Strikes kill 18 Iran-backed fighters in eastern Syria
Strikes hit an arms depot for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces
Beirut: Syrian opposition activists say unknown warplanes have targeted an arms depot belonging to Iranian-backed militias in the eastern Syrian town of Boukamal, near the Iraqi border.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the air strikes began late Sunday and continued after midnight, killing 18 pro-Iranian fighters. They also caused extensive damage to the depot and vehicles.
Two local activist collectives in eastern Syria - the Euphrates Post and the Sound and Pictures - also reported the air strikes in Boukamal, without giving a death toll.
The Sound and Pictures says the strikes hit an arms depot for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a mostly Iran-backed Shiite militias.
Israel views Iran as its greatest threat and has allegedly struck Iran-linked targets as far away as Iraq in recent weeks.