Missiles kill 26 pro-regime fighters in Syria including Iranians: monitor

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights suspect attack was by Israel

BEIRUT, SYRIA: Missile strikes against Syrian regime forces in the central province of Hama overnight killed 26 pro-regime fighters, mostly Iranians, a monitor said Monday.

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said the fighters had been killed in a raid, 'probably' carried out by Israel, on the 47th Brigade base in Hama.

State media reported overnight that "enemy missiles" had struck government targets in Hama and Aleppo provinces, without mentioning any casualties or who may have been responsible.



On the other hand, the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey were set to hold talks on Syria Saturday in the wake of an alleged chemical attack that has exposed differences between the three powers.

The three nations have been attempting to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict at talks that started last year in Astana, Kazakhstan, in competition with the US and UN-backed Geneva initiative.

The latest talks in Moscow between two of Assad’s key supporters, Moscow and Tehran, and militant-backer Ankara come as the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma on April 7 has prompted sharply differing responses from Turkey and Russia.