New information reveals that a commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by a Syrian officer serving in the army of embattled leader Bashar al-Assad in late November.Iranian state media had previously attributed Kiumars Pourhashemi’s death to Assad's armed opposition forces.On Sunday, December 22, the Chinese state-run CGTN's correspondent in Ankara reported, citing an Iranian security official, that Pourhashemi died after being shot by a Syrian officer during a meeting in a joint operations room in Aleppo.According to the report by Yakup Aslan, the meeting included Iranian military advisors and Syrian army commanders and took place amid advances by rebel forces in the outskirts of Aleppo.Earlier, on November 28, Iranian media had reported that Pourhashemi, also known as "Haj Hashem," was killed during attacks by Assad's opposition forces in Aleppo. The outlets referred to him as a senior advisor to Assad’s forces. n18oc_world n18oc_crux
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