The strike was carried out by a drone and targeted a tanker truck convoy carrying Iranian fuel that had entered Qaim border crossing into Syria, Iraqi officials said.

An Iraqi border police officer said ‘no Iraqi casualties have been reported’ [AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty-file photo]

At least two fuel trucks were destroyed in an airstrike by an unidentified drone on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq late on Tuesday, Iraqi security and border officials told Reuters.

The strike was carried out by a drone and targeted a tanker truck convoy carrying Iranian fuel that had entered Qaim border crossing into Syria, the officials said.

“No Iraqi casualties have been reported”, said an Iraqi border police officer.

A huge blaze was seen on the Syrian side of the border, said a security official.

The convoy included more than 20 tanker trucks.

Iran’s state-run Press TV channel confirmed the attack and accused the United States of carrying it out, saying “a convoy of 22 tankers…

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