US, Israel On High Alert As Iran Vows Retaliation Following Strike On Consulate In Syria

The US is on high alert and is preparing for an Iranian attack on Israeli or American assets in the West Asia region as Tehran mulls response to Israel’s strike on the Iranian embassy in Syria which eliminated a top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander.

US officials believe that the attack could happen as early as next week. “We’re definitely at a high state of vigilance,” one official was quoted as saying by US broadcaster CNN.

Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Damascus on Monday and killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi of IRGC’s Quds force chief – the Iranian IRGC’s foreign spy and paramilitary arm.