Jihadists Blamed for Top Military Commander Badreddine Death

Badreddine was believed to have run all Hezbollah’s military operations in Syria since 2011.

Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support Syria’s President Assad.

Badreddine was also charged with masterminding the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005.

Hezbollah’s top military commander in Syria, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, was killed in artillery fire by jihadists, the Lebanese group said.

Badreddine’s death near Damascus airport, announced on Friday, was initially blamed on Israel, Hezbollah’s chief enemy.