Seven Iranian officials, including two elite military commanders, were killed in an airstrike on an Iranian embassy complex in Damascus on Monday, with suspicions pointing towards Israel as the perpetrator. This attack is being considered the most significant of its kind on Iranian targets since the assassination of Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020 by then-US President Donald Trump.
Despite Iran's reluctance to engage in war with Israel and the United States, experts suggest that Iran may feel compelled to respond to this attack. Israel has a history of targeting Iranian and Iranian-allied interests in Syria as part of its strategy to prevent emerging threats to its security, known as the 'campaign between wars.'
