Top Revolutionary Guards officer dies in Syria – reports

A senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been killed by Syrian rebels near the northwestern city of Latakia, Channel 10 quotes Arabic-language media outlets as saying.

The reports say that Ahmad Hiari died of his wounds in hospital after he was shot by rebels, Channel 10 said.

According to a site associated with the Revolutionary Guards, Hiari was visited by the Iranian ambassador to Syria during his hospitalization.

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