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Pourhashemi was an Iranian IRGC-Quds Force military officer who served as an Iranian military advisor to Syria during the Syrian Civil War.Initial reports said he was killed during Syrian opposition offensives at Aleppo by Tahrir al-Sham militants on 28 November 2024.
The modern Middle East has seen a number of occasions in which the assassination of high-level government and military figures was attempted, or at least considered. Such instances include United States decapitation strike air raids targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986 and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1991, 1998, and 2003, in addition to killings or attempted killings of non-state ...
Prior to the rebel capture of Aleppo, Iranian General Kioumars Pourhashemi was killed by the rebels during clashes. [172] On 5 December, Iranian General Javad Ghafari arrived in Syria to help the Syrian government. By 7 December, Iran had withdrawn some military and diplomatic personnel from Syria. [173]
Two explosions rocked a memorial event for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 140, state media in Iran reported Wednesday.. The first blast struck ...
Iran held a funeral Thursday for a high-ranking general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria. Hundreds of mourners accompanied the flag ...
An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on Monday killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials. The strike appeared to signify an ...
Sadegh Omidzadeh (Persian: صادق امیدزاده; died 20 January 2024), also known as Hojatollah Omidvar (Persian: حجت الله امیدوار), [1] was an Iranian general and head of the Quds Force intelligence unit in Syria. [2] He was killed by an Israeli airstrike during the Israel–Hamas war. [3] [4]
Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday killed an Iranian military adviser, ... (IRGC) in Syria, died in the attack, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.