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A look at the attacks and the U.S. response: According to the Pentagon, Iranian-backed militants have launched 61 attacks on bases and facilities housing U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria since October 17. Of those, 29 have been in Iraq and 32 in Syria.
Blinken met first with Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, whose economically and politically ravaged country is home to Hezbollah — an Iranian-backed force hostile to Israel.
Damascus-based Islamic Jihad's chief Ziyad al Nakhla received a call from senior Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati in which the latter said he supported the "resistance of the Palestinian people, a statement by the Iranian-backed militant group said.
Fighting has intensified in the 34 days since Hamas' brutal October 7 onslaught against Israel, and tensions in the region have sparked attacks on American forces by Iranian-backed proxies.
Iranian-backed groups have targeted U.S. and coalition forces around 40 times since the middle of October.
Iranian-backed militias from proxy groups have launched attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria, leading to fears a wider Middle Eastern war could explode.
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1849440/iran-us-troop-attacks-israel-hamas-war-gaza
Mass protests are taking place in Arab nations surrounding Israel, including Libya, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, the latter of which houses the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah.
Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/22/chaos-erupts-in-middle-east-as-israel-hamas-conflict-surges/
Most of the deaths occurred in Yemen’s northern province of Saada, a stronghold for the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Source: https://www.aol.com/news/un-agency-2022-one-deadliest-143633943.html
On October 27th, Biden ordered airstrikes on the bases of two “Iranian-backed militias” in Syria in order to “protect and defend our personnel.”
President Biden ordered retaliatory strikes Monday against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. service members were injured in a drone attack in Northern Iraq.
The government's key allies in the civil war - Russia, Iran and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah - have committed aid to government-controlled areas of Syria.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64637917?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The same is true for the U.S. troop presence around the al-Tanf garrison in southeastern Syria, which is located on a vital road that can link Iranian-backed forces from Tehran all the way to southern Lebanon — and Israel’s doorstep.
Source: https://centraloregondaily.com/us-iraq-war-20-years/
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the attack targeted weapon depots of the Iranian-backed militias, Xinhua news agency reported.
The UK is drawing up plans with the US for potential military strikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen to counter their attacks on shipping which are causing chaos on world trade routes.
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/31/israel-hamas-war-latest-news1/
The U.S. conducted a drone strike in Iraq on Dec. 3, as the American troops there continue to be targeted by Iranian-backed militants, U.S. officials said.
Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/12/04/headlines-december-4/
The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said.
Washington has deployed a powerful fleet in the eastern Mediterranean and hopes that it has deterred Hezbollah, the heavily armed Iranian-backed faction in Lebanon from a full scale attack on Israel, but border clashes continue.
With a ground invasion of Gaza expected, Israel is also preparing for the potential of a new front opening on its northern border with Lebanon, where it has exchanged fire repeatedly with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.