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Iran confirms general killed in Israel strike on Syria

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AFP Tehran
Last Updated : Jan 19 2015 | 5:55 PM IST
Iran confirmed today that a general of its elite Revolutionary Guards died in an Israeli strike on Syria that also killed six members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
"General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi and a number of fighters and Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) forces were attacked by the Zionist regime's helicopters," said a statement on the Guards' website.
"This brave general and some members of Hezbollah were martyred.

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First Published: Jan 19 2015 | 5:55 PM IST

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