Activists and Iraqi officials say unidentified planes have hit targets in Syria near the border with Iraq, killing eight Iraqi militiamen amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the planes targeted positions belonging to pro-Iran militias in the Boukamal area, near the border with Iraq.
The Britain-based organization, which documents the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground, and two Iraqi officials said the planes struck vehicles belonging to the militias.
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