Israeli airstrikes in Syria claim lives of Iranian military advisers.

An Iranian military advisor was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, escalating tensions between Tehran-backed forces and the US and Israel. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened to avenge the advisor's death. The strikes targeted an arms depot and Iranian-backed groups just south of the capital city. The US and Israel have been responding to attacks from IRGC-backed forces, with six American soldiers diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries this week after attacks on two coalition military bases in Northeast Syria earlier this month.