DAMASCUS – A drone attack by the US-led international coalition killed 40Syrian soldiers and allies and injured 30 in a desert area south ofal-Bukamal, northeastern of Deir Ezzor province, on Monday.

US drones bombed joint military positions of the Syrian army and itsassociated Iraqi brigades along the Syrian-Iraqi border, the Prensa Latinareported while quoting its sources.

According to the Syrian military officials, Imam Ali Brigades and RighteousBrigades members were killed in the military action, which took place southof Al-Bukamal, about 150 kilometers east of Deir Ezzor.

The mission of these forces was to protect and secure the border betweenSyria and Iraq and fight the remaining so-called ‘Islamic State’ terroristsin the area.

The government troops reported that the US attack affected the town ofAl-Hari, southeast of the border city Bukamal, where several people werekilled and injured.

The Syrian government has repeatedly denounced the attacks of the WesternCoalition forces, led by the United States, against the civilian populationand positions of the army, which killed hundreds of residents and soldiers.

Since September 2014, Pentagon troops illegally entered the territory ofthis Middle Eastern country, where more than a dozen military bases wereestablished, without the permission of Damascus authorities or the UnitedNations Security Council.