At least 13 Iranian-backed militia fighters were killed in airstrikes on Iranian targets in eastern Syria before daybreak on Tuesday, activists reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a series of blasts rocked the eastern province of Deir al-Zour. The head of the observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, told dpa that a few hours after midnight, “unidentified” warplanes targeted Abdel Moneim Shehab’s villa, which the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps militia uses as a communications headquarters in the city of Deir al-Zour. He said the strikes killed 12 non-Syrians from the revolu…