Shafaq News / The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on Thursday that the number of people killed in the ranks of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) who were killed during air strikes in Albukamal area in western Syria near the Iraqi border has increased to 26.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the strike that targeted the Iraqi-Syrian borders left 18 killed of the Shiite factions in Iraq loyal to Iran.

According to Al-Hadath TV, which quoted the observatory, a strike carried out by the international coalition in response to al-Taji camp attack killed 18 people of the Iraqi Shiite factions loyal to Iran.

He added that the strike also wounded 30 others.

Al-Hadath TV reported that among the wounded, the leader of the "Iraqi Haideriyoun" Brigade, Wissam Tufayli, who is in a critical condition.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights previously stated that "three unidentified aircraft" launched strikes on Imam Ali base and Al-Hassyan area in Albukamal near the border with Iraq, where headquarters and factions loyal to Iran are stationed.

The strike came after the killing of two American and a British soldier from the international coalition forces, in addition to the injury of 12 others, by strikes by Katyusha rockets on the Iraqi Taji camp, north of the capital, Baghdad, where American forces are present.