Hezbollah commander killed in clashes with Daesh in Syria

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says one of its senior commanders has been killed during clashes with Takfiri Daesh terrorists in central Syria.

Hezbollah said on Wednesday that 44-year-old Ali al-Hadi al-Ashiqon, also known by his nickname Alhaj Abbas, was martyred in Syria’s central desert of Palmyra on Monday, AP reported.

The resistance movement has played a critical role in the Syrian military’s counter-terrorism operations over the past few years.

Daesh elements have lately retreated from much of the territory under their control amid sweeping advances by Syrian government forces on the battlefield.

On Friday, Syrian troops, backed by allied forces, foiled a Daesh attempt to wrest control of a strategic road connecting Palmyra to the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr.

“The Syrian army and its allies completely secured the Dayr al-Zawr-Palmyra highway after foiling the intense attack,” a Hezbollah media unit said.