A prominent Syrian businessman with close ties to President Bashar al-Assad’s government and Iran-backed militant groups in the region was killed in an Israeli air strike in Syria on Monday, according to people familiar with the situation.
Mohammad Baraa Katerji, 48, was killed when a drone hit his car in Saboura, an area a few kilometres inside Syria near the Lebanese border, said an official with an Iran-backed group, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to discuss the matter.
The official gave no further details of the killing, and neither did pro-Damascus news outlets that reported on Katerji’s assassination.
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