London, Sep 9 (TIWN) Warplanes on Monday struck positions of Iran-backed militias near Syria's border with Iraq, a London-based watchdog said on Monday.

It was not clear who carried out the strikes in al-Hizam al-Akhdar, near the town of Albu Kamal.  Hours after the incident in Albu Kamal, a number of rockets were launched towards Israel from the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, but failed to hit Israeli territory, according to the Israeli military.