Monday, 19 August 2013

Hezbollah commander killed in fighting near Damascus

TYRE: A military commander of Lebanon's Shia militant group Hezbollah was killed in fighting near the Syrian capital and has been buried in his southern Lebanese hometown of Kfar Sir, residents said Monday."Hezbollah military commander Hossam Ali Nisr, aged 33, was buried on Saturday. He was defending Sayyida Zeinab," which houses a Shia shrine southeast of Damascus, "when his group was attacked and he was killed," one resident told AFP, without giving a date.Hezbollah is a key Damascus backer

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