 Five high-ranking officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, SIPA, were killed as a result of a missile attack on the Mezzi district in the southwestern part of Syrian capital Damascus on January 20. Mara Agency reported that among those killed were SIPA's intelligence chief and Syria general Yusuf Ahmadzada, deputy commander of the Quds Brigade for security Haqchatele Yumadvar, deputy intelligence chief and three more employees of SIPA. Iran has blamed Israel for the incident. Israel has not yet commented on the missile attack on the Syrian capital. The Syrian state agency, citing military sources, said that one of the missiles has been shot down by an air defense system. One of the missiles hit a four-story building where SIPA officers were located. According to the report, a meeting of officers was being held in the building at that time of the attack. A total of 10 people have been reportedly killed during the attack. The identity of other killed people has not been revealed yet.