Unidentified warplanes targeted refrigeration trucks in the Syrian village of Al-Hari in the Albukamal countryside, east of Deir Ezzor on Sunday evening according to reports on social media, including a video alleging to be from the incident, and an article at the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
According to the circulating information, the targeting of the trucks "destruction and the death and injury of those inside.”
It was unclear what was meant by the term “refrigeration” trucks.
The reports come less than a day after reports of a drone strike in Iran’s Isfahan.
The sources told the Observatory that six trucks were coming from Iraq and were targeted. In November a number of trucks were also reportedly targeted in some kind of an airstrike in the same area. At the time pro-Iranian media acknowledged that fuel trucks were hit on November 9.
Another report in December said there may have been another incident at the sensitive border area. This area is on the Iraq-Syria border and it is where Iran allegedly traffics weapons to Syria and then to Hezbollah. Iran also built a base in this area in 2018 and prior to that the headquarters of the Iraqi pro-Iran militia Kataib Hezbollah was in Albukamal.
Previous Israel-Syria military actions
Last week the US base at Tanf was targeted by drones, likely flown by pro-Iran militias. Tanf is a garrison near the Jordanian-Iraq border in Syria.
Video posted online on the evening of January 29 appeared to show some kind of explosion and there was a sound like an explosion. However, it was impossible to confirm if the video was from Albukamal or somewhere else. Various online reports claiming to be local or regional media said that the explosions may have targeted Iranian-backed militias.
However, this was mostly speculation since the militias operate in the area and they have claimed to be targeted in the past.
“The information confirms that the airstrikes hit a gathering of #Iranian militia trucks inside the Syrian territory and near the Iraqi border, while there is still no information concerning the human casualties.”
Omar Abu Layla
One report said the explosions happened near a village called Al-Hari. Omar Abu Layla, a journalist, reported that “the information confirms that the airstrikes hit a gathering of #Iranian militia trucks inside the Syrian territory and near the Iraqi border, while there is still no information concerning the human casualties.”
The reports came a day after reports of a drone attack in Iran in Isfahan.