ALBAWABA - At least four people were killed and several others injured in a drone strike in the government-held northeastern Syria, Syrian media reported.
The strike took place Wednesday on a site in Deikr Ezzor, an area controlled by Iran-backed groups.
A drone strike has killed four people in government-held eastern #Syria in an area controlled by Iran-backed groups, a war monitor says.https://t.co/TMp0sBGURN pic.twitter.com/zRwpgeADiN
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) March 8, 2023
Conflicting reports emerged after the strike, with some Syrian media saying it was an explosion in an Iranian-run hospital in the area.
#BREAKING: Syrian media reports several people killed and injured in an explosion in Deir Ezzor https://t.co/xRIw3qyI7l pic.twitter.com/F9osXlkNbo
— Arab News (@arabnews) March 8, 2023
Other news outlets said it was an Iranian weapons' storage facility, while some said the drone attack targeted a building for Iranian militias behind the hospital.
المرصد السوري لـ العربية: انفجار دير الزور وقع بمستودع لصواريخ إيرانية #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/hHl1xs3sED
— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) March 8, 2023
The discrepancy in the reports could not be immediately explained.
No other details were immediately available.
