Israeli Air Force aircraft hit at least 18 sites that house Iranian troops and weapons storage facilities near the Iraqi border in Syria on Tuesday night.
The death toll is expected to rise as many troops and militiamen were seriously injured in the airstrikes.
Due to the problems of conducting airstrikes so far from Israeli air space this particular operation targeted Iranian positions close to the Iraqi border.
Syrian official state news agency SANA reported that the airstrikes target... [see source for more information]