The Iranian reinforcements come after an unidentified aircraft bombed on October 9 a military post of Quds Force, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The attack, which took place on the outskirts of the village of al-Heri in the countryside of Abu Kamal, southeast of Deir ez-Zor city, killed hard boyz and damaged logistics warehouses.
A military source in the Quds Force said that the pro-Iranian militias brought in more than eight cargo vehicles through the Sikek border crossing coming from Iraqi territory.
He added to North Press that the convoy included logistical materials and ammunition, in addition to two vehicles carrying military personnel in civilian clothes.
The vehicles entered military posts of Quds Force in Abu Kamal, and transported hard boyz coming from Iraqi territory to a military post next to al-Shifaa Hospital in the town of al- Mayadin in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
Unidentified aircrafts target Iran’s IRGC posts in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
Oct 10, 2023
[NPASyria] Unidentified aircrafts targeted on Monday at midnight several headquarters and posts of the Iranian-backed militias on the Syrian-Iraqi border and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source within the Iranian-backed Liwa al-Quds militia said an unknown aircrafts launched
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s on the Sikek border crossing between Syria and Iraq controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The source told North Press another airstrike targeted the headquarters of the IRGC and a military post of the Liwa al-Quds on the outskirts of the village of al-Heri in the countryside of Abu Kamal.
The aircrafts also conducted at least five airstrikes in the town of al-Qaim in Iraq on the Syrian-Iraqi border, the source added.
Iran’s IRGC transfers militants, weapons outside Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
Oct 7, 2023
[NPASyria] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) transferred on Friday its militants and weapons from headquarters to outside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria, using vehicles of the Syrian government forces.
A military source within the IRGC in Deir ez-Zor said five vehicles of the Division 17 affiliated with the government forces transferred non-Syrian IRGC militants, weapons and ammunition from its headquarters in the eastern and western countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
The source, who preferred to remain unnamed for security reasons, added that the IRGC evacuated a military post near al-Hamdan airbase in the countryside of Abu Kamal, a post in the al-Tamo Street in the city of al-Mayadin, eastern Deir ez-Zor, and transferred a number of militants from the several posts in the village of al-Masrab in western countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
The source noted that the destination is probably Damascus or Palmyra as the vehicles headed towards the Palmyra-Damascus international road. They also used the vehicles of the government forces for fear of being shelled.
The source however did not know the reason for the transfer of the militants, weapons and ammunition.
Early on Oct. 3, unidentified aircrafts launched intensive airstrikes on locations of Iranian-backed militias in Deir ez-Zor, leaving behind human casualties, according to a source in the IRGC.
From time to time posts and headquarters of Iranian-backed militias in Deir ez-Zor undergo shelling. Meanwhile Syrian state-run media outlets reported that Israel was responsible of the airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor.