Iranian Revolutionary Guards general, 6 Basij volunteers killed in Syria
ANKARA - A high-ranking member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and six Iranian Basij militia volunteers have been killed in fighting in Syria, semi-official Iranian media said on Friday.
The semi-official news agency Tasnim said IRGC Brigadier General Mohsen Ghajarian was killed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, where there has been heavy fighting of late.
Tasnim did not say when he was killed but that he had been advising Assad's forces in fighting Islamic State.
"Six volunteer Basij members were martyred (killed) in Syria while fighting against takfiris near Aleppo while defending Shi'ite holy shrines," Tasnim added.
