Activists: Strikes hit Iran-backed fighters in eastern Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say unknown warplanes have targeted an arms depot belonging to Iranian-backed militias in the eastern Syrian town of Boukamal, near the Iraqi border.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the airstrikes began late Sunday and continued after midnight, killing 18 Iranians and pro-Iranian fighters. They also caused extensive damage to the depot and vehicles.
Two local activist collectives in eastern Syria — the Euphrates Pos