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Seems an Iranian military advisor to Hezbollah in Syria had the misfortune to be where the Israelis were conducting an airstrike.<\/p>\n
Iranian state media reported that IRGC adviser Sayyed Razi Mousavi was killed in an airstrike near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday. The death of Mousavi, who was reportedly the chief coordinator of the Iran-Syria military alliance, was confirmed to Reuters by three security sources.<\/p>\n
Mousavi was reportedly described by Iranian state television as “among those accompanying Qassem Soleimani,” the deceased leader of IRGC’s Quds Force. Soleimani was killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike in January 2020.<\/p>\n
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group reportedly condemned the killing as “a cowardly act,” while praising Mousavi for supporting the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Israeli military launched its strike on Mousavi after he entered a farm thought to be serving as an office for the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, according to the Associated Press.Newsweek<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hezbollah has been coordinating strikes in northern Israel in sympathy with the Hamas fight. One suspects choosing to participate in attacking a country in the middle of military action is a good way to attract – military action, right? Although, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – he certainly emulated his former boss.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is whose defective missile “killed 500 Palestinians at the hospital” we have talked about. Guess that wasn’t a cowardly act.<\/p>\n
In related news, Iran is threatening widespread revenge by closing key waterways.<\/p>\n
Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea unless Israel stops bombing Gaza, as the US warned Tehran was \u201cdeeply involved\u201d in attacks on shipping.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, [the Strait of] Gibraltar and other waterways,\u201d Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior member of the country\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today.\u00a0 Telegraph<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Not sure Iran’s Navy has the capability to be more than a nuisance. Either way, trying to close off the Straits is something which would make the world sit up and take notice – for about as long as it takes to sink any assets they are foolish enough to send there. That has to be one of the most heavily monitored chunks of water in the world.<\/p>\n
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