London, Oct 3 (ANI): A senior military commander of the Lebanese Shia Islamist group Hezbollah has reportedly been killed in Syria.
Hezbollah said its leader Ali Hussein Nassif and several of his men were killed in an ambush by the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
They said Nassif was buried on Monday and had been killed while 'performing his jihadist duty', the BBC reports.
According to the report, obituaries for Hezbollah fighters have begun to appear in Lebanese newspapers, without the circumstances of the deaths being explained.
Some source have, however, revealed that Nassif and two other Hezbollah members were killed when a rocket hit a building in which they were staying.
The report quoted a security official, as saying that Nassif's body was returned to Lebanon through the Masnaa border crossing on Sunday.
The US has accused Hezbollah of 'providing training, advice, and extensive logistical support' to the Syrian government, an allegation the group has denied.
Lebanese officials also believe members of Hezbollah's military wing, the Islamic Resistance, are fighting in the Syrian conflict, citing as evidence a number of quiet burials of 'martyrs' in Hezbollah-dominated areas, the report said. (ANI)
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