Drone targets armory of IRGC in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, unidentified drone targeted an armory of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source from the Iranian-backed al-Quds Brigade in the town of al-Bukamal on the Syrian-Iraqi border said that, with two raids, an unidentified drone targeted an armory of the IRGC near Aysha Hospital on the outskirts of the al-Jem’iyat neighborhood in the center of the town.
The source, who preferred not to be named, added that the raids resulted in the injury of three members and the destruction of large quantities of weapons, including short-range thermal missiles and rocket launchers.
Two days ago, the Iranian-backed factions brought equipment, weapons, and short-range missiles to the same armory, and also moved missile launchers to the Imam Ali base in the town of al-Bukamal, according to the same source.
On October 3, the Iranian factions evacuated several military headquarters in the town of Al-Bukamal.
Syrian government forces and Iranian-backed factions with Russian support have been running the cities of al-Bukamal and al-Mayadin in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor since November 2017 following battles against the Islamic State (ISIS).
Iran, through its involvement in these battles, managed to expand its power in the eastern frontlines in Syria especially in al-Bukamal city near the Syrian-Iraqi borders.