US Vows to Hold Iran Responsible for Attacks on Troops in Mideast
- Pentagon spokesman places blame even without a ‘direct order’
- US is moving more forces, weapons, ships into the region
The al Tanf military outpost in southern Syria.
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The US ramped up its rhetoric toward Iran, saying it would hold Tehran accountable for drone and rocket attacks on US troops by its proxies in the Middle East, even as Washington tries to avert a wider regional war.
US forces thwarted an attempted assault by “two one-way attack drones” on their base at al Tanf in Syria on Monday, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, a Defense Department spokesman, told reporters at the Pentagon. He called it part of an increase in attempted attacks and harassment.