DAMASCUS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 fighters were killed by airstrikes that targeted positions of Iranian-backed fighters, including Iraqis, in eastern Syria overnight, a war monitor reported on Tuesday.
The airstrikes targeted the Iranian-backed fighters in the countryside of Al-Bukamal city in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The strikes targeted a missiles depot and two other military positions of the Iranian-backed fighters, said the observatory.
The Britain-based watchdog group said the airstrikes are still unknown but could have possibly been carried out by Israel, whose warplanes carried out repeated airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria.
Last week, 18 Iranian-backed fighters were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Al-Bukamal.
In June of 2018, Israeli airstrikes killed 55 Iranian and pro-Iranian fighters near Al-Bukamal.
Israel considers Iran its arch foe and has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, charging the attacks target Iranian sites and weapons convoys to Hezbollah.
