch Israel being slowly beaten – death by a thousand cuts.
Truly healthy cynicism. Having said that…. I am not entirely… Fatalistic?….
More self-inflicting damage. Arrogance and juvenile belief in invulnerability. They know very well that Iran cannot be touched. 20 and 25 year agreements between Russia and China with Iran respectively. Iran is both Russia’s and China’s red line. Thus impotent strikes at whoever and whenever. It seems strange that it is tolerated, however, larger goal of exposing Israel and US and cementing public opinion has been achieved. New generations of leadership are generated. On the most fundamental level they now understand US-led global order, and how to build structures that shield the economic and financial arena from multinational infiltration. Organizations such as SOC and BRICS+ are geared to assist in the process.
US led oorder has since WWII lost the capacity for strategic planning.
IRGC supports and arms Hezbollah and Hamas-those who live by the sword…..
The sword is coming..stay smug like your IDF buddies, because all true evil does come to an end.
Russia must activate all of its anti-aircraft weapons and shoot down terrorist IAF planes. Israel must be made to pay brutally for its psychopathic actions.
The only psychopaths are Hamas,Hezbollah, and those who arm them.
Not a chance, they are going to give Israel much pain and deservingly so. Hamas and Hezbollah are mere saintly compared to the inhumane war criminals in the IDF, IAF and Israeli Gov. You cannot be a terrorist state like Israel and THINK it will last forever…
I just have no idea how to respond to the genocidal Israeli response to whatever it was that happened on December 5th..!!!!! Was it an attack on Israeli military personnel or innocent civilians…?????? In any case it is difficult to cut through the propaganda and the lies to understand the truth of ewhat triggered the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, mostly innocent women and children. If there is any justice left in this world today, we should se Israeli perpetrators in the dock in Nuremberg…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Israel is so nice, always killing, assassinating. and bombing. No wonder we love it so much.
So a bad dude got his-big deal.
A bad dude? compared to the utter fiends in the IDF and Israeli government…he was a saint…Period
I just have no idea how to respond to the genocidal Israeli response to whatever it was that happened on December 5th..!!!!! Was it an attack on Israeli military personnel or innocent civilians…?????? In any case it is difficult to cut through the propaganda and the lies to understand the truth of what triggered the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, mostly innocent women and children. If there is any justice left in this world today, we should see Israeli perpetrators in the dock in Nuremberg…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hamas rape gangs and Hezbollah terrorists should be in the dock.What the fork happened on Dec 5th? On Oct 7-Hamas crossed the border and committed a massacre, and now they are being eliminated. Let Gazans vote Hamas out of office and turn them over for trial in Israel.
The point that has been missed (on purpose) is: North Yemen (Houthis) have declared war on Israel. Attacks on enemy assets is part of war. US and “coalition” are , therefore, knowingly enereting the war on the side of Israel.. Therefore, the nonsense of protecting “global ” shipping is a smoke and mirtors for the ignorant.
Houthis are not an illegitimate group. Recent peace agreement between North Yemen (Houthis). South Yemen (Southern Separatists) and Saudi Arabia has legitimized all Yemeni entities and their international status, It is not obligatory, but is recommended to have a peace agreement ratified by UN Security Council. Saudi Arabia presented the peace Agreement to Security Council — and US hit the roof. US was not going to approve, as it wanted more control of Bab Al-Mandeb.
It, however, does not legally matter. US cannot invalidate the peace agreement, and CANNOT declare Houthis terrorist organization. It is now legitimately a state, recognized by Saudi Arabia.
US can do whatever it pleases for public effect, so declaring Houthis terrorists may have the effect — it will look to US public that Biden is “tough”.
But it will not stop anyone from financing Notth Yemen (Houthis). Part of the peace deal is financing Notth Yemen airports that were damaged in war so they can reopen. US threat of terrorist organization that prohibits funding will have ZERO effect on non-NATO countries.
Israeli effrontery grows – attacking Syria again and again. It’s as if Netanyahu wants to stoke a regional war. more than dangerous for US to unconditionally back Israel right now, gonna get us dragged into yet another stupid Middle East war when we have lotsa people homeless and hungry in the midwest and 1800 a month studio apartments, ridiculous.
Bibi and his tribe of illegal settlers are living in a bubble that Uncle Sam has made for them. This bubble will burst soon. Much like the Aryans in WW2 the Israeli’s think they can do whatever they want to whomever and not get a brutal slap. This slap will be much more than that, and may end the state of Israel itself.
I am against escalations by any side, Israeli, Hamas, etc. Israel attacking Syria to reach an Iranian leader is an escalation a provocation and makes the situation even more dangerous.