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Eight pro-Iran militia have been killed by an airstrike on the border between Iraq and Syria according to reports.
Eight pro-Iran militia have been killed by an airstrike on the border between Iraq and Syria according to reports.
The eight victims were allegedly apart of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force, which supports Iran. Although the deaths of the militiamen have been confirmed, the identity of the aircraft has not.
According to Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack hit "arms depots in the Boukmal area".
He added: "Unidentified aircraft targeted vehicles and arms depots in the Boukamal area, causing a large explosion.
"At least eight Iraqi Hashed fighters were killed."
There has been no confirmation of the attack from either the Iraqi or Syrian governments.
Deir ez-Zur, is an important eastern outpost in the country and last year was taken over by Syrian Democratic Forces.
Following a two-year campaign, the pro-government forces removed ISIS from the city in March 2019.
Although no link has been established with the US military, Washington conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on five facilities on December 29.
The airstrike reportedly killed 25 people from the Popular Mobilization Units, a Tehran-backed Shiite militia.
US officials confirmed the attack was in response to numerous acts of aggression from Shia militia group, Kataib Hezbollah.
The group had previously launched a strike on a US military base near Iraq's military base, near to the northern city of Kirkuk, killing one man.
Nawres Waleed Hamid worked as a US military contractor before being killed on December 27.
The attack from the pro-Iran group has since escalated tensions in the region, including the east of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
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At least eight people were killed in a strike on an Iranian-backed militia in Syria, near the Iraqi border, on Thursday night, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said Friday. None of those killed were Syrian citizens, the observatory said.
Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen news outlet attributing the strike to Israel, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said planes targeted positions belonging to pro-Iran militias in the Boukamal area, near the border with Israel.
The Britain-based organization which documents the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground said the planes struck among other targets weapons depots and vehicles belonging to the militias. It reported several explosions in the border area.
Deir Ezzor 24, an activist collective that reports on news in the border area, said that the planes strikes struck trucks carrying weapons and depots for ballistic missiles in the area. Omar Abu Laila, a Europe-based activist from Deir el-Zour who runs the group, said the attack triggered “a huge explosion” heard in the Syrian-Iraqi border.
The Sound and picture, another activist collective in Syria's eastern Deir el-Zour area, said “unidentified planes" struck militia targets in Boukamal.
There was no immediate comment from Syria or Iraq, and the reports could not be independently confirmed.
A series of strikes in Iraq have been recently attributed to Israel, some of them near the Syria-Iraq border and the Albukamal-Qaim crossing. The attacks targeted Iran-backed Shi'ite militias and their convoys tasked with smuggling weapons into Syria.
Sources: Express UK | Haaretz
Eight pro-Iran militia have been killed by an airstrike on the border between Iraq and Syria according to reports.
The eight victims were allegedly apart of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force, which supports Iran. Although the deaths of the militiamen have been confirmed, the identity of the aircraft has not.
According to Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack hit "arms depots in the Boukmal area".
He added: "Unidentified aircraft targeted vehicles and arms depots in the Boukamal area, causing a large explosion.
"At least eight Iraqi Hashed fighters were killed."
There has been no confirmation of the attack from either the Iraqi or Syrian governments.
Deir ez-Zur, is an important eastern outpost in the country and last year was taken over by Syrian Democratic Forces.
Following a two-year campaign, the pro-government forces removed ISIS from the city in March 2019.
Although no link has been established with the US military, Washington conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on five facilities on December 29.
The airstrike reportedly killed 25 people from the Popular Mobilization Units, a Tehran-backed Shiite militia.
US officials confirmed the attack was in response to numerous acts of aggression from Shia militia group, Kataib Hezbollah.
The group had previously launched a strike on a US military base near Iraq's military base, near to the northern city of Kirkuk, killing one man.
Nawres Waleed Hamid worked as a US military contractor before being killed on December 27.
The attack from the pro-Iran group has since escalated tensions in the region, including the east of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
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At least eight people were killed in a strike on an Iranian-backed militia in Syria, near the Iraqi border, on Thursday night, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said Friday. None of those killed were Syrian citizens, the observatory said.
Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen news outlet attributing the strike to Israel, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said planes targeted positions belonging to pro-Iran militias in the Boukamal area, near the border with Israel.
The Britain-based organization which documents the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground said the planes struck among other targets weapons depots and vehicles belonging to the militias. It reported several explosions in the border area.
Deir Ezzor 24, an activist collective that reports on news in the border area, said that the planes strikes struck trucks carrying weapons and depots for ballistic missiles in the area. Omar Abu Laila, a Europe-based activist from Deir el-Zour who runs the group, said the attack triggered “a huge explosion” heard in the Syrian-Iraqi border.
The Sound and picture, another activist collective in Syria's eastern Deir el-Zour area, said “unidentified planes" struck militia targets in Boukamal.
There was no immediate comment from Syria or Iraq, and the reports could not be independently confirmed.
A series of strikes in Iraq have been recently attributed to Israel, some of them near the Syria-Iraq border and the Albukamal-Qaim crossing. The attacks targeted Iran-backed Shi'ite militias and their convoys tasked with smuggling weapons into Syria.
Sources: Express UK | Haaretz
