Another senior Iranian officer killed in Syria

Iran's state-run news agency reported on Wednesday that an officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Colonel Mostafa Ezzatollah Soleimani, was killed in the area of the Syrian city of Aleppo while serving as an advisor for Syria's army.  He was the fourth senior Iranian officer killed in Syria during the month of October, and according to official Iranian sources, his death raised the number of the IRGC's casualties in Syria to 20 during the last 21 days of the month. The number of wounded among Iran's army is estimated to be much higher than reported.  

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