NAJAF, Iraq: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei led prayers on Thursday at the funeral of Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior Revolutionary Guards adviser who was killed in what Iran said was an Israeli air strike in Syria.
Khamenei paid tribute “to this martyr’s tireless struggle and called for his companionship with the guardians of God,” state TV said.
His body was flown from Syria to the holy Shiite city of Najaf in Iraq before being taken to Tehran.
An Israeli military spokesperson declined specific comment about Mousavi’s death on Monday, but said it took whatever action that was necessary to defend the country.
Since the eruption of war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, Iran-backed groups have mounted operations against Israel, while others, including militias in Iraq, have threatened US interests.
Israel has for years carried out attacks against what it describes as Iran-linked targets in Syria, where Tehran’s influence has grown since it backed President Bashar Assad in the civil war that erupted in Syria in 2011.
Iran’s supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser
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Iran’s supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser
- His body was flown from Syria to Najaf in Iraq before being taken to Tehran
- Mourners chanted “Death to America, Death to Israel” during funeral service for Mousavi in Iraq
Algeria says army kills four ‘terrorists’
The Algerian defense ministry said the army killed four “terrorists” on Sunday in a mountainous region of the northwest.
A ministry statement said the operation was still ongoing in the Djebel Amrouna area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Algiers.
It said soldiers had “eliminated four terrorists,” and seized four Kalashnikov assault rifles and ammunition.
The army regularly announces the arrests or deaths of “terrorists,” the authorities’ term for armed Islamists still active since the North African country’s 1992-2002 civil war.
Despite a 2005 Charter for Peace and Reconciliation aimed at turning the page on the violence, armed groups continue to mount sporadic attacks.
The so-called “black decade” of the civil war officially left 200,000 people dead.
According to the defense ministry, so far this year the army has “killed 21 terrorists, captured 8 others, and 38 terrorists have repented.”
It said “369 individuals supporting terrorist groups were arrested” in the same period, and more than 100 weapons were recovered.
