Ahmadreza Afshari, a member of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, killed

Ahmadreza Afshari, a member of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who was injured in an airstrike in Syria in early August of this year, died on Thursday, August 25, due to the severity of his injuries after being transferred to Tehran. Hossein Salami, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, claimed on Thursday that this 'colonel' of the Aerospace Force was wounded due to what he termed an 'airstrike by coalition forces' and was transferred to Iran for medical treatment. However, the 'Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,' which monitors developments in the war in that country, reported that this IRGC officer was injured in an airstrike attributed to 'Israel' on Thursday, August 18, targeting a 'missile depot' located five kilometers from the 'Shayrat' airport in the outskirts of 'Homs.' This UK-based organization added in its report that Israel's easy access to information about this missile depot has caused 'widespread dissatisfaction' among Iranian militants. According to this report, seven people were injured in the attack, including three militants affiliated with the Iranian government, and the sound of repeated explosions from the attack was heard for an hour. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing its statistics, added that 59 Israeli attacks on military positions in Syria this year have resulted in the deaths of at least 178 people, including 23 members of the IRGC, 37 members of Hezbollah Lebanon, and 58 other militants supported by the Iranian government. Hezbollah Lebanon is one of the groups supported by the Islamic Republic. In recent years, Israel has been considered responsible for many deadly attacks on IRGC forces, Hezbollah Lebanon, and other Iranian-affiliated militants in Syria, but this country has rarely claimed responsibility for attacks in Syria. In response to the killing of an IRGC Quds Force member in an attack attributed to Israel in Aleppo, the IRGC commander promised a 'response.' The killing of an IRGC commander and 'two Hezbollah members' in an Israeli attack on the Syrian port of Baniyas, the killing of Saeed Alidadi, an IRGC member, in an attack attributed to Israel in Damascus, the killing of seven people in an attack attributed to Israel in southern Damascus, and two IRGC forces killed in Syria.