Iranian advisor killed in Israeli airstrike in Syria
Ba Thi, VOV correspondent in Egypt -
(VOVWORLD) -Saeed Abyar, one of the advisers of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Aleppo, northern Syria, on Monday, according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency.
 Saeed Abyar, adviser of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Photo: IRGC
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Earlier, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israeli attack killed 16 people, including Syrian and foreign fighters. This has been the first attack that killed an Iranian security official since the Israeli strike on the Iranian Embassy complex in Syria on April 1, heightening tensions between Iran and Israel.
Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on its northern neighbor since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, mainly targeting military positions and Iranian-backed militant groups, including Hezbollah forces.
Ba Thi, VOV correspondent in Egypt