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2019-09-17 Iraq
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Shia militias attacked in Iraq -report; Update: 10 killed
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[Jpost] Shia militias have been attacked in the al-Bukamal region on the Iraq-Syria border, Arab media sources reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, an Iraqi officer "heard a drone in the air" before the strike.
Israeli sources reported that the attack was targeting Iran-affiliated militias that were smuggling arms into the area.
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Iraqi channel al-Afaq claimed that Israel was behind the attack.
Some Syrian and Iraqi outlets said Israel was suspected of being behind the strikes, which targeted positions controlled by Shiite militias in the Boukamal region of Syria. There were no such public allegations by Syrian or Iraqi officials.
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 10 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in the early morning airstrike by unmanned aerial vehicles, which reportedly targeted a training camp and ammunition storehouse.
The Israeli military has been accused of conducting air raids on Iran-backed militias in the Boukamal region in the past, including earlier this month in a series of airstrikes in which at least 18 militiamen were reportedly killed.
The Tuesday blasts reportedly targeted a base belonging to the Popular Mobilization Force, an umbrella group of largely Iran-backed militias.
The Observatory and activist collective Deir Ezzor 24 said the strikes occurred near a newly constructed, but not yet operational Syrian border crossing with Iraq. The opening of the crossing, planned by Iraq and Syria, had been postponed several times in recent weeks. 
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