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Emergency crews work overnight amid smoking debris at the site of deadly Israeli strikes on the Iranian consulate in Damascus which killed a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members of the force, according to Syrian and Iranian officials. IMAGES
People gather at the scene after six people were killed in Israeli strikes on an annex of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. IMAGES
The United States is seeking a "de-escalation" in the Middle East despite its strikes on Huthi positions in Yemen, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says. "We seek to stop the spread of conflict and to create the conditions for de-escalation," he tells the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. SOUNDBITE
Smoke billows above the Syrian town Khan Sheikhoun after Damascus resumed air strikes on northwest Syria's Idlib, scrapping a ceasefire for the jihadist-run bastion and accusing its opponents of targeting an airbase of its ally Russia. IMAGES