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Source: http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-iran-commander-20140601-story.html
Commander's Death in Syria Points to Iranian Role in Civil War
(Los Angeles Times) Nabih Bulos - Abdollah Eskandari, a retired senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), was "martyred" last Monday in fighting near Damascus, according to a statement by the Iranian Defense Ministry. Eskandari's death brings the number of Iranian officers killed in Syria to 60.