US and Israel on high alert for Iranian attack in region after Israeli strike in Syria

The funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria , which Iran blamed on Israel . Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images“We’re definitely at a high state of vigilance,” the official said in confirming a CNN report that said an attack could come in the next week.in a strike that killed an Iran ian military commander and marked a major escalation in Israel ’s war with its regional adversaries.

Two Iranian officials who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak publicly said that Iran had placed all its armed forces on full high alert and that a decision had been made that Iran must respond directly to the Damascus attack to create deterrence. “We warn that no act by any enemy against our holy system will go unanswered, and the art of the Iranian nation is to break the power of empires.”

US president Joe Biden discussed the threat from Iran in a phone call on Thursday with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

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