| Ali Hussein Nassif | |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
| Office: | Commander of Hezbollah Forces in Syria |
| Birth Place: | Bodai, Baalbek, Lebanon |
| Death Date: | 1 October 2012 |
| Death Place: | Homs, Syria |
| Restingplace: | Bodai, Baalbek, Lebanon |
| Party: | Hezbollah |
| Nickname: | Abu Abbas |
| Allegiance: | Hezbollah |
| Serviceyears: | ? - 2012 |
| Battles: | Syrian civil war |
Ali Hussein Nassif, known as Abu Abbas, was a Shia Lebanese politician and high-ranking founding member of Hezbollah. Nassif was the designated commander of all Hezbollah fighters in Syria during the Syrian civil war until his death on 1 October 2012 at the hands of the Free Syrian Army.[1] [2] [3]
Reports of his death varied: some sources claimed Nassif had been killed by a roadside bomb or in an ensuing gunfight, while others reported that he was killed in an RPG attack.[4] Nassif's body was returned to Lebanon[5] and his funeral was held in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek with senior party members present on 2 October 2012.[6] [7]