Two More Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commanders Killed In Syria
Two Iranian military commanders were killed in Syria amid reports that Iran has sent troops to join a planned offensive against insurgents by the Syrian army. Colonel Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brigadier Hamid Mokhtarband, both commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), were killed in southern Syria while fighting “terrorists,” the hard-line Fars news agency reported on October 13. The report said Hasounizadeh had formerly headed an elite unit of the IRGC. Fars said both men were veterans of Iran’s 1980-1988 war against Iraq ...
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