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Iranian consulate airstrike in Damascus

January 01, 1970

On 1 April 2024, Israel conducted an airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, destroying the building housing its consular section.[5][1][6] Sixteen people were killed in the strike, including eight officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two Syrian civilians.[3][4] The airstrike took place during a period of heightened tension between Israel and Iran, and amidst the Israel–Hamas war and the Israel–Hezbollah conflict.

Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
Part of 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hamas war, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Israel–Hezbollah conflict and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict
Burning rubble of the Iranian consular building after the airstrike, with the Iranian embassy building standing on its left
Location
Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria

33°30′14.0″N 36°15′37.6″E / 33.503889°N 36.260444°E / 33.503889; 36.260444
TargetIran's Damascus consulate building
Date1 April 2024 (2024-04-01)
c. 17:00[1] (UTC+3)
Executed by Israel[2][a]
OutcomeBuilding destroyed, targeted people and civilians killed
Casualties16 killed[3][4]
  • 7 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers
  • 5 Iran-backed militiamen
  • 1 Hezbollah fighter
  • 1 Iranian advisor
  • 2 civilians
Location of the consulate in Syria
Location of consular building of Iranian embassy in Damascus

Numerous countries and international organizations condemned the attack. On 13 April 2024, Iran retaliated against the attack with missile and drone strikes in Israel,[7][8][9][10] stating that it was primarily targeting the military bases from which Israel had launched the attack.[11][12]

Background

See also: Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war

Since 2013 Iran has maintained a presence of its troops in Syria in response to the Syrian civil war, as Syria is a crucial ally of Iran. Additionally, it has been involved in training and funding paramilitary forces from Hezbollah, along with foreign militias from Iraq and Afghanistan, not only in Syria but also in neighboring Lebanon.[13] Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah assets within the country.[14]

With the onset of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023, Israel has increased the intensity of its attacks on Syria.[15] From 12 to 22 October 2023, Israel launched at least three attacks on airports in Syria, particularly on Damascus and Aleppo.[16][17] Notably, Israel carried out the assassination of Razi Mousavi, a senior Iranian general, in the Syrian capital of Damascus on 25 December 2023, and Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh, an intelligence officer with the IRGC Quds Force, on 20 January 2024.[18][19][20]

Attack

According to Iranian, Syrian, and regional officials, on 1 April 2024, Iranian military commanders convened a "top-level meeting" inside Iran's embassy complex in Damascus in the belief that they were protected by "international norms shielding diplomatic missions". An Iranian source said that these commanders, which included General Mohammad Reza Zahedi who, according to Iranian officials, was in charge of Iran's covert operation in Syria and Lebanon, were in Damascus to discuss "operational logistics and coordination".[21] According to Iranian officials, they were meeting with members from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group active in the Gaza Strip.[22]

That day, the Iranian consulate annex building in the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. Iranian ambassador Hossein Akbari alleged that the consulate building "was targeted with six missiles from Israeli F-35 warplanes".[23] The Guardian stated that Israeli warplanes were responsible for the attack.[24] The New York Times (NYT) stated that four Israeli officials anonymously confirmed Israeli responsibility for the attack.[25] Various other media outlets did not definitively attribute the attack to Israel, and the Israeli government refused to comment on the matter.[26][27][28][29]

The suspected primary target of the attack was the Quds Force commander of the IRGC, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in the attack. According to The Guardian, Zahedi was a critical figure in the relationship between Iran and Hezbollah.[30][31] NYT reported that an anonymous source from the Revolutionary Guards said that the strike targeted a meeting between Iranian intelligence officials and Palestinian militants, including leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who were discussing the war in Gaza.[32]

Footage and photos from the consulate area after the attack showed extensive damage, fire, and smoke.[23] Iranian media reported that the building had been completely destroyed and that the ambassador and his family, who were housed in the embassy next door, were unharmed.[33]

The unused Canadian embassy building on the other side of the consular building was also damaged in the attack, with at least some of its windows destroyed. It has been closed since 2012 because of the Syrian civil war, but it is still owned by the Canadian government.[34]

Casualties

Sixteen were killed in total, including seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) soldiers, five Iran-backed militiamen, one Hezbollah fighter, one Iranian advisor, and two civilians.[3][4]

