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BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Saturday
blamed extremists for killing the group’s top military commander
in Syria in an artillery attack.
The movement has deployed thousands of fighters in Syria
where Mustafa Badreddine had led its intervention in support of
President Bashar al-Assad.
“An investigation has shown that the blast that targeted
one of our positions near the Damascus international airport that
led to the martyrdom of the brother commander Mustafa Badreddine
was caused by artillery bombardment carried out by extremist
groups present in that region,” a Hezbollah statement said.
It did not name any particular group and there has been
no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Hezbollah has been battling opponents of the regime
including extremists from the Islamic State group and Al-Nusra
Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate.