A senior Iranian military commander has been killed in a drone strike

A senior Iranian military commander has been killed in a drone strike

BAGHDAD: A key commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has been reported killed in a drone strike.

The Gulf news agency Al-Arabiya has claimed that according to Iraqi sources, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Muslim Shahidan, has been targeted by a drone on the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Al-Arabiya says Iraqi sources have confirmed that the Iranian commander was targeted Sunday night in the al-Qaim border area with Syria.

The news agency quoted Iraqi intelligence sources as saying that no details of the incident have been released other than confirmation of the death of the Iranian commander.

Al-Arabiya says the drone struck the Iranian commander's car in the Iraqi province of Anbar, according to unconfirmed reports. The attack killed Commander Muslim Shahidan as well as two pro-Iranian militia fighters. On the other hand, the Lebanese news channel Al-Ma'idin has denied the news from its sources.

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