High-ranking Iranian general killed in airstrike in Syria

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On Monday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed in a statement that high-ranking Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi was killed Sunday during an Israeli airstrike in Syria. In addition to Allahdadi, six Hezbollah members were also killed in the airstrike, including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of a Hezbollah military strategist killed in 2008. Mughniyeh's funeral was attended by thousands in Beirut on Monday.

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The statement called the airstrike a "criminal attack," and said that the general was in the area to provide "consultation" to Syrian authorities fighting against "terrorists," the Los Angeles Times reports. The strike took place in the Quneitra region of Syria, near the Golan Heights, with reports saying it either came from an Israeli helicopter or drone aircraft.

Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.