Israeli strikes in Syria kill Iranian officer, sparks vow of revenge from Iran.

An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Damascus, and Iran has vowed to avenge the death. Syria's state news agency reported that the strikes targeted an arms depot for government forces and Iran-backed groups just south of Damascus. Israel has not commented on the specific strikes, but it has acknowledged conducting hundreds of sorties against Iran-backed groups attempting to gain a foothold in the country over the last decade.