It has been revealed that the explosion that occurred late last night in the tribal town of Al-Bukamal in the eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside, just kilometers from the Syrian-Iraqi border, targeted a truck belonging to an Iraqi faction, which is believed to have been transporting weapons across the border. The explosion resulted in the death of a member of the "Islamic Resistance in Iraq," which has come to the forefront since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Gaza on October 7 of this year.
A statement from that group, which includes several armed factions and Iranian-backed militias, confirmed the death of Abdullah Razaq Al-Naon Al-Safi, a member of the "Sayyid al-Shuhada" Brigade. However, the group indicated that the shelling was carried out by American forces while he was conducting surveillance and reconnaissance patrols along the Iraqi-Syrian border.
For his part, Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported that the bombardment targeted a site belonging to Iranian groups, noting that the explosion was very powerful and could be heard across the Euphrates River. He also added that the site was completely destroyed and stated that the explosion was stronger than previous ones, coming from a "warplane" that struck the Al-Sukar neighborhood in Al-Bukamal. However, he did not specify the ownership of that aircraft.
The city of Al-Bukamal, located in northeastern Syria and close to the Iraqi border, frequently witnesses Israeli strikes targeting sites or trucks belonging to Iranian militias operating in the region. Al-Bukamal and Al-Mayadeen are considered strongholds for the Iraqi armed factions and Iranian-backed militias. However, the frequency of these strikes has increased since the outbreak of the war in Gaza on October 7, as Israel has directed several painful blows to Iranian militias in their deployment sites in Syria, even though it has officially acknowledged only a few of them over the years.
