ten pro-Iran fighters killed by strikes in the east of the country, according to an NGO

Ten fighters affiliated with Iran were killed on Saturday December 30 and 30 others injured in strikes “probably American” which targeted sites in eastern Syria, against a backdrop of an increase in attacks against American personnel in the region, announced the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). The NGO also mentions “more than 30 injured” in at least nine airstrikes “probably American” having targeted military positions in Boukamal and its surroundings, in the border province of Deir Ezzor.

Iran supports armed groups accused by Washington of being behind an increase in attacks against its forces in the Middle East, against a backdrop of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a Palestinian Islamist movement supported by “axis of resistance”, which includes Tehran.

Increase in attacks by pro-Iran groups

A shipment of weapons from Iraq and an ammunition warehouse were also targeted and large explosions rang out, added the OSDH, based in the United Kingdom but with a vast network of sources in the country. in war. These strikes are carried out against a backdrop of increasing attacks by pro-Iran groups targeting its army in Syria and Iraq since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7.

For its part, Lebanese Hezbollah, supported by Tehran, announced on Saturday that four of its fighters had been killed “on the road to Jerusalem”, term used by the formation to designate its members who have fallen since October 7. The party did not provide further details.