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Iran Steps Up Role in Syria

The Jerusalem Post:

Iranian casualties rise in Syria as Tehran ramps up role

Since early October, nearly 100 Revolutionary Guard fighters or military advisers, including at least four senior commanders, have reportedly been killed in embattled Syria.

BEIRUT – The vehicle carrying Iranian Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani was passing through the outskirts of Aleppo on the afternoon of October 8 when it was shot up by Islamic State fighters.

Hamedani was hit in the left eye by a bullet and died after the driver lost control of the vehicle. He was the most senior Revolutionary Guard commander to be killed in Syria to date and also one of a growing number of Iranian military personnel to lose their lives there.
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