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From the Liveblog of Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Senior Hezbollah commander reportedly killed

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5 May 2015, 6:29 pm Edit

A senior Hezbollah commander was killed in battles against rebels along the Lebanese-Syrian border, Ynet reports, quoting Sky News in Arabic and Lebanese media not affiliated with Hezbollah.

It is not clear whether the commander, Ali Khalil Alian, was killed in battles today or yesterday.

Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of fellow Shiite militant Hamza Hussein Zeiter during his funeral on May 5, 2015 in the town of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The Hezbollah fighter was killed during clashes with members of Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing, in the Syrian region of Qalamoun. The banner by the association of the support to the Islamic Resistance reads in Arabic "Blessed martyrdom to the martyr Jihadi Hamza Hussein Zeiter". (Photo credit: AFP) — Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of fellow Shiite militant Hamza Hussein Zeiter during his funeral on May 5, 2015, in the town of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The Hezbollah fighter was killed during clashes with members of Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing, in the Syrian region of Qalamoun. The banner by the association of the support to the Islamic Resistance reads in Arabic “Blessed martyrdom to the martyr Jihadi Hamza Hussein Zeiter”. (Photo credit: AFP)

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