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Iranian general's adviser killed in Syria

November 19, 2017
Khairallah Samadi was a retired member of Ansar Al-Mahdi Brigade in Zanjan, north of Iran.
Khairallah Samadi was a retired member of Ansar Al-Mahdi Brigade in Zanjan, north of Iran.

Dubai — Khairallah Samadi, a consultant of Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, was killed after he was injured by a mortar splinter during battles between Syrian regime forces and Daesh in Albu Kamal, east of Syria, Iranian media outlets reported.

Samadi was a retired member of Ansar Al-Mahdi Brigade in Zanjan, north of Iran, and he participated in the Iranian-Iraqi war between 1980 and 1988, the Iranian reports added. — Al Arabiya English


November 19, 2017
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