Iran-backed fighters on high alert in east Syria after US retaliatory airstrikes I Story so far
World | Mar 26, 2023, 03:55 PM ISTWhile it’s not the first time the US and Iran have traded strikes in Syria, the attack and the US response threaten to upend recent efforts to de-escalate tensions across the wider Middle East, whose rival powers have made steps toward detente in recent days after years of turmoil.