Major Syrian general Issam Zahreddine killed in Deir Ezzor
YemenExtra
M.A.
The prominent Syrian Arab Army (SAA) officer, Major General Issam Zahreddine, was killed today in Deir Ezzor after his convoy struck a land mine planted by Daesh.
According to a Syrian military source, General Zahreddine was carrying out a special operation at Saqr Island in Deir Ezzor, when his vehicle struck the land mine.
General Zahreddine was the commander of the elite 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard that heroically fought off Daesh for several years, while under blockade and under supplied.
The General was born in rural Sweida village of Tarba and was 56 years old at the time of his death.