AhlulBayt News Agency - Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said the blood of Mustafa Badreddine, senior Hezbollah commander who was martyred in Damascus on Thursday, and other martyrs of the resistance movement will definitely help to uproot terrorism in the region.
In a message to Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday, Dehqan offered condolences to Hezbollah and the bereaved family of Badreddine, and said, “Undoubtedly, the blood of Mustafa Badreddine and other martyrs of the resistance movement shed in the battle against the Zionist (Israeli) regime and Daesh (also known as ISIL and ISIS) mercenaries will root out terrorism in the region.”
Referring to attempts by major supporters of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, including the US, Israel and certain ‘treacherous’ regional regimes, to prevent the defeat of terrorism, the Defense Minister underlined that Daesh is, notwithstanding, nearing its end due to the sacrifices and steadfastness of the resistance front.
On Friday, Hezbollah announced that Badreddine lost his life in a strike near the international airport in Damascus, Syria, and held a military funeral for the senior commander in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Initial media reports blamed the Israeli regime for the death of Hezbollah's military chief. However, the movement said in a statement on Saturday that investigations show that Badreddine was killed by Takfiri terrorist groups operating against the Syrian government.
Israel is widely known to have been supporting terrorists fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Badreddine was the commander of Hezbollah's military wing which is helping the Syrian government drive out foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists from the country.
He also directed military operations against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and was a frequent target of attempts by Israel, the US and its allies in the Middle East to assassinate or capture him.
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