Unidentified aircrafts target Iran’s IRGC posts in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Unidentified aircrafts targeted on Monday at midnight several headquarters and posts of the Iranian-backed militias on the Syrian-Iraqi border and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source within the Iranian-backed Liwa al-Quds militia said an unknown aircrafts launched airstrikes on the Sikek border crossing between Syria and Iraq controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The source told North Press another airstrike targeted the headquarters of the IRGC and a military post of the Liwa al-Quds on the outskirts of the village of al-Heri in the countryside of Abu Kamal.
The aircrafts also conducted at least five airstrikes in the town of al-Qaim in Iraq on the Syrian-Iraqi border, the source added.
On Oct. 3, unidentified aircrafts launched intensive airstrikes on locations of Iranian-backed militias in Deir ez-Zor, leaving behind human casualties, according to a source in the IRGC.
Iranian-backed militias and the Syrian government forces control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
From time to time posts and headquarters of Iranian-backed militias in Deir ez-Zor undergo shelling. Meanwhile Syrian state-run media outlets reported that Israel was responsible of the airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor.
He also noted the airstrikes left behind many casualties and material damage without further information.