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After U.S. Strikes, Iran’s Proxies Scale Back Attacks on American Bases [1]

['Farnaz Fassihi', 'Eric Schmitt', 'Julian E. Barnes']

Date: 2024-02-27  

Iran has made a concerted effort to rein in militias in Iraq and Syria after the United States retaliated with a series of airstrikes for the killing of three U.S. Army reservists this month.

Initially, there were regional concerns that the tit-for-tat violence would lead to an escalation of the Middle East conflict. But since the Feb. 2 U.S. strikes, American officials say, there have been no attacks by Iran-backed militias on American bases in Iraq and only two minor ones in Syria.

Before then, the U.S. military logged at least 170 attacks against American troops in four months, Pentagon officials said.

The relative quiet reflects decisions by both sides and suggests that Iran does have some level of control over the militias.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/middleeast/us-iran-militias.html

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