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

Ten Iranian-affiliated fighters were killed in Syria on Saturday December 30 and more than 30 others injured in nine strikes “probably American” who targeted sites in eastern Syria, announced the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). According to the NGO, these bombings, which are part of an increase in attacks against American personnel in the region, targeted military positions in Boukamal and its surroundings, near the border between Iraq and Syria. .

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

Four Hezbollah fighters killed

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. For its part, Hezbollah, supported by Tehran, claimed 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.