Two Iranian military advisers killed by IS in Syria

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members died during an ambush near Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, where the Islamic State remains active.
Deir ez-Zor destruction in 2017
A general view of destruction is seen in the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor on Sept. 20, 2017, as Syrian government forces pressed forward with Russian air cover in the offensive against the Islamic State across the province of the same name. The Islamic State, although now a shadow of its former self, killed two Iranian military advisers between Deir ez-Zor and Palmyra on June 3, 2021. - LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images
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Two Iranian military advisers were killed by the Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria on Thursday. 

Hassan Abdullah Zadeh and Muhsin Abbassi died in an IS ambush between the cities of Deir ez-Zor and Palmyra, the Russian state media outlet RT Arabic reported. The advisers were members of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to RT’s correspondent in Tehran. 

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