Nationality Lebanese Years of service ? - 2012 Allegiance Hezbollah Nickname(s) Abu Abbas Party Hezbollah | Religion Islam Role Politician Political party Hezbollah Name Ali Nassif | |
Battles/wars Syrian civil war
Siege of Homs Died October 1, 2012, Homs, Syria Battles and wars Siege of Homs, Syrian civil war Similar People Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, Imad Mughniyah, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah | ||
Resting place Bodai, Baalbek District | ||
Ali Hussein Nassif, known as Abu Abbas, was a Shia Lebanese politician and high-ranking founding member of Hezbollah. Nassif was the designated commander of all Hezbollah fighters in Syria during the Syrian civil war until his death on 1 October 2012 at the hands of the Free Syrian Army.
Reports of his death varied: some sources claimed Nassif had been killed by a roadside bomb or in an ensuing gunfight, while others reported that he was killed in an RPG attack. Nassif's body was returned to Lebanon and his funeral was held in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek with senior party members present on 2 October 2012.
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