Repeated attacks on American troops in the Middle East risk drawing the United States into a conflict with Iran even as Washington strives to prevent fighting between Israel and Hamas from spiraling into a regional war.The United States has repeatedly said it wants to keep the Israel-Hamas war from becoming a broader conflict and has bolstered its forces in the region including with one carrier strike group that is there and another in transit as part of its deterrence efforts.
Repeated attacks on American troops in the Middle East risk drawing the United States into a conflict with Iran even as Washington strives to prevent fighting between Israel and Hamas from spiraling into a regional war.
Repeated attacks on American troops in the Middle East risk drawing the United States into a conflict with Iran even as Washington strives to prevent fighting between Israel and Hamas from spiraling into a regional war. The United States has blamed the spike in rocket and drone attacks at least 14 in Iraq and nine in Syria since October 17 on Iran-backed forces, and carried out strikes last week in Syria on sites the Pentagon said were linked to Tehran, AFP reported.