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Saturday, June 8, 2024
Two pro-Iran militants killed in car bombing in Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A car bombing killed two pro-Iran fighters in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, a war monitor says.
An explosive device went off in an SUV near the Iranian cultural center, killing two Iran-backed fighters, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has been criticized for inflating regime losses in the past.
Government forces and Iran-backed groups imposed a security cordon around the site of the attack, says the Observatory, a Britain-based organization with a network of sources on the ground in the war-torn country.
It is unclear who was behind the attack in Deir Ezzor city, a stronghold of Tehran that is home to Iranian advisers, institutions, and the cultural center.
A car belonging to the Iranian militias exploded near Al-Fath Mosque in the center of Deir Ezzor.
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