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October 16, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/two-more-iranian-revoluation-guards-commanders-killed-in-syria/27307113.html

Two More Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commanders Killed In Syria

(Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) Col. Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brigadier Hamid Mokhtarband, both commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), were killed in southern Syria, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Oct. 13. Iran has sent hundreds of troops into Syria in recent days to help with a ground offensive by Syrian government troops against rebels in Aleppo.

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