'Iran-backed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen have launched a slew of attacks on US and allied forces'

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00:00 Broadcast on Iranian state television, this footage purports to show the strike that killed

00:05 Sayed Razi Mousavi, the esteemed senior adviser in Iran's Revolutionary Guard, died on the

00:11 outskirts of the Syrian capital on Monday.

00:14 Tehran has blamed an Israeli airstrike.

00:20 Our reaction to the assassination will be smart, strong and with the necessary effectiveness.

00:29 On Tuesday, the Israeli Defence Minister hinted the country had retaliated in Syria but stopped

00:34 short of confirming the strike.

00:41 We are having a multi-front war.

00:43 We are under attack from seven different fronts.

00:46 Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, Iraq, Yemen and Iran.

00:55 We have already responded on six of these fronts.

01:01 Iran provides both military and financial backing to Hamas in Gaza.

01:06 And since the outbreak of the war, Iran-backed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen have launched

01:11 a slew of attacks on US and allied forces.

01:15 On Monday, militias conducted a drone attack on Erbil airbase, wounding three US service

01:21 members, one critically.

01:23 In response, Washington said it struck three sites used by pro-Iran groups.

01:29 While we do not seek to escalate conflict in the region, we are committed and fully

01:33 prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities.

01:40 The Iran-backed Kateb Hezbollah makes up part of the Hashd al-Shaabi, a coalition of former

01:46 paramilitary forces now integrated into Iraq's regular army.

01:51 The Iraqi government hit back at the American strikes, saying this step harms bilateral