Israeli air strikes on Iranian consulate in Syria kill at least five

Israeli air strikes targeting the Iranian consulate in Syria's capital on Monday killed at least five individuals, among them a high-ranking officer of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Iranian state media reported.

"At least five people were killed in the attack which was carried out by F-35 fighter jets," Hossein Akbari, Iran's ambassador to Damascus, said in front of the levelled building in an interview broadcast on state TV.

He did not give the source of his information about the aircraft.