After targeting Iran.. dead in targeting of trucks by unknown aircraft in al-Bukamal – updated

A security source told a Russian agency, "Unknown aircraft targeted trucks in the Al-Bukamal region, eastern Syria, after crossing from Iraq."

While sources told the Syrian Observatory that "6 refrigeration trucks entered the area coming from Iraq, where they were targeted, coinciding with the flight of the international coalition's drones, while ambulances rushed to transport the wounded."

According to the Observatory, 7 truck drivers and their escorts, who are of non-Syrian nationalities, were killed over the targeting.

This comes, about a day after a powerful explosion occurred in an ammunition depot in the city of Isfahan, central Iran.

The Iranian Ministry of Defense said that the military factory explosion in Isfahan over a failed attack with three drones.

The Iranian Ministry of Defense revealed that the attack of the drones was thwarted, as the air defense media at the facility shot down one of them, and the other two exploded after they were trapped in the factory’s air defense traps.

The Iranian news agency, IRNA, quoted an informed source as saying that "3 quadcopter drones loaded with small bombs carried out the Isfahan attack," noting that "the type of drone used in the attack confirms that it was carried out from inside the country."

The source explained that one of "the (small) quadcopters suffered a malfunction in its navigational device (GPS), which caused it to crash into the shed of a factory," pointing out that the video clip circulated by virtual communication sites about the attack shows the moment of the collision.

For its part, the American newspaper The New York Times said, "The drones that targeted sites in Isfahan are believed to have launched from inside Iran."

US officials told the Wall Street Journal, "The drone strike on an industrial center belonging to the Iranian Ministry of Defense in the city of Isfahan was carried out by Israel."

The Israeli's Jerusalem Post" also quoted Western and foreign intelligence sources as saying that "the drone attack on Iran in Isfahan was a huge success," adding that "Israel is playing a silent role in the incident."

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