If Iran believes the United States is behind Israeli strikes, it could prompt Iran-backed militias to attack U.S. troops in the region
Oct 28, 2018
American military officials are concerned over Israel’s campaign against Iran in Syria that has won the encouragement of the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
“It’s a growing concern for us,” a senior military official told the Journal. The report says that U.S. military officials fear that Iran would believe the United States is behind some of the strikes in Syria, or that the United States is feeding Israel intelligence for the strikes, it could prompt attacks by Iran-backed militias on American troops in the regions.
The officials expressed concerned particularly to more than 5,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq.
The Israeli military said last month that it had carried out some 200 sorties in Syria since the beginning of 2017 in an attempt to thwart Iranian entrenchment in the counrty and the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah. The Israeli bombings commenced, according to foreign press reports, in January 2012, less than a year after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.
Read more at https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/u-s-officials-fear-israel-s-anti-iran-action-in-syria-could-backfire
