Syria war: 'Air strikes' hit Iran-backed forces near Iraq border
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Warplanes have struck positions of Iran-backed militias near Syria's border with Iraq, activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said at least 18 Iranian and pro-Iranian fighters were killed. It was not clear who carried out the strikes early on Monday in al-Hizam al-Akhdar, near the town of Albu Kamal. But Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on Iranian-linked targets in Syria during the country's civil war. It has sought to thwart what ...
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