{"id":75552,"date":"2020-01-12T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75552"},"modified":"2020-01-10T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T07:24:46","slug":"12-00-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75552","title":{"rendered":"Strikes target Iranian militias on Iraq-Syria border, media blame Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Strikes target Iranian militias on Iraq-Syria border, media blame Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

ROSSELLA TERCATIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Aerial view of intense construction at Iran’s Albukamal-Al-Qaim crossing<\/em><\/span>
\n(photo credit: IMAGESAT INTERNATIONAL (ISI))<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trucks and militants were targeted in airstrikes along the border between Iraq and Syria on Thursday night, according to the Beirut-based TV station Al Mayadeen. Violent explosions were heard in the area and “enemy planes” were seen above\u00a0the city Al-Bukamal<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>shortly before, according to the report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local news source DeirEzzor24 stated that target of the bombing is believed to have been a weapons shipment to Hezbollah in the border area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several Arab media outlets, including Al Mayadeen, blamed Israel for the airstrikes.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Ynet, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an organization which opposes the regime of Bashar Al-Assad and his allies in Iran and the pro-Iranian militia Hezbollah, reported that non-identified fighter jets struck warehouses and equipment belonging to pro-Iranian militias.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its report added that according to sources, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed Assad that the United States intended to close the land-route between Tehran and Beirut, which goes through Al Bukamal.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November, the Al-Bukamal border crossing between Iraq and Syria reopened five years after being seized by the Islamic State, raising concerns that it could be a hub for Iran to expedite the transfer of weapons to groups like Hezbollah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two months earlier, Fox News stated that Iran was constructing a new military compound and weapon storehouses, in a report based on analysis from ImageSat International.<\/span><\/p>\n

Explosions were also heard in “areas controlled by Iranian militias” near Al-ukamal in eastern Syria near the Iraq-Syria border\u00a0earlier this week<\/a>, according to local news source Deir Ezzor 24. The explosions were believed to have been caused by rockets, although some reports indicated that an airstrike had targeted the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Militias along the Iraq-Syria border have been on high alert since the US operation that killed IRGC’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several strikes have been reported in the area in the past few days.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tzvi Joffree<\/strong> contriuted to this report<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Strikes target Iranian militias on Iraq-Syria border, media blame Israel ROSSELLA TERCATIN Aerial view of intense construction at Iran’s Albukamal-Al-Qaim crossing (photo credit: IMAGESAT INTERNATIONAL (ISI)) Trucks and militants were targeted in airstrikes along the border between Iraq and Syria on Thursday night, according to the Beirut-based TV station Al Mayadeen. Violent explosions were heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75570,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75552\/revisions\/75570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}