Twenty fighters from the Iranian proxy, Hezbollah, were killed in an army ambush by Free Syrian Army fighters in SaydaZeinab, south of Damascus, according to SANA and al-Thawra news agencies.
On Sunday, a Hezbollah commander was killed in fighting near to the Syrian capital and was buried in his southern Lebanese hometown of Kfar Sir, residents said on Monday.
"Hezbollah military commander Hossam Ali Nisr, aged 33, was buried on Saturday. He was defending SaydaZeinab, which houses a Shiite shrine, southeast of Damascus, when his group was attacked and he was killed," one resident told AFP.
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