Head Of Iran's IRGC Operations In Syria Killed Near Aleppo

[Parsipride]

Iranian state media sources have reported the death of Asghar Bashpour on the front lines of fighting in Aleppo province, which renewed days ago as Turkish-backed Syrian jihadists poured into the countryside around the major northern city. The Syrian Army has also been on a major offensive against al-Qaeda's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to retake neighboring Idlib province.

Crucially, Bashpour was an elite commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force who is said to have been close to its slain leader Qassem Soleimani. The news was announced by Tehran Radio and then circulated among various Middle East sources, including The Times of Israel on Monday. His death occurred Sunday while reportedly supporting military operations of pro-Assad forces.

Blurry photo circulating of Iran's Quds Force senior commander Asghar Pashapour, far left., also with slain Gen. Qassem Soliemani (2nd from right), via IRIB/Al Arabiya.
Israel has long claimed that Iranian entrenchment inside Syria is ultimately aimed at harming Israeli security and interests. Over the past years the Israeli Air Force has conducted hundreds of incursions and strikes inside Syria, against what Tel Aviv describes as Iranian proxies and troops.

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He is said to have been at the forefront of the Quds Force’s operations against anti-regime rebels in Syria, where Iran has been a key backer of President Bashar Assad since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.

Regional sources say he was senior commander in the Quds Force responsible for overseeing all Iran-backed special operations in Syria. State-run IRIB news agency describes that Pashapour was “one of the first to go to Syria with Qassem Soleimani.”


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Beirut-based Syrian war monitor al-Masdar News, among few outlets to have sources within the Syrian Army, described that the IRGC elite commander likely died fighting the terrorist group Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP):

The location of Bashpour’s death in Aleppo was not reported; however, it is likely that he was either killed at the IRGC base in Nayrab (southern Aleppo), which has been targeted by militant missiles, or the Khan Touman front, where the jihadist rebels of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) launched a counter-offensive against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Local Defense Forces (LDF).

As we detailed earlier, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have in recent days and weeks mounted new insurgent attacks on the outskirts of the provincial capital city of Aleppo at a moment the Syrian Army has made huge gains into neighboring Idlib.

Asghar Pashapour, left, a top commander in Iran's Quds Force.
This latest renewed fighting in Aleppo appears a concerted effort by Turkey to use its proxy forces to repel and distract the brunt of the Syrian Army offensive on Idlib, considering on Friday President Erdogan warned he's ready to use military force if Assad doesn't halt Idlib operations.

On Monday rare direct clashes broke out between the Syrian and Turkish armies which killed an estimated 50 people, including Turkish troops, though the numbers on each side are currently in dispute.

 

[Aramagedon]

What the fck is Turkistan Islamic party in Syria.

God damn Erdogan.

 

[Navigator]

Again misleading headline. Asghar was Iranian commander of Idlib sector of Syrian Local defence forces.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1224270897122631680

Currently, the LDF Idlib sector is led by an Iranian known by the name of al-Hajj Asghar. This should come as no surprise, considering that the head of the LDF Aleppo sector is Sayyid Jawad, a known figure in the IRGC. In fact, every sector of the LDF is led by an Iranian, though the exact names of these individuals are largely unknown at the present time.
http://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/12/saraya-al-raad-idlib-local-defence-forces

 

[GWXP]

What the fck is Turkistan Islamic party in Syria.

God damn Erdogan.

Khamenei dreams of Shia crescent from Beirut to Tehran--protected by Iranian nukes and military bases----- while Erdogan dreams of reviving the Ottoman empire.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Good riddance.

 

[Aramagedon]

Khamenei dreams of Shia crescent from Beirut to Tehran--protected by Iranian nukes and military bases----- while Erdogan dreams of reviving the Ottoman empire.

Soon or late Erdogan must taste his own medicine and he must get beheaded by his beloved fighters in Iraq and Syria who beheaded many innocents.

If it wasn't erdogan there would be no civil war in Syria and Iraq.

