Iran military adviser in Syria dies days after Israeli strike

An Iranian military official with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria on Thursday succumbed to injuries sustained in an Israeli strike on Damascus earlier this week, Iranian media said. Military adviser Majid Divani “was injured in an air strike by Israel in Damascus three days ago” and died on Thursday, Tasnim news agency reported. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has announced several deaths among its ranks in recent Israeli strikes on Syria as well as Lebanon, has not confirmed Mr Divani’s death.