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Unidentified aircraft have reportedly carried out a series of airstrikes on positions of Iranian-backed forces near the eastern Syrian city of al-Bukamal on the border with Iraq.
Euphrates Post, a pro-opposition outlet based in Deir Ezzor, claimed that the airstrikes took place in the late hours of September 26.
“Heavy fire from air-defense guns of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) militia in the areas of al-Hizam and al-Sina’a in the city of al-Bukamal following the airstrikes, which targeted their positions earlier,” the new outlet said in a short report.
These claims have not been confirmed so far by any independent source, nor by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the country’s offical outlet.
If confirmed, this attack will be the third this month on al-Bukamal. On September 9, Israeli warplanes struck an alleged Iranian missile site southwest of the city. Later on September 18, the same site was attacked again.
