Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Iranian Militia Weapons Depot in Abu Kamal Targeted

On Wednesday, February 21, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that "a weapons depot belonging to Iranian militias in the city of Abu Kamal in the eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside" was targeted. The organization stated that the attack was carried out by an "unknown drone." The report did not mention any casualties or damages resulting from the attack. Some analysts speculate that this action is linked to Israel; however, as of the time of this report, Israel has not reacted to the attack. Just hours earlier, Syrian state television reported an Israeli missile attack on an apartment in a residential building in the "Kafr Sousa" area of Damascus, the capital of Syria, resulting in at least two deaths. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that three people were killed in this attack. Rami Abdulrahman, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Britain, stated in an interview with the "Al Arabiya" network that the Israeli attack on the Kafr Sousa neighborhood in Damascus was an assassination operation targeting a building frequented by commanders of Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The missile attack on a security area in Damascus led Syria to accuse Israel of high casualties among groups known as "resistance"; at least 18 senior commanders affiliated with the Islamic Republic have been killed in the past five months.