{"id":15254,"date":"2013-11-16T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T10:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/15254-syria-iranian-regime-troops-captured-iraqi-commander-killed-fighting-for-assad"},"modified":"2013-11-16T10:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T10:36:42","slug":"syria-iranian-regime-troops-captured-iraqi-commander-killed-fighting-for-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/syria-iranian-regime-troops-captured-iraqi-commander-killed-fighting-for-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Iranian regime troops captured, Iraqi commander killed fighting for assad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Al-Arabiya<br \/>A top Iraqi militia commander fighting in Syria alongside President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s forces has been killed and his body arrived in Iraq\u2019s Najaf governorate on Thursday, Al Arabiya television reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC) said Abbas Hussein Ridha, a field commander of Abou Fadl el-Abbas brigade, was killed in a heavy battle with rebel forces outside Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>The SRGC added that several Iranian soldiers and 20 Syrian regime fighters were captured in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Abou Fadhl el-Abbas brigade is one of several foreign militias fighting alongside Assad\u2019s forces in Syria and is believed to have been involved in the Syrian civil war since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese Hezbollah group has also been actively involved in Syria. Its chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that he would keep his forces in the country \u201cas long as they are needed\u201d by President Assad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as the reasons (to fight in Syria) remain, our presence there will remain,\u201d Reuters quoted Nasrallah as saying in a speech to tens of thousands of Lebanese Shiites marking the religious ceremony of Ashura in southern Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian network of Human rights reported 44 persons were killed throughout Syria on Thursday. 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