At least 12 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in strikes by unidentified aircraft on eastern Syria late Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Eight air strikes before midnight on Saturday night targeted a base of pro-Iranian forces in rural eastern Deir Ezzor (province), killing 12 Iraqi and Afghan fighters and destroying equipment and ammunition," the war monitor said.
The Observatory did not identify the aircraft responsible, but its head Rami Abdul Rahman told the media that Israel was likely responsible.
The Israeli military rarely claims responsibility for such attacks but has vowed to prevent Iran gaining a foothold in the war-torn country or delivering advanced weaponry to Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
The Observatory said the latest strikes came after Afghan forces brought in reinforcements from near the Iraqi border to a large Iranian base near the town of Al-Mayadin on the Euphrates river.
Two waves of similar strikes in May killed 12 pro-Iranian fighters, according to the Observatory.
Syria's complex, almost decade-long war has killed over 380,000 people, devastated the country's infrastructure and forced millions of people to flee their homes.