 

[Malik Alpha]

Another sectarian dog got killed. Good news

 

[Ahmad Bhutta]

Irgc Iran getting rid of solemani remnants

 

[arashkamangir]

Another sectarian dog got killed. Good news

The only sectarian dogs are those who are brain washed to regurgitate the same myth over and over without evidence.

The 'axis of resistance' is diverse in ethnicity, race and religion from Shia , Sunni to Christians.

Reference:
https://www.ibtimes.com/christian-s...ominational-military-branch-defending-2169257

 

[Malik Alpha]

The only sectarian dogs are those who are brain washed to regurgitate the same myth over and over without evidence.

The 'axis of resistance' is diverse in ethnicity, race and religion from Shia , Sunni to Christians.

Reference:
https://www.ibtimes.com/christian-s...ominational-military-branch-defending-2169257

Then why do you hate Saddam? He also did nothing wrong like Assad, killing your own people is the right thing to do I guess.

 

[Mithridates]

Then why do you hate Saddam?

iran-iraq war.

He also did nothing wrong like Assad, killing your own people is the right thing to do I guess.

well actually he did kill his own people.

 

[Malik Alpha]

iran-iraq war.

well actually he did kill his own people.

That's my point. Why support Assad when you hate Saddam for the same reason?

That Mullah Khameini sitting in Iran is the biggest hypocrite on Earth. Not US or Israel

 

[arashkamangir]

Then why do you hate Saddam? He also did nothing wrong like Assad, killing your own people is the right thing to do I guess.

Saddam attacked Iran and he got West to supply him with Chemical weapons. He fired scuds into Iran without consideration for civilians and with western backing, he set the precedence for this type of behaviour. He also attached Kuweit shortly after, a fellow Sunni nation...

These conflicts are all residue of extra regional interventions. Iran's primary goal has always been to kick the extra regional interventionist out, then middle east nations can independently sort their differences without influence.

Their actions while not ideal have been defensive in nature. They didn't go out of their way to topple Saddam, Saddam was toppled by US possibly with Saudi lobby and that immediately created national security for Iran. Considering how many US bases are there around Iran and how many border hot zones are there, their best viable option was to use proxies to have some leverage. It was the only financially viable option.

The wars that followed, the Arab Spring, ISIS and etc are all consequences of earlier Western intervention and climate change. When climate change creates draught, people become unemployed and they seek out jobs wherever possible to feed their families and some become foot soldiers that power the wars, causing perpetual endless wars in Middle East. Combine that with decades of war which has destroyed infrastructures, economies and created mass brain drain, the Middle East prospect remains grim.

If Iraq has poor economy, it's because it had been at constant state of hot and cold conflict since 80s: Iran Iraq war, Iraq Kuweit and Desert Storm, decades of most brutal sanctions in 90s followed by 2003 invasion and decade and half of civil and ISIS wars...

If Iran has bad economy it's because it has been at war and under decades of most brutal sanctions.

The common theme here is that as soon as a nation attempts to follow a separate path from the world order, it will face these sanctions and interventions.

The Sunni Shia issues were largely resolved to the point that the Muslim world had golden days and invented and discovered so much. What we are seeing today isn't secterian induced wars but wars due to foreign intervention and climate change. Of course, there are corruptions and tyranny but those are consequences not causes. To fix them, we need to work coherently.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Saddam attacked Iran and he got West to supply him with Chemical weapons. He fired scuds into Iran without consideration for civilians and with western backing, he set the precedence for this type of behaviour. He also attached Kuweit shortly after, a fellow Sunni nation...

These conflicts are all residue of extra regional interventions. Iran's primary goal has always been to kick the extra regional interventionist out, then middle east nations can independently sort their differences without influence.

Their actions while not ideal have been defensive in nature. They didn't go out of their way to topple Saddam, Saddam was toppled by US possibly with Saudi lobby and that immediately created national security for Iran. Considering how many US bases are there around Iran and how many border hot zones are there, their best viable option was to use proxies to have some leverage. It was the only financially viable option.

