At least nine pro-Iranian fighters, including a commander, were killed in airstrikes in eastern Syria on March 26, a war monitor said. The airstrikes reportedly targeted a villa housing the fighters, which also served as a communications center. Over 20 others were wounded in the attack which hasn’t been claimed by any group, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Observatory said that a few hours earlier, an Iranian cargo plane flew from Damascus to the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.The war monitor said that the aircraft was carrying technical equipment and soldiers of Iran’s Revolutionary Guardsx. The villa which was targeted and completely destroyed in the strike had been taken over by the Guards. The strikes were the first of their kind in eastern Syria since early February, the Observatory said.