Israel escalates its shadow war against Iran with attacks in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq | World News, The Indian Express

Israel escalates its shadow war against Iran with attacks in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Jerusalem |Published: August 30, 2019 12:21:05 pm

Israel escalates its shadow war against Iran with attacks in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq

In one 18-hour period over the weekend, an Israeli airstrike killed two Iranian-trained militants in Syria, a drone set off a blast near a Hezbollah office in Beirut’s southern suburbs and an airstrike in al-Qaim, Iraq, killed a commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia.

In this Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 file photo, Popular Mobilization Forces members try to get a body out of a car after a drone attack near the Qaim border crossing, in Anbar province, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

By David M. Halbfinger, Ben Hubbard and Ronen Bergman