The Israeli army announces a "failed" shelling of Shiite militias from Syria
Shafaq News/ Pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias carried out failed shelling with several rocket shells in an attempt to target Israel, the Israeli army said on Monday.
"In the early morning hours, a number of missiles were launched from Syria, which did not pass into Israel, as they were launched by elements of Shiite militias led by the Iranian Quds Force from the outskirts of Damascus,” Army spokesman, Avikhai Adrai said today .
He added that the Israeli army "considers the Syrian regime responsible for every operation launched from its territory."
"We warn Bashar al-Assad’s regime that he will pay a heavy price for allowing the Iranians and Shiite militias to work from within his territory, turning a blind eye and even cooperating with them, as this is not a secret to us" the spokesman said.
Earlier today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that unidentified aircraft killed 18 members of the Iranian forces and their affiliated factions in Albu Kamal area.
The headquarters of the armed Iraqi factions in "Albu Kamal” Syrian area, adjacent to the Iraqi al-Qaim district was subjected to bombings.
Arab media reported that "these explosions targeted the headquarters of factions belonging to the Popular Crowd Units, including the headquarters of (Al-Abdal), (Haidarion) and (Iraqi Hezbollah) inside the Syrian territory which resulted in deaths and injuries among the elements of those factions."
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the blasts were caused by blasts from unidentified planes so far.
Iran deploys in Albu Kamal the following: Lebanese Hezbollah, the Iraqi Hezbollah, al- Nujaba, Fatimion and Zeinabion forces, all led by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
It is noteworthy that "Albu Kamal" is located on the southern bank of the Euphrates River, while the US military and the Syrian Democratic Forces "SDF" are in the east and north of the Euphrates. Albu Kamal is also separated from al-Tanf base at the corner of the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border from the east of the Euphrates.
