A senior officer from the Iranian Army inside Syria has been confirmed dead by Iranian military officials: General Hussein Al-Hamadani was reportedly killed in an automobile accident while traveling along the Khanasser Highway to the provincial capital of the Aleppo Governorate on Thursday.
Iranian State TV confirmed the news of his death on Thursday night; however, the information regarding his death was not released until Friday morning by Al-Mayadeen TV.
General Hussein Al-Hamadani was set to oversee the east Aleppo offensive to lift the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) two year long siege of the Kuweires Military Airport inside the Deir Hafer Plains.