The White House said on Friday that no aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition were in the area of Damascus where Hezbollah's top military commander, Mustafa Badr al-Din, was reportedly killed in a blast.

"There were no U.S. or coalition aircraft in the area where he was reported to be killed," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, according to Reuters.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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