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Israel bombs Iran's embassy in Syria, kills commanders says Iran (www.reuters.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders.

Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble of a destroyed building inside the diplomatic compound, adjacent to the main embassy building. Emergency vehicles were parked outside. An Iranian flag hung from a pole by the debris.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay, isn't bombing an embassy an absolutely insane escalation?

Yep. There's literally two countries in the world who could get away with it without causing a major diplomatic crisis if not downright war: Israel and the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Meh, I bet if Russia bomb some random embassies in Ukraine there would not be additional war.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, the "not already at war" part was implied lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Or anyone else everyone is basically already at war with. E.g. if Ukraine were to destroy the Russian embassy in North Korea, nothing would escalate past where it already is.