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Monday, February 3, 2020
Top commander in Iran’s Quds Force, close to Soleimani, killed in Aleppo battle
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA top commander in Iran’s Quds Force who was close to its slain leader Qassem Soleimani has died in battle in Syria, according to multiple reports in Iranian and Arab media.
Asghar Pashapour, a senior member of the Revolutionary Guards’ extraterritorial force, was killed Sunday in battle with Syrian opposition forces in Aleppo, the reports say.
He is said to have been at the forefront of the Quds Force’s operations against rebels in Syria, and in support of President Bashar Assad.
Asghar Pashapour, an IRGC officer, said to have been one of the early aides to Soleimani in Syria, was killed in the Aleppo countryside. There's also been a small trickle of Hezbollah casualties in recent days in Idlib. https://t.co/ZNsLliOQmk pic.twitter.com/HgXKIZGphM
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