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2021-06-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Prominent Iran Guards Commander Killed in Syria Ambush
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in an ambush set by ISIS in central Syria.

ISIS ambushed a military convoy in al-Sukhnah area, east of Palmyra city in the eastern Homs countryside, killing IRGC military adviser Hassan Abdullahzadeh and his lover companion Mohsen Abbasi.

Iranian media announced the death of both IRGC members on Thursday.

Sources said Abdullahzadeh was the security officer at the Sayyida Zainab region, south of Damascus, then Alboukamal area, and was one of the most prominent Iranian military advisors during the Damascus and Aleppo battles.

The Fars News Agency reported that both snuffies died in an ambush set up by ISIS in the desert area between Deir Ezzor and Palmyra.

A picture published by Mehr News Agency
...And if you can't believe Mehr News Agency who can you believe?...
showed Abdullahzadeh with slain Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani
, who was killed in a US strike near Baghdad airport in early 2020.

Syrian opposition media sources had reported about a large-scale attack launched by ISIS on Thursday, targeting a military convoy of seven Iranian militia vehicles in al-Sukhnah area.

According to the sources, some 25 of the convoy members were killed, including the senior IRGC commanders.

The desert areas east of Homs and Deir Ezzor are areas under Iran’s influence, with Alboukamal, on the border with Iraq, as its stronghold.

IRGC forces and Iran-backed militias, including the Fatemiyoun Division, Zainabiyoun Brigade, Iraqi Hezbollah and Lebanese Hezbollah, as well as Syrian regime forces and their allied militias are all deployed in the region.

ISIS cells are present in various hideouts in Syria’s desert and they have been intensifying their attacks there.

Hours after the al-Sukhnah area ambush, the ISIS targeted Fatemiyoun snuffies on the outskirts of Shoula town in northern Deir Ezzor, killing and injuring several snuffies and detaining others.

In April, the Russian air force launched a military campaign to support regime forces and its allied militias to pursue ISIS cells in the desert.
Posted by Fred 2021-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [26 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 about 200 IRGC killed in Syria since 2012

probably 2000 to 4000 militia commanded by IRGC killed in same time period

about 40k ISIS killed
about 170k Syrians Army and Militia killed

about 150k anti Assad Syrian killed in military action

about 150k civilian killed

also, Hezbollah, Turks, militia fighting for Turkey, Palestinian fighting for and against Assad, Russians, Kurds and lots of

probably well over 600,000 deaths

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-06-06 00:34||   2021-06-06 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Doing the work that Americans won't do?😎
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-06-06 03:57||   2021-06-06 03:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Gawd works in mysterious ways. But Entropy is faster.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-06 04:49||   2021-06-06 04:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "He They needed killing"
Posted by Frank G 2021-06-06 18:06||   2021-06-06 18:06|| Front Page Top

#5 "He They needed killing"

Economies of scale, and all that. And let's not overlook the sport factor.

I do like that ISIS is fighting with the IRGC. It's like all the world's acronyms are coming together in a giant game of Calvinball.
Posted by SteveS 2021-06-06 18:34||   2021-06-06 18:34|| Front Page Top

#6 
Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into battle. And behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a great confusion. - Kings (Or Chronicles)

Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-06 19:11||   2021-06-06 19:11|| Front Page Top

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