Israeli Airstrike Claims Lives of Six People in Eastern Syria

Rabat – An Israeli airstrike has left six foreign nationals dead in the eastern Deir Ezzor region of Syria, according to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, has raised concerns and further deepened the complexities of the ongoing conflict in the region.

Initially, the Syrian Defense Ministry released a statement suggesting that only two of its soldiers had been wounded in the attack. However, the SOHR report contradicts this official account, claiming that four Syrian regime troops were among the casualties.

“The Israeli enemy carried out airstrikes on some of our armed forces’ positions near the city of Deir Ezzor,” stated the Syrian Defense Ministry, “leaving two soldiers wounded.”

The SOHR, a UK-based human rights group with numerous sources on the ground in Syria, described the attack as involving three explosions in areas known to be inhabited by Iranian-backed militias. Importantly, it remains unclear whether the airstrike was indeed executed by Israel or by another unidentified force.

Israel has a history of conducting military operations in Syria without officially acknowledging them. Security officials in Jerusalem have repeatedly emphasized their opposition to the presence of Iranian or Tehran-backed militias in the region, considering them a significant threat.

Militias with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have established a strong presence across Syria, particularly in areas near the border with Iraq and in Deir Ezzor province, south of the Euphrates River.

This incident follows another recent alleged Israeli strike on an Iranian arms shipment within Syria. Moreover, last month, Israel confirmed a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria by targeting Syrian army structures north of the Golan Heights.