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Video: Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine killed in Syria – group confirms

Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen TV said Badreddine had died in an Israeli airstrike at one of the group’s bases near the Lebanese-Syrian border on Tuesday.

Badreddine was indicted by a UN-backed special tribunal for the assassination former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.nnOn a US sanctions list he was assessed as being responsible for Hezbollah’s activities in Syria, where they supporting the forces of Bashar Al Assad.nnBadreddine’s death marks the biggest blow to the group since their top military chief Imad Mughniyah was assassinated in 2008.nn(Source: euronews YouTube channel)

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