Nine pro-Iranian fighters killed in airstrikes in Syria: NGO

FILE: People clean debris after a reported Israeli attack on Syria, according to The Syrian state TV reported that several missiles hit the western neighborhood of Kfar Sousseh district, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that at least nine pro-Iranian fighters, including a leader, were killed in airstrikes in war-torn eastern Syria.

“Nine pro-Iranian fighters, including a leader and a Syrian, were killed and more than 20 wounded in air strikes targeting the villa they were staying in, which served as a communications center,” said the Britain-based war monitor, which did not yet know the origin of the strikes.