Another Hezbollah commander killed in Syria

Hezbollah fieldcommanderwas killed in clashes in  thenorthern Syrianprovince of Aleppo, media reports said on Friday.

“The commander Haidar Fareez Merhi and the fighter Hussein Hassan Jawad, who both hail from the western Bekaa town of Mashghara, were killed fighting in the Nubol and Zahraa area north of Aleppo,” Al-Arabiya television reported.

 

The pro-Hezbollah South Lebanon news portal confirmed Merhi’s death, also describing him as a Hezbollah commander.

According to Al-Arabiya, a third Hezbollah  fighter was killed in Syria in recent days.

It identified him as Ali Moussa Nassour, saying he hailed from the southern Beirut suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh.