Airstrikes on Syria-Iraq border target Iranian fuel convoy
Iran blames a deadly unidentified attack on a fuel convoy shortly after it entered Syria on the US, despite official denials.
Tension is rising again between Iranian-linked armed factions and the US after airstrikes near the Syrian-Iraqi border targeted a fuel convoy shortly before midnight on Tuesday.
No one claimed responsibility for the airstrikes, which killed more than ten people. Iraqi officials claim that the vehicles were carrying a legal shipment of fuel from Iran to Lebanon. Some reports claim that munitions were believed to be hidden in some of the vehicles.
The attack reportedly occurred shortly after the first part of the convoy of over 20 vehicles entered Syrian territory from Iraq, near the city of Albu Kamal across from the Iraqi city of al-Qaim.
Iranian state TV claimed the attack was carried out by US drones and helicopters after eight of 22 tanker trucks had crossed into Syria. Multiple reports suggest that at least some of those killed were Iranian nationals.
