The opposition's Syrian Free Army announced today that the Iranian Brig. Gen. Hassan Shateri (aka Hesam Khoshnevis) who was reported killed in Syria was among the casualties of the Israeli air attack on a convoy near the Syrian-Lebanese border on 30 January. (BBC, 14 February)
News agencies reported at the time that the truck convoy was carrying sophisticated Russian-made SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles from Syria intended for delivery to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Shateri was a general officer at IRGC’s Quds Force and the first Iranian general killed in the Syrian conflict.File photo: Brig. Gen. Hassan Shateri, of IRGC’s Quds Force, was killed in Syria on 30 January. (Photo: Press TV)
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