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Unidentified planes late Friday hit targets near the Syrian-Iraqi border, a war monitor reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights spoke of a huge explosion and said planes were heard at the same time in Al-Sukariyah in the al-Bou Kamal countryisde on the Syrian-Iraqi border. The area is mainly controlled by Iranian and pro-Iranian militias, the head of the Observatory Rami Abdel Rahman told dpa. Local unconfirmed Syrian reports said the strike hit a truck carrying ammunition for Iranian militias in the area. There was no comment yet by the official Syrian outlets. The Obs…