In addition to Zahedi, casualties included Zahedi's deputy Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi and five Iranian officials: Hossein Aman Elahi, Sayid Mehdi Jalalati, Ali Agha Babaei, Sayid Ali Salehi Roozbahani, and Mohsen Sedaghat.[30] Zahedi was the most senior IRGC officer to be killed since the assassination of Qasem Soleimani by the U.S. in January 2020.[35] According to Bloomberg the IRGC command wing in Syria was eliminated in the strike. [36]

Analysis

Journalists Peter Beaumont and Emma Graham-Harrison of The Guardian wrote that the Israeli strike was a miscalculation that had "bulldozed through every red line to attack a location that Tehran maintains was tantamount to attacking Iranian soil."[37]

Sanam Vakil, the director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the Chatham House think tank, stated that the Damascus attack and the "breach" of the Vienna convention was "the straw that broke the camel's back."[37]

Legality

Diplomatic premises, like homes and schools, are considered "civilian objects" under international law.

Diplomatic buildings are entitled to further protections from attack or other interference by the host country under international customary law, codified in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Convention on Consular Relations.[38] However, the responsibilities under the Convention only apply to the host country, in this case Syria, with the Convention saying nothing about attacks by third states in foreign countries.[39][32]

A UN-commissioned panel of experts on international law consisting of Ben Saul, Morris Tidball-Binz, Javaid Rehman, Livingstone Sewanyana, and Cecilia M. Bailliet wrote that Israel had provided no legal justification for the attack, and had failed to report it to the United Nations Security Council. Therefore, in their view, it violated Article 2(4) banning recourse to force against another state. They also issued a warning that the Israeli officials involved in the strike might have committed crimes.[40] The subsequent Iranian retaliation was also, in their view, prohibited under international law, since self-defense is only justified to deter continuing armed attacks, and the strike on the Iranian Embassy had ended 12 days earlier.[41]

Aurel Sari, a professor of international law at Exeter University, argued that as a third state, Israel "is not bound by the law of diplomatic relations with regard to Iran's Embassy in Syria,"[32] however "unless Israel was able to justify the airstrike as an act of self-defense" it would be in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter. Whether self-defense can justify an attack on the territory of a third country is a subject of academic debate.[32]

Reactions

International

Main article: International reactions to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
 
  Countries that condemned the attack on the Iranian consulate.
  Countries that expressed concern.
  Countries that condemned Iran and Syria for the escalation.[42]
  Countries that called for more investigation.[42]

Official entities from many countries condemned the attack and considered it a violation of the international laws, including the Prime Minister of Iraq,[43] the Prime Minister of Spain,[44] the President of Nicaragua,[45] and the foreign ministries of Afghanistan,[46] Algeria,[47] Armenia,[48] Brazil,[49] Belarus,[50] China,[51] Cuba,[52] Egypt,[53] Indonesia,[54] Jordan,[citation needed] Italy,[55] Kazakhstan,[56] Kuwait,[57] Lebanon,[58] Libya,[59] Malaysia,[54] Maldives,[60] Mauritania,[61] Norway,[62][63] Oman,[64] Pakistan,[65] Qatar,[66] Russia[67] (which called it a "political killing"[68]), Saudi Arabia,[69] South Africa,[70] Sierra Leone,[42] Tajikistan,[71] Tunisia,[72][73] Turkey,[74] United Arab Emirates,[75] Uzbekistan,[76] Venezuela,[77] Vietnam,[78] as well as the Spokesperson for Yemen's Ansar Allah.[citation needed] The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan expressed concern.[79]

The spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General condemned the attack on 1 April.[80]

Russia requested the UN Security Council to discuss the strike.[81] A statement condemning the attack was drafted by Russia to be issued by the Security Council, but the Western member states opposed the issuance of any statement.[82][83][84][85] During the briefing in the United Nations Security Council, the representatives of many countries (such as Ecuador, Guyana, Slovenia, South Korea, and Switzerland) noted that any attack on diplomatic and consular premises violates the Charter of the United Nations as well as the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. They also expressed concern that the incident could further escalate the regional conflict. The representative of Japan only expressed concern, and the representative of the United Kingdom noted the importance of "respect ... for diplomatic premises", but also criticized Iran.[42] The spokesman of the United States National Security Council only stated that the US was not involved and had no prior knowledge of the attack.[86] Israel had notified the US in advance that it would be operating in Syria, but did not identify the target.[87] The Representative of Russia criticized the statements made by the US and others including France, considering them to be double standard.[42]

United States officials said Israel had notified the US in advance that it would be operating in Syria, but did not identify the target. A Pentagon spokesperson said Israel had provided no advance warning of the strike.[87]

The Arab League,[88] the European Union,[89][90][91] the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),[92] the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),[93] as well as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)[94] also condemned the attack.

