Air strikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in east Syria

Air strikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in east Syria
The air strikes happened in the region of Al-Bukamal killing 18 pro-Iranian fighters in Syria. (File/AFP)
Updated 09 September 2019
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Air strikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in east Syria

Air strikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in east Syria
  • It was not clear who carried out the raids in the region of Al-Bukamal

BEIRUT: Air strikes hit positions of pro-Iranian forces and allied militias in eastern Syria overnight, killing 18 fighters, a war monitor said Monday.

It was not clear who carried out the raids in the region of Al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.