Israeli Airstrike in Syria Kills High-Ranking Iranian General

Senior adviser for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Sayyed Razi Mousavi, in an unknown location, in a file photo. (Tasnim News/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)

BEIRUT—An Israeli airstrike Monday in a Damascus neighborhood killed a high-ranking Iranian general, Iranian state media said.

Iranian officials and allied groups in the region vowed revenge for the killing but did not immediately launch any retaliatory strike.