13 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Killed in Syria

13 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Killed in Syria
Several Iranian soldiers were killed near Aleppo, the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, in what appeared to be one of Iran’s biggest losses in Syria since it deployed forces to support Assad.

Thirteen military advisers with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been killed in Syria in recent days and 21 others wounded, AFP reported Iranian media stating on Saturday.

All were from Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran, Hossein Ali Rezayi, a Guards spokesman in the region, told the ISNA and Fars news agencies.

Earlier this week, the US and Russia brokered a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo itself. But fighting in the countryside to the south of the city, one of the major fronts where Iranian-backed militias have been deployed, has escalated in recent days.

Opposition fighting groups have published on social media videos and photos of what appear to be the bodies of Iranians or other Shi’ite militias who were killed in Khan Touman, Reuters reported.

Some videos include footage of their wallets, personal documentation and Iranian currency.

There are indications that some of the casualties might be Afghans who are trained in Iran and are deployed alongside Iranian soldiers in Syria.

Ali Akbar Velayati, Ayatollah Khamenei’s top adviser on international affairs on Saturday reiterated Tehran’s continued support of Assad in a meeting in Damascus, Fars news agency reported.

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