The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in a statement on Friday announced that an IRGC veteran commander, offering military counseling to Syrian forces in their fight against terrorists, has been killed while defending the Shiite holy sites in Syria.
Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani, the veteran commander of the IRGC, was martyred during an attack by ISIL terrorists on the outskirts of Aleppo while fulfilling his duty as military advisor and defending the holy Shiite shrines in the country, the statement said.
Brigadier General Hamedani was in Syria to render military advice to the Syrian army and popular forces in their fight against ISIL.
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