Israel

The Israeli military spokesman claimed that the building is neither a consulate nor an embassy, but a military building of Quds forces "disguised as a civilian structure in Damascus".[95] Israel told the U.S. that if a retaliatory attack by Iran would prompt a robust response from Israel.[96][97]

Seven Israeli embassies were evacuated in response to the potential threat of an Iranian retaliatory attack, after Iran publicly blamed Israel and vowed retaliation.[98] The IDF deployed GPS jamming systems within Tel Aviv to safeguard against potential aerial attacks by Iran.[99] Initial U.S. intelligence anticipated a significant attack on U.S. or Israeli assets as soon as the week of 8–12 April.[100]

Iran

 
Ali Khamenei leading the funeral for the IRGC soldiers on 4 April

In several cities across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, as well as Tabriz and Isfahan, large crowds of protesters gathered waving Palestinian and Iranian flags and demanding revenge.[101][102] The Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed a harsh response to the attack. Khamenei's political advisor Ali Shamkhani, said that the United States remains directly responsible.[103] Iran also sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council, saying it "reserves its legitimate and inherent right to respond decisively".[104] Syria's Foreign Minister condemned the attack, calling it a terrorist attack.[105]

On 5 April 2024, Iran told the United States to "step aside" as it prepared for retaliation against Israel.[106] On 13 April 2024, the Iranian military launched its Operation True Promise,[107] attacking Israel from its own soil for the first time,[108] firing more than 300 standoff weapons at Israel, including at least 170 aerial drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles. The attack, which constituted the largest single drone attack in history, was described as a success by Iran[109] and as a failure by Israel, the latter saying that its air defenses, buttressed by those of allies, destroyed almost all the incoming weapons before they could reach their targets.[110][111] That same day, the IRGC Navy boarded and seized Portuguese container ship MSC Aries in the Strait of Hormuz via helicopter, claiming it as "linked to Israel"[112] and "violating maritime laws".[113] On 18 April, 16 shipping associations sent a joint letter to the United Nations requesting every effort to release the captive crew of MSC Aries, and for "enhanced military presence, missions and patrols in the region to protect seafarers",[114]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack.

