Beirut - (AFP) - Unidentified planes targeted, on Sunday night, refrigerated trucks in eastern Syria , upon entering from neighboring Iraq , which led to their destruction, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, pointing out that they were transporting Iranian weapons.

The Observatory stated that "six refrigeration trucks were targeted by unknown aircraft in the countryside of the border city of Al-Bukamal, after crossing from Iraq," without being able to identify the party that targeted them.
According to the Observatory, the strikes destroyed the trucks and killed and injured those inside, without specifying the number of victims.

"The trucks were transporting Iranian weapons," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

He reported that at least two similar convoys entered this week from Iraq. They unloaded their cargo in the city of Al-Mayadeen, and it is likely that they transported "advanced weapons" to groups loyal to Tehran.

The region is exposed from time to time to similar blows, specifically affecting the movements of pro-Tehran groups.

The province of Deir ez-Zor is divided between several parties, as the regime forces and Iranian fighters and groups loyal to them control the area west of the Euphrates River, which divides the province into two parts, while the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are Kurdish and Arab factions supported by the international coalition led by Washington, control the areas located at its eastern banks.

Iranian and Iraqi forces and pro-Tehran groups, including the Lebanese Hezbollah, are deployed in a wide area in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, especially between the cities of Al-Bukamal and Al-Mayadeen. The Observatory estimates the number of members of these groups to be about 15,000 fighters.

The international coalition has repeatedly acknowledged carrying out strikes in the region, targeting pro-Tehran fighters.

Pro-regime fighters were repeatedly targeted in the region, as 55 of them, Syrians and Iraqis, were killed in June 2018 in strikes that an American official said was behind Israel, but the latter refused to comment.

Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a bloody conflict with many sides, which, since its outbreak in 2011, has caused the death of about half a million people, massive destruction of infrastructure, and the displacement of more than half of the population inside and outside the country.