The wars that followed, the Arab Spring, ISIS and etc are all consequences of earlier Western intervention and climate change. When climate change creates draught, people become unemployed and they seek out jobs wherever possible to feed their families and some become foot soldiers that power the wars, causing perpetual endless wars in Middle East. Combine that with decades of war which has destroyed infrastructures, economies and created mass brain drain, the Middle East prospect remains grim.

If Iraq has poor economy, it's because it had been at constant state of hot and cold conflict since 80s: Iran Iraq war, Iraq Kuweit and Desert Storm, decades of most brutal sanctions in 90s followed by 2003 invasion and decade and half of civil and ISIS wars...

If Iran has bad economy it's because it has been at war and under decades of most brutal sanctions.

The common theme here is that as soon as a nation attempts to follow a separate path from the world order, it will face these sanctions and interventions.

The Sunni Shia issues were largely resolved to the point that the Muslim world had golden days and invented and discovered so much. What we are seeing today isn't secterian induced wars but ears due to foreign intervention and climate change. Of course, there are corruptions and tyranny but those are consequences not causes. To fix them, we need to work coherently.

With all due respect, this is a pile of sanctimonious drivel.

If Iran has some right to interfere in its backyard, so does Turkey. I'd argue Turkey has greater right as it is responding to genuine proven terrorist threats. Iran sometimes does that but often justifies its actions in the region with some convoluted or purely ideological reasoning.

Iran made a mistake by making enemies out of EVERY powerful nation in its neighbourhood. Iran should quickly correct its course otherwise the mullahs are finished. Israel, Turkey and USA will tag team each other against Iran without even realising they're doing so. If KSA learn how to hold a gun, they might join in.

I'm not saying Iran is morally wrong or any worse or better than others. I'm simply pointing to its flawed strategy of raising dozens of miniature non-state or failed state entities as it goes about protecting its legitimate local interests. It is inevitable that using such reckless and unregulated mercenaries will create more conflicts than it resolves.

 

[arashkamangir]

With all due respect, this is a pile of sanctimonious drivel.

If Iran has some right to interfere in its backyard, so does Turkey. I'd argue Turkey has greater right as it is responding to genuine proven terrorist threats. Iran sometimes does that but often justifies its actions in the region with some convoluted or purely ideological reasoning.

Iran made a mistake by making enemies out of EVERY powerful nation in its neighbourhood. Iran should quickly correct its course otherwise the mullahs are finished. Israel, Turkey and USA will tag team each other against Iran without even realising they're doing so. If KSA learn how to hold a gun, they might join in.

I'm not saying Iran is morally wrong or any worse or better than others. I'm simply pointing to its flawed strategy of raising dozens of miniature non-state or failed state entities as it goes about protecting its legitimate local interests. It is inevitable that using such reckless and unregulated mercenaries will create more conflicts than it resolves.

I am not debating the policy, I am pointing at how things started and where it is going as a consequence.

Turkey has as much right to defend itself as any other nation. The important factor here is where the consequences lead to and whether the actions lead to better future or not. The 'better' here strictly should be overall betterment of the Middle East. Particularly in a world that climate change doesn't recognize border, race, ethnicity nor religion. Particularly in a world that past decades of Western intervention has destroyed stability in the region.

People need to realize that given enough time, the national or religious issues will settle and there are thousands of years of history to demonstrate this. However what doesnt settle by itself is the climate change. It needs urgent attention and initiatives to combat the effects.

Given the current state of the world and the fact that Western states will not be as affected by the climate change impact, it should be of greater importance for the Middle Eastern population to accept the fact that they are heading for doom and unless they take action for the correct issue "the climate change", then from here on, it will be more wars, instability and tyranny. More people will lose their jobs as farmlands will degrade, there will be shortages of food and supplies as nations will struggle to feed themselves. Wars over traditional issues and new issues will reignite due to increased stress and availability of foot soldiers who seek to get paid to feed their families. This isn't new, we are living that right now but the vector is point to even worse.

Unless the Middle East population changes their lens to perceive the scenario we are in due to its root causes and put meaningful and focused pressure against their government, then thing will get worse and at some point irreversible.