{"id":113131,"date":"2024-04-13T07:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T07:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=113131"},"modified":"2024-04-13T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T12:16:02","slug":"u-s-works-to-deter-iran-from-attacking-israel-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/113131\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. works to deter Iran from attacking Israel \u2013 Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>High-level U.S. officials worked urgently behind the scenes to pressure Iran to back down from its threats to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel following Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria, ABC News said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simultaneously, the U.S. was moving troops and other assets to the Middle East for a potential Iranian strike against Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/us-avert-iranian-retaliatory-attack-israel-amid-threat\/story?id=109148108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC News said, citing U.S. officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 1, Israeli airstrikes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/112780\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeted<\/a>&nbsp;the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which is adjacent to the main embassy building, killing five officers of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two generals, including Gen. 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