A senior Iranian military officer was killed in clashes with rebel forces in Syria. Brigadier General, Abbas-ali Alizadeh, a high ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was the 13th commander from the northern Mazanderan province in Iran who is being killed in Syria.
Iranian regime denies having sent soldiers and forces to Syria to fight for Assad and only says that its forces in Syria are in advisory position. But both the rebels and the NGOs who are operating independently in Syria have confirmed that the clerical regime of Iran has more than 2000 forces that are fighting in front lines.
The names of some of IRGC officers and commanders killed in Syria are: Hadi Baghbani, Esmaiel Heidari, Mostafa Shiekholeslami, Hadi Jaffari and half a dozen more.