Six Iranians fighting for the Syrian regime were among those killed in missile strikes in southern Syria this week that were attributed to Israel, a war monitor said Thursday.
Airstrikes targeted "military positions and intelligence facilities belonging to Iran and (pro-Iranian) militias" in the southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra early on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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State media also reported on Wednesday that the "Israeli enemy launched an aggression" against military positions held by the government and its allies in Daraa province, without mentioning casualties.
The Observatory said Thursday the strikes had killed six Iranians and three pro-regime Syrian fighters.
The London-based monitor gathers its information from a vast network of contacts across Syria.
Israel has admitted to conducting "hundreds of strikes" on Iranian-linked targets on Syrian territory, with the aim to stop Iran from entrenching itself in Syria. Israel says it has the right to defend itself by targeting positions held by Iran and its ally Hezbollah.
In April, the Observatory released a report that said airstrikes on Syrian territory have killed 232 people since April 2018.
On June 30, airstrikes killed six civilians, including three children, and nine mostly foreign pro-regime fighters, according to the Observatory.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
