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At least 12 people were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike on an Iranian consulate in Syria, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander and a Hezbollah member. The attack has raised concerns of the Israel-Hamas war spreading in the Middle East due to Iran and its proxies.
Washington: The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has warned Israel that Iran could launch a major military operation within 48 hours in retaliation for an apparent Israeli airstrike that destroyed an Iranian consulate in Syria, killing dozens of Iranian officials and generals, according to media reports.
This comes as Iranian leaders have promised to hit back at Israel, with President Ebraham Raisi saying that the attack “will not remain without answer.” The US is concerned the deadly strike in Damascus could trigger new attacks on American troops by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, said Lt Gen Alexus Grynkewich, the top US Air Force commander for the Middle East. By attacking an Iranian diplomatic station, Israel's apparent escalation has raised fears that the devastating six-month war against Hamas could spill over into the entire Mideast region and beyond.
On top of that, the United States, Britain and France on Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted UN Security Council statement that would have condemned an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria. The three countries said many of the facts of what happened on Monday in Damascus remained unclear, while Israel is yet to claim responsibility for the attack.
The strike, in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killed 12 people, including senior commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for Syria and Lebanon, an officer of the powerful Iran-allied Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, and others. Grynkewich said Iran's assertion that the US bears responsibility for Israeli actions could bring an end to a pause in militia attacks on US forces that has lasted since early February.
originally posted by: Athetos
Considering America has sent around 75billion in aid to Ukraine, and their annual defence budget is 2.2trillion.
So they sent 3% of their annual, regular none wartime funding to Ukraine.
I think America will be fine. What they sent to Ukraine is basically just a rounding error worth of money from from the defence budget.
a reply to: nugget1
originally posted by: Athetos
There are over a billion muslims. Hardly a handful.
a reply to: Hecate666