Iran has vowed to respond to an Israeli strike of an embassy complex in Syria earlier this week in yet another development that is risking a broader conflict.
In this photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, emergency service workers clear the rubble at a destroyed building struck by Israeli jets in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 1, 2024. earlier this week in yet another development that is risking a broader conflict from breaking out in the Middle East as Israel continues its war against Hamas.
“We will make them regretful about the crime and similar acts,” Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, according to Iran state media. Israel has not confirmed whether it launched the attack, though the Pentagon has said it has assessed Israel carried out the airstrike and leaders of Iran and Syria have also claimed it was behind the strike.
What the Iranian response could look like is hard for analysts to predict with Iran and its forces not known for being predictable actors and a wide array of missiles and other weapons that could be targeted at Israeli and American forces in the coming days and weeks.
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