Israeli airstrikes near Syria’s Aleppo kill several, including an Iranian adviser, reports say

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state media and Iranian media outlets are saying that Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people, including an Iranian adviser. The Iranian outlets, including the semiofficial Tasnim news agency that’s considered close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, said an Iranian military adviser died in Monday’s attack. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the strikes. Syria’s President Bashar Assad has been backed by Iran in his country’s yearslong war, and Israeli strikes previously have targeted Iranian positions and equipment. Israel has also separately been striking targets in Lebanon as the militant Hezbollah group presses cross-border attacks.