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Issam Jad'aan Zahreddine (Arabic: عصام جدعان زهر الدين‎) (September 1961 – 18 October 2017), also transliterated as Issam Zaher Eldin or Issam Zaher al-Deen, was a Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian government forces on several fronts. His most prominent role was the leadership of the surrounded Syrian forces during the over three-year long Siege of Deir ez-Zor. On 18 October 2017, Zahreddine was killed by a land mine explosion during operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Saqr island in Deir ez-Zor.

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Born	عصام زهر الدين 9 September 1961 Tarba, As-Suwayda, Syria
Died	18 October 2017 (aged 56) Saqr Island, Deir ez-Zor
Zodiac	Virgo
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