WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attacklast weekat the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based. Officials said Monday the U.S. believes that Iran resourced and encouraged the attack, but that the drones were not launched ...
State media in Iran has not suggested any attack is imminent. It comes after US officials told Sky's partner network NBC News that Iran has signalled to the US that it still does not want a wider war. Israel's US Embassy directed all US government employees and their f...
US conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on US troops A look at the attacks and the U.S. response: ATTACKS — WHEN, WHERE, WHY According to the Pentagon, Iranian-backed militants have launched 61 attacks on bases and facilities housing U.S. perso...
troops, including the planting of roadside bombs that maim and dismember their victims. Soleimani directed the recent attacks on U.S. personnel in Iraq that badly wounded four service members and killed one American. And he orchestrated the violent assault on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. In ...
"The smallest threat will be receive a harsh response," he underlined. Major General Bagheri's remarks came while President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that Iran was about to launch an attack on US troops occupying Iraq. In a tweet, Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to Trump's clai...
Purported leaked US intelligence docs appear to show Israel's plans for attack on Iran If the posts prove authentic, it would signify a major intelligence breach. ByMatt Seyler, Luis Martinez, and Cindy Smith October 20, 2024, 5:53 PM2:05 The IDF 7th Brigade ...
Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops board a plane during a drill, at an airport in Rasht in northern Iran, to Kermanshah in western Iran, in this photo released on Jan. 5, 2025. (Hossein Zohrevand/Tasnim News Agency via AP) 2 of 2 | Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops sit in a plane ...
Tehran’s attack had been anticipated since a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic complex in Syria earlier this month. Iravani added Iran has “no intention of engaging in conflict with the US in the region” but warned Iran will use its “inherent right to respond proportionately...
The United States could take unilateral military action against Shia militias armed by Iran if they continued to attack US troops, Leon Panetta, the new US Defence Secretary, said on a visit to Iraq yesterday. The threat marks an escalation in the long-running battle for influence in Iraq ...
CNN journalists were the first to be granted access to the base after the Iranian attack. Advance warning The first warning came from secret intelligence signals in the evening before the attack. By 11 p.m. on January 7, most of the US troops at al-Asad were sent to bunkers, and a fe...