23 pro-Iran fighters killed in east Syria strikes: monitor

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BEIRUT: Air strikes in eastern Syria, “likely” carried out by Israel, killed at least 23 pro-Iran fighters Saturday, a war monitor said, reporting four more dead in the country’s north.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “23 pro-Iranian fighters,” including five Syrians, four from Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, six Iraqis and eight Iranians, were killed in at least nine pre-dawn air strikes near the Iraqi border.
It said the raids were “likely carried out by Israel,” after earlier indicating they were “likely American.”

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