- The recent spate of rocket and drone attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria are a ploy by Iran to raise the stakes on U.S. support for Israel, Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) emerged to coordinate movements of various militias and has claimed responsibility for a majority of the attacks.
- Iran seeks to exploit the administration’s fear of getting embroiled into a wider regional conflict, Taleblu said.
Iran is using resistance groups in Iraq to increase pressure on the U.S. and exploit the Biden administration’s fear of escalation to gain power in the Middle East, according to experts.?
The Pentagon confirmed Thursday Islamic militant groups in Iraq and Syria have attacked bases housing U.S. and coalition troops at least 28 times since Oct….
