Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Muslim Shahdan killed by drone at Iraqi-Syrian border

Muslim Shahdan killed by drone at Iraqi-Syrian border

An air strike killed a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday, Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday. They could not confirm the identity of the commander initially bit reported that he was killed alongside three other men traveling in a vehicle with him, al Alarabiya reported in an article by Reuters.

Iraqi security sources told Saudi-based al-Arabiya News that a drone killed Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in a targeted strike on his car, Times of Israel confirmed IDF chief Aviv Kohavi said that Israel would not let up its campaign aimed at keeping Iran-backed fighters from gaining a foothold in Syria according to the report.

IDF confirmed:

"Our message is clear: we will continue to act as vigorously as necessary against the Iranian entrenchment in Syria, and we will remain fully prepared."

— Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi at a situation assessment today in northern Israel. pic.twitter.com/aQSb1v6gm7

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 29, 2020

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