Iran did not acknowledge the attack, but US and Israeli officials said it was in response to Israeli airstrikes that dragged the US into Iran's shadow war with Israel, The New York Times reports, citing US and Israeli officials..

According to the source. On October 20, five armed drones were fired at a US military base in Al-Tanf, Syria..

US Central Command called it a " Only two drones exploded on impact, loaded with ball bearings and shrapnel with "

No one was injured as a result of the strike, as about 200 of the base personnel had been evacuated several hours earlier, after receiving reports of an impending strike from Israeli intelligence..

The newspaper notes that, according to sources, the strike was carried out under Iranian leadership by pro-Iranian forces in Syria, but a Pentagon spokesman "

Iran took no responsibility for striking. "

At the same time, sources of the publication claim that the United States and Israel have intelligence that indicates that Iran is behind the operation.. Since the three drones did not explode, the Americans were able to study them and determine that they used the same technology used in the drones used by Iranian-backed militants in Iraq..

The publication emphasizes that "