At least 10 killed in airstrike on Iraq-Syria border

At least 10 people were killed on the Syria-Iraq border Tuesday in an airstrike that apparently targeted Iranian trucks shipping fuel to Lebanon, according to reports.

Paramilitary officials told The Associated Press some 15 trucks were hit while crossing the border, where Iraq’s Al-Qa’im neighbors Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate. 

Iraqi sources said several explosions were heard near the Iraqi-Syrian border and fighter jets and helicopters flew over the border strip.

It is said that a drone targeted the area and some positions of resistance groups. Official sources have not yet confirmed these reports.

Sabreen News also released the following pictures of the drone attack near the border of Iraq and Syria. It said that these attacks were carried out by the US.

News sources have claimed that trucks carrying Iranian fuel to Lebanon were targeted in this attack.