Who is Hezbollah Serviceman Martyred in Kahaleh Attack?

Ahmad Ali Kassas, 46, was shot by militiamen in Kahaleh freeway on Wednesday as he was securing a truck which overturned on the international highway that links Bekaa to the capital Beirut.

Born in the Bekaa town of Makneh in 1977, Kassas is married and a father of three.

He took part in Hezbollah battles against Takfiri terrorists in Syria. The Islamic resistance fighter had a photo in which he was in Maaloula, where he defended the Christian town, which lies northeast of Damascus, and liberated it from the Takfiries in April 2014.