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January 01, 1970
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A request that this article title be changed to Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus is under discussion Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed On 1 April 2024 Israel conducted an airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus Syria destroying the building housing its consular section 5 1 6 Sixteen people were killed in the strike including eight officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC and two Syrian civilians 3 4 The airstrike took place during a period of heightened tension between Israel and Iran and amidst the Israel Hamas war and the Israel Hezbollah conflict Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in DamascusPart of 2024 Iran Israel conflict Israel Hamas war Iran Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war Israel Hezbollah conflict and the Iran Israel proxy conflictBurning rubble of the Iranian consular building after the airstrike with the Iranian embassy building standing on its leftLocationMezzeh Damascus Syria33 30 14 0 N 36 15 37 6 E 33 503889 N 36 260444 E 33 503889 36 260444TargetIran s Damascus consulate buildingDate1 April 2024 2024 04 01 c 17 00 1 UTC 3 Executed by Israel 2 a OutcomeBuilding destroyed targeted people and civilians killedCasualties16 killed 3 4 7 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers 5 Iran backed militiamen 1 Hezbollah fighter 1 Iranian advisor 2 civiliansLocation of the consulate in Syria Location of consular building of Iranian embassy in Damascus Numerous countries and international organizations condemned the attack On 13 April 2024 Iran retaliated against the attack with missile and drone strikes in Israel 7 8 9 10 stating that it was primarily targeting the military bases from which Israel had launched the attack 11 12 Contents 1 Background 2 Attack 3 Casualties 4 Analysis 5 Legality 6 Reactions 6 1 International 6 2 Israel 6 3 Iran 7 See also 8 Notes 9 ReferencesBackgroundSee also Iran Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war Since 2013 Iran has maintained a presence of its troops in Syria in response to the Syrian civil war as Syria is a crucial ally of Iran Additionally it has been involved in training and funding paramilitary forces from Hezbollah along with foreign militias from Iraq and Afghanistan not only in Syria but also in neighboring Lebanon 13 Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011 Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah assets within the country 14 With the onset of the Israel Hamas war in October 2023 Israel has increased the intensity of its attacks on Syria 15 From 12 to 22 October 2023 Israel launched at least three attacks on airports in Syria particularly on Damascus and Aleppo 16 17 Notably Israel carried out the assassination of Razi Mousavi a senior Iranian general in the Syrian capital of Damascus on 25 December 2023 and Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh an intelligence officer with the IRGC Quds Force on 20 January 2024 18 19 20 AttackAccording to Iranian Syrian and regional officials on 1 April 2024 Iranian military commanders convened a top level meeting inside Iran s embassy complex in Damascus in the belief that they were protected by international norms shielding diplomatic missions An Iranian source said that these commanders which included General Mohammad Reza Zahedi who according to Iranian officials was in charge of Iran s covert operation in Syria and Lebanon were in Damascus to discuss operational logistics and coordination 21 According to Iranian officials they were meeting with members from Palestinian Islamic Jihad a militant group active in the Gaza Strip 22 That day the Iranian consulate annex building in the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike Iranian ambassador Hossein Akbari alleged that the consulate building was targeted with six missiles from Israeli F 35 warplanes 23 The Guardian stated that Israeli warplanes were responsible for the attack 24 The New York Times NYT stated that four Israeli officials anonymously confirmed Israeli responsibility for the attack 25 Various other media outlets did not definitively attribute the attack to Israel and the Israeli government refused to comment on the matter 26 27 28 29 The suspected primary target of the attack was the Quds Force commander of the IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi who was killed in the attack According to The Guardian Zahedi was a critical figure in the relationship between Iran and Hezbollah 30 31 NYT reported that an anonymous source from the Revolutionary Guards said that the strike targeted a meeting between Iranian intelligence officials and Palestinian militants including leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad who were discussing the war in Gaza 32 Footage and photos from the consulate area after the attack showed extensive damage fire and smoke 23 Iranian media reported that the building had been completely destroyed and that the ambassador and his family who were housed in the embassy next door were unharmed 33 The unused Canadian embassy building on the other side of the consular building was also damaged in the attack with at least some of its windows destroyed It has been closed since 2012 because of the Syrian civil war but it is still owned by the Canadian government 34 CasualtiesSixteen were killed in total including seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC soldiers five Iran backed militiamen one Hezbollah fighter one Iranian advisor and two civilians 3 4 In addition to Zahedi casualties included Zahedi s deputy Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi and five Iranian officials Hossein Aman Elahi Sayid Mehdi Jalalati Ali Agha Babaei Sayid Ali Salehi Roozbahani and Mohsen Sedaghat 30 Zahedi was the most senior IRGC officer to be killed since the assassination of Qasem Soleimani by the U S in January 2020 35 According to Bloomberg the IRGC command wing in Syria was eliminated in the strike 36 AnalysisJournalists Peter Beaumont and Emma Graham Harrison of The Guardian wrote that the Israeli strike was a miscalculation that had bulldozed through every red line to attack a location that Tehran maintains was tantamount to attacking Iranian soil 37 Sanam Vakil the director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the Chatham House think tank stated that the Damascus attack and the breach of the Vienna convention was the straw that broke the camel s back 37 LegalityDiplomatic premises