BEIRUT: A car bombing killed two pro-Iran fighters in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, a war monitor said.
An explosive device went off in an SUV near the Iranian cultural center, killing two Iran-backed fighters, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Government forces and Iran-backed groups imposed a security cordon around the site of the attack, said the Observatory, a Britain-based organization with a network of sources on the ground in the war-torn country.
It was unclear who was behind the attack in Deir Ezzor city, a stronghold of Tehran that is home to Iranian advisers, institutions, and the cultural center.
Control of Deir Ezzor province, an oil-rich region bordering Iraq, is split between Kurdish forces to the east of the Euphrates and Iran-backed Syrian government forces and their proxies to the west.
Iran-backed groups including Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement have bolstered President Bashar Assad’s forces since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011.
The Syrian government’s brutal suppression of a 2011 uprising triggered a conflict that has killed more than half a million people and drawn in foreign armies and militants.
Car bombing kills two pro-Iran fighters in Syria: monitor
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Car bombing kills two pro-Iran fighters in Syria: monitor
- An explosive device went off in an SUV near the Iranian cultural center
- It was unclear who was behind the attack in Deir Ezzor city
Israel renews demolition order for refugee camp football pitch near Bethlehem
- The Aida field has been scheduled for demolition since November
LONDON: Israeli authorities on Monday renewed a demolition order for a seven-a-side football pitch in Aida Refugee Camp, north of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Munther Amira, head of the Aida Youth Center, said Israeli forces had informed the charity of the order to demolish the football field, claiming it was built without a permit.
He added that they posted the demolition order at the pitch gate in the Khallat Hamama area, on the outskirts of the Aida camp near the separation wall, according to official news agency Wafa.
The order gives the site owners a week to demolish it; otherwise, the Israeli authorities, which maintain a military occupation in the area, will carry out the work and the owners would be subject to fines and potential imprisonment.
The Aida football field has been scheduled for demolition since November last year.
