(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior commander in the Syrian Republican Guard died of wounds succumbed due to a Turkish drone strikes in northern Idlib province last March, pro-regime activists said Sunday.
Colonel Ahmed Said was the commander the artillery battalion in the 105th brigade, key unit in the Syrian army's elite force.
The Republican Guard has been the army's backbone in fighting across out the country.
At least 400 army troops and officers were killed since February in northern Syria mostly killed in Turkish artillery and combat drones attacks, local activists said.
Opposition factions and hardline groups have killed more than 140,000 pro-regime forces since the armed conflict erupted nine years ago, according to local monitoring groups.
The conflict in Syria has also killed more than 390,000 people and displaced 7.5 millions.
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