A Hezbollah commander, who had been missing for months in Syria, was buried in Lebanon on Wednesday after his body was repatriated following his torture and killing by rebels, relatives told AFP.
Hussein Salah Habib, 30, was captured by opposition fighters during the fight for Qusayr, a strategic town near the Lebanese border that fell to the regime on June 5.
He was buried in Baalbek, in the Bekaa valley, a region of eastern Lebanon that is a bastion of Hezbollah.
Armed Hezbollah members and fighters who participated in the battle for Qusayr were among those at Habib's funeral, an AFP correspondent reported.
His body had been missing for months since the battle in Qusayr, and was recovered nearly a week ago in the area of Tallet Mando, near the town.
"He was repatriated and DNA tests proved that it was indeed Hussein," a relative said.
"We were told that his body was buried under a mound of sand. He had been stabbed in several parts of his body and his face was disfigured," he added.
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