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Update Israel strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kill 79 pro-Iran fighters: new toll from monitor video

Israel strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kill 79 pro-Iran fighters: new toll from monitor

  • The death toll has risen to “79 pro-Iran fighters,” 53 of them Syrians, 22 foreign nationals “mostly from the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement,” in addition to “four from Hezbollah“
  • Israel rarely comments on individual strikes in Syria but has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran to expand its presence in the country
By AFP ·