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A militant from Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades armed group was killed Friday in a strike targeting the pro-Iran faction in Syria, the group said, blaming Israel for the attack. The group named the slain militant as Abu Haidar al-Khafaji and said he was working in Damascus as a security adviser to the government. A Brigades member earlier told AFP that Khafaji was killed in a dawn strike on one of the group’s premises that also wounded a second militant. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the death of a Brigades member but was unable to verify the strike itself. The Britain-based war …

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