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Dalia Dassa Kaye

Visiting Professor

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Israel Unleashed? : A Brazen Campaign Against Iranian Targets Could Backfire

Author

  • Dalia Dassa Kaye

Summary, in English

On April 1, Israel launched its latest attack on Iran in the two countries’ ongoing shadow war, with an airstrike that flattened a section of Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus and reportedly killed at least 12 people. Among the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who headed Iran’s military operations in Syria and Lebanon, where he worked for decades and became a close interlocutor with Hezbollah and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The strike also killed Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, Zahedi’s deputy, and at least five other officers in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Department/s

  • MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
  • Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)

Publishing year

2023-04-04

Language

English

Publication/Series

Foreign Affairs

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.

Topic

  • Political Science

Status

Published

Project

  • The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) 2.0

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0015-7120