The Iranian Students News Network revealed on Monday that an advisor to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was killed yesterday in an Israeli air strike on Syria, which led to the death of 17 people and the injury of 15 others.

The network reported that the official was called Saeed Abyar, without mentioning his rank, or adding information about the identity of the dead and other injured.

Last night, Sunday, official Syrian media reported that there were deaths in an Israeli air attack that targeted some sites around Aleppo in the north of the country.

According to local sources, among the targeted sites was a copper smelting plant near the town of Hayyan in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo.

Activists reported that Israeli raids targeted sites of armed groups described as loyal to Iran in the town of Hayyan.

A few days ago, Israeli raids targeted sites in the city of Baniyas, Syria, killing a girl and wounding 10 others, according to Syrian official media.

Over the past years, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syria as part of what it says is a campaign to prevent Iran from establishing its military presence there, but it rarely comments on its strikes in Syria.

In early April, an Israeli raid targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing Iranian military advisors, which prompted Tehran to respond with unprecedented strikes targeting Israel.