Israel’s June 18 air strike in E. Syria kills an Iranian general

DEBKAfile reports that Brig.-Gen Shahrokh Daveepour was one of the highest-ranking Iranian officers operating with Hizballah forces in Syria. A  member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, he specialized in anti-tank missile warfare. The general was killed on June 18 during an Israeli bombardment near Abu Kamal to stop pro-Iranian Iraqi Shiite militia forces from pouring across the border into Syria

 

 

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