U.S. Hard-line Stance on Iran Rattles Allies

Allies of the United States are starting to balk at the Trump administration’s military response to what it calls credible threats from Iran to U.S. troops in the Middle East, as fears mount that the United States is headed into another ill-advised conflict in the region.

While U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security team continues to send military hardware to the area, a senior British general leading coalition troops fighting the Islamic State told reporters at the U.S. Defense Department that he sees “no increased threat” from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria.

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