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Iran-backed pro-Assad alliance threatens to hit U.S. positions in Syria, if “red lines”crossedJune 7, 2017 by yalibnan Iran revealed last December that several of its soldiers were killed in Syria. Thousands of Iranian troops are in Syria to help embattled president Bashar al Assad against the rebelsBeirut- A military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it could hit U.S. positions in Syria, warning that its “self-restraint” over U.S. air strikes on government forces would end if Washington crossed “red lines”.The threat marks an escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran-backed forces over control of Syria’s southeastern frontier with Iraq, where the United States has been training Syrian rebels at a base inside Syrian territory.The United States launched air strikes on Tuesday against what it said were Iranian-backed fighters who it said posed a threat to U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in the area, the second such attack in three weeks.Continued: http://yalibnan.com/2017/06/07/iran-backed-pro-assad-alliance-threatens-to-hit-u-s-positions-in-syria-if-red-linescrossed/