A funeral was held for fallen Major General Issam Zehreddine of the Syrian Republican Guard in al-Swedaa on Friday, after he was killed in action during the battle to liberate Deir ez-Zor from self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL).
The mourners waved flags of the United Arab Republic and held banners depicting the late general.
Zehreddine was killed during a landmine explosion in Hawijat Sakr on October 18.