Ali Hussein Nassif, known as Abu Abbas, was a

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Lebanese politician and high-ranking founding member of

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. 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

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. 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

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attack. Nassif's body was returned to Lebanon and his funeral was held in the eastern Lebanese city of

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with senior party members present on 2 October 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nassif, Ali Hussein Year of birth missing 2012 deaths Hezbollah politicians Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon People of the Syrian civil war