15 local contractors associated with Lebanese Hezbollah militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed or wounded when an explosive device detonated inside a car they were travelling in a town recognized as a stronghold of the Revolutionary Guards west of Deir-ez-Zor city.
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According to our correspondent in Deir-ez-Zor, Zain al-Abidine al-Okaidi, 5 local members of the Hezbollah militia lost their lives, while ten others sustained injuries in the incident. The explosion occurred when an explosive device, planted in an Inter medium-sized truck that the group was using, went off in the town of al-Baghiliya.
Okaidi stated that the truck was transporting approximately 18 Hezbollah members who belonged to the communications branch of the Deir-ez-Zor military airport garrison. They were returning from a military training course at the time of the incident.
The victims of the blast were all residents of Deir ez-Zor, including two members from Jufra, as well as one member each from Harabesh, Mohassan, and al-Busaira, according to local sources in the area cited by our correspondent. Among those identified as deceased in the explosion were Hudhaifa al-Faraj, Mohammed al-Anzi, and Ahmed al-Abdullah.
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