, Iranian casualties, US denies involvement

Baghdad: Syrian opposition activists said on Wednesday that Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria were targeted in an airstrike on the border with Iraq late Wednesday, causing casualties. According to two paramilitary officials in Iraq, some of those killed in the attack were Iranian nationals. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks. The US military, which has carried out such attacks in the past, said it was not behind the attack and had no involvement in the al-Kaim attack. The Israeli military declined to comment on the incident.

The airstrike shortly before midnight on Tuesday targeted tanker trucks carrying fuel and other trucks for militias in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Jour, according to opposition war watchdog, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Gone. It said that at least 14 people were killed in the attack, most of whom were militias. According to the ‘Late Ezzor 24’ report, three airstrikes were carried out in the Syrian border town of Boukmal and surrounding areas targeting Iran-backed militias. There was no immediate information given about casualties.

Earlier, members of Iraqi paramilitary groups operating in the region said at least 10 people were killed late Tuesday in an airstrike on a convoy carrying fuel across the Iraqi border in Syria. Two paramilitary officials told The Associated Press that the attack targeted a convoy of about 15 trucks that had entered Syria near the city of al-Kaim. It was not clear where the convoy was coming from, but officials said some of those killed in the attack were Iranian nationals. Officials gave this information on condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to talk to reporters.

Citing unnamed sources, it claimed that a fuel truck convoy from Iraq to Syria was attacked across the al-Kaim border early in the morning. Press TV claimed that the convoy was carrying Iranian oil to Lebanon via Syria. Iranian officials did not provide any details of casualties.