Eight killed in strike on Iranian-backed militia in Syria

At least eight people were killed in a strike on an Iranian-backed militia in Syria near the Iraqi border on Thursday night, the New York Times has reported referring to Syrian Observatory for Human rights said Friday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the planes targeted positions belonging to pro-Iran militias in the Boukamal area, near the border with Iraq.

An Iraqi security official and another official, from the Iran-backed Iraqi militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, said warplanes targeted two vehicles carrying missiles on the Syrian side of the border. The strike was most likely carried out by Israeli warplanes, they said but offered no evidence.

The Israeli military has no immediate comment. The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment on the Syria bombing, which comes at a time of high tension between Iran and the U.S.