Beirut: Officials say a commander with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was killed in Iraq.
The Lebanese officials, close to the Shiite Hezbollah, say Ebrahim Mohammad Al Haj was killed during the past week while on a “jihadi mission” without providing further details.
It is the first known Hezbollah death in Iraq since Islamist militants captured large parts of the country north and west of Baghdad in June.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Iraqi officials have said that a handful of advisers from Hezbollah are offering front-line guidance to Iraqi Shiite militias fighting Islamist militants north of Baghdad.
Hezbollah fighters openly joined Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s forces last year in a decision that has fuelled sectarian tensions in Lebanon.
