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The United States had no involvement in an Israeli airstrike on Iran's consular annex building in the Syrian capital Damascus and was not informed about it in advance, officials said Tuesday.y)..
Tehran has vowed to retaliate for the strike, which killed more than a dozen people -- including senior members of the Revolutionary Guards -- while Israel has so far declined to comment..
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh also said Washington's forces played no role in the strike, and that the United States conveyed this to Tehran through private channels..
"We were not notified by the Israelis about their strike or the intended target of their strike in Damascus," Singh told journalists..
Iranian state media said 13 people were killed in the Monday strike -- seven members of Tehran's Revolutionary Guards and six Syrian nationals..
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