like homes and schools are considered civilian objects under international law Diplomatic buildings are entitled to further protections from attack or other interference by the host country under international customary law codified in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Convention on Consular Relations 38 However the responsibilities under the Convention only apply to the host country in this case Syria with the Convention saying nothing about attacks by third states in foreign countries 39 32 A UN commissioned panel of experts on international law consisting of Ben Saul Morris Tidball Binz Javaid Rehman Livingstone Sewanyana and Cecilia M Bailliet wrote that Israel had provided no legal justification for the attack and had failed to report it to the United Nations Security Council Therefore in their view it violated Article 2 4 banning recourse to force against another state They also issued a warning that the Israeli officials involved in the strike might have committed crimes 40 The subsequent Iranian retaliation was also in their view prohibited under international law since self defense is only justified to deter continuing armed attacks and the strike on the Iranian Embassy had ended 12 days earlier 41 Aurel Sari a professor of international law at Exeter University argued that as a third state Israel is not bound by the law of diplomatic relations with regard to Iran s Embassy in Syria 32 however unless Israel was able to justify the airstrike as an act of self defense it would be in violation of Article 2 4 of the United Nations Charter Whether self defense can justify an attack on the territory of a third country is a subject of academic debate 32 ReactionsInternational Main article International reactions to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus nbsp Countries that condemned the attack on the Iranian consulate Countries that expressed concern Countries that condemned Iran and Syria for the escalation 42 Countries that called for more investigation 42 Official entities from many countries condemned the attack and considered it a violation of the international laws including the Prime Minister of Iraq 43 the Prime Minister of Spain 44 the President of Nicaragua 45 and the foreign ministries of Afghanistan 46 Algeria 47 Armenia 48 Brazil 49 Belarus 50 China 51 Cuba 52 Egypt 53 Indonesia 54 Jordan citation needed Italy 55 Kazakhstan 56 Kuwait 57 Lebanon 58 Libya 59 Malaysia 54 Maldives 60 Mauritania 61 Norway 62 63 Oman 64 Pakistan 65 Qatar 66 Russia 67 which called it a political killing 68 Saudi Arabia 69 South Africa 70 Sierra Leone 42 Tajikistan 71 Tunisia 72 73 Turkey 74 United Arab Emirates 75 Uzbekistan 76 Venezuela 77 Vietnam 78 as well as the Spokesperson for Yemen s Ansar Allah citation needed The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan expressed concern 79 The spokesperson for the UN Secretary General condemned the attack on 1 April 80 Russia requested the UN Security Council to discuss the strike 81 A statement condemning the attack was drafted by Russia to be issued by the Security Council but the Western member states opposed the issuance of any statement 82 83 84 85 During the briefing in the United Nations Security Council the representatives of many countries such as Ecuador Guyana Slovenia South Korea and Switzerland noted that any attack on diplomatic and consular premises violates the Charter of the United Nations as well as the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations They also expressed concern that the incident could further escalate the regional conflict The representative of Japan only expressed concern and the representative of the United Kingdom noted the importance of respect for diplomatic premises but also criticized Iran 42 The spokesman of the United States National Security Council only stated that the US was not involved and had no prior knowledge of the attack 86 Israel had notified the US in advance that it would be operating in Syria but did not identify the target 87 The Representative of Russia criticized the statements made by the US and others including France considering them to be double standard 42 United States officials said Israel had notified the US in advance that it would be operating in Syria but did not identify the target A Pentagon spokesperson said Israel had provided no advance warning of the strike 87 The Arab League 88 the European Union 89 90 91 the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC 92 the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC 93 as well as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO 94 also condemned the attack Israel The Israeli military spokesman claimed that the building is neither a consulate nor an embassy but a military building of Quds forces disguised as a civilian structure in Damascus 95 Israel told the U S that if a retaliatory attack by Iran would prompt a robust response from Israel 96 97 Seven Israeli embassies were evacuated in response to the potential threat of an Iranian retaliatory attack after Iran publicly blamed Israel and vowed retaliation 98 The IDF deployed GPS jamming systems within Tel Aviv to safeguard against potential aerial attacks by Iran 99 Initial U S intelligence anticipated a significant attack on U S or Israeli assets as soon as the week of 8 12 April 100 Iran nbsp Ali Khamenei leading the funeral for the IRGC soldiers on 4 April In several cities across Iran including the capital Tehran as well as Tabriz and Isfahan large crowds of protesters gathered waving Palestinian and Iranian flags and demanding revenge 101 102 The Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed a harsh response to the attack Khamenei s political advisor Ali Shamkhani said that the United States remains directly responsible 103 Iran also sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council saying it reserves its legitimate and inherent right to respond decisively 104 Syria s Foreign Minister condemned the attack calling it a terrorist attack 105 On 5 April 2024 Iran told the United States to step aside as it prepared for retaliation against Israel 106 On 13 April 2024 the Iranian military launched its Operation True Promise 107 attacking Israel from its own soil for the first time 108 firing more than 300 standoff weapons at Israel including at least 170 aerial drones 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles The attack which constituted the largest single drone attack in history was described as a success by Iran 109 and as a failure by Israel the latter saying 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