Syria Special: Updated — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Assad’s Militia, & A Dead Commander & Filmmaker

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BY JOANNA PARASZCZUK & SCOTT LUCAS

On August 19, an Iranian filmmaker and a Revolutionary Guards officer died in an insurgent ambush in Aleppo Province — this is what their story tells us about Tehran’s involvement in the Syrian conflict.

In September, we featured a series of articles trying to unravel the mysteries behind a series of six film clips, taken from the camera of an Iranian filmmaker, Hadi Baghbani, killed near Aleppo in an insurgent ambush. The clips showed IRGC personnel with a pro-Assad militia, leading it on an ill-fated mission to challenge opposition snipers.

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