Six pro-Iranian fighters were killed late Saturday during alleged Israeli air strikes targeting positions belonging to regime forces and Tehran-backed militias in eastern Deir Ezzor province, a war monitor said.
Four Syrian nationals were among those killed in the raids on the al-Abbas village near the border town of Albukamal on Iraqi border, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
It was not immediately clear if they were soldiers with the Syrian army.
The war monitor did not confirm who was behind the attack but said Israel was "likely responsible."
Last Tuesday, the Syrian army said that two soldiers and four civilians were killed in airstrikes it attributed to Israel.
State-run Syrian television said the country's air defenses had responded to the airstrikes, while state-controlled SANA News Agency said the air defense systems were operating against "hostile targets."
The TV said the strikes were in airspace in the southeastern part of the country, near the city of Sweida, and in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor bordering Iraq.
Agencies
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