US-led coalition aircraft were accused of bombing Syrian military positions in Deir Ezzor today, with government sources reporting a number of deaths.

The strike was believed to have been carried out by US drones targeting Iraqi positions between Albu Kamal and Tanf as well as the Syrian army.

However the Pentagon has denied involvement in any attacks on Syrian positions.

US Central Command spokesman Major Josh Jacques said: "No member of the US-led coalition carried out strikes near Albu Kamal."

The area is held by the Syrian government who drove Isis jihadists out of Albu Kamal last year. 

Damascus has accused the US and other western countries of aiding terrorists, allowing them to regroup after coalition missile attacks.

Tensions are escalating in the region as neoliberal forces seek to carve up Syria with a commitment to regime change and the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian government forces have retaken large parts of Syria following military successes against jihadist forces affiliated to Isis and al-Qaida.

But they have faced hostility, with missile attacks by the West and, more recently, Israel whose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Mr Assad is “no longer immune. His regime is no longer immune. If he fires at us, we will destroy his forces.”

Mr Assad perceives the US as an occupying power in Syria and says its troops, along with all other foreign forces, will be made to leave the country.

He said last week that the Syrian government would “support any act of resistance, whether against terrorists or against occupying forces, regardless of their nationality.”