According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring organization, which follows the war in Syria, the perpetrator of the airstrikes is not yet clear.
Twelve pro-Iranian fighters are said to have died in an airstrike in the eastern parts of Syria, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Several people have also been injured in the attack.
According to an observer organization following the war in Syria, the perpetrator of the airstrikes is not yet clear.
According to the organization, the attacks targeted the fighters’ positions in the city of Deir Ezzor and the area east of the city, as well as in the Boukamal region near the Iraqi border.
Iran has provided military support to Syria since 2011, when the Syrian civil war began.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against pro-Iranian fighters in eastern Syria. The United States has also carried out attacks on positions of fighters supported by Iran in eastern Syria.
The Israeli army has also repeatedly struck Hezbollah weapons shipments near the Syrian-Lebanon border, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Source: AFP