Iranian Militias Set up Rocket Launchpads West of Euphrates in Syria
Iran-backed militias have set up rocket launchpads in the Deir Ezzor region where the missiles have been directed towards areas under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is backed by the international coalition.
The Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said the militias have established 13 launchpads equipped with
surface-to-surface Iranian-made missiles in al-Mayadeen in eastern Deir Ezzor,
while nine others were placed in a barn in the Hawi al-Mayadeen area.
All the launchpads are pointed
towards the eastern Euphrates region. The nearest position to the platforms is
the al-Omar oil field on the opposite bank of the river.
No confirmed information has been
revealed about Iran’s purpose from the move, such as whether it was planning
attacks.
On April 21, reliable sources in
al-Mayadeen, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, informed the Observatory
that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) transported Iranian-made
missiles concealed in the al-Rahba citadel to areas under the control of
Iranian militias in the eastern countryside of al-Raqqah.
The shipment was smuggled in
trucks used for transporting vegetables and fruit.
Earlier, the war monitor reported
that a drone attack killed a commander of of the Iran-backed militias and
injured five militants in al-Sayyal town.
The non-Syrian commander died in
the attack on his home, 11 kilometers northwest of Albukamal city.
On March 22, an unidentified drone
targeted oil wells in the Albukamal desert in Deir Ezzor, near the Syria-Iraq
border.
According to Observatory sources,
the targeted wells were restored by Iran-backed militias after they were
destroyed by ISIS during its control of the area.
