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![Hajj Maher with Nasrallah (Photo Credit: Al Manar) Hajj Maher with Nasrallah](http://www.iranobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Hajj-Maher-with-Nasrallah.jpg)
Both Iranian State media and Hezbollah-backed news outlets have been praising the efforts of a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed far in NW Syria’s Idlib as he fought with the Syrian regime’s troops near Hama Province.
Hassan Hussein al-Hajj was close to the Turkish border where the Assad’s troops and Hezbollah are being backed up by the Russian air force.
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Iran state media Fars News claimed “Russian fighter jets hit a center [held by ISIS] in Khan Sheikhoun region … Several militias, including senior commanders, were killed and wounded during the Russian warplanes’ air raid.”
According to its media arm Al Manar, Hezbollah announced on October 10 Al-Hajj “was martyred while carrying out his sacred Jihadi duty in Syria” and buried with “great ceremony organized by the resistance crowds and (Hezbollah) officials.”
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The head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council Sayyed Hashem Safieddine led the service. Safieddine is a cousin to Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, who has held firm reins on Hezbollah for over 23 years.