TEHRAN - Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Forces has announced that 200 Takfiris, including Al-Nusra operatives, were killed as they launched an attack on south of Aleppo.

A number of Iranian Special Forces were also in the place and four of them were martyred, Ahmadreza Pourdastan told Tasnim news agency in an interview published on Tuesday.

The commander did not specify when the attack happened.

The Iranian commandos also destroyed a number of the Al-Nusra Front’s tanks and personnel carriers, the brigadier general said.

NA/PA