Iranian advisers killed in Israeli attack south of Damascus

Syrian state media’s report is a rare acknowledgment by Damascus of Iranian casualties in Israeli strikes on Syrian territory.

DAMASCUS - Syrian state media said on Monday that "a number of Iranian advisers" were killed in an Israeli attack south of the capital, in a rare acknowledgment by Damascus of Iranian casualties in Israeli strikes on Syrian territory.

It also said civilians were killed but did not give a figure for either set of fatalities. Iran's ambassador to Syria had earlier said there were no Iranian casualties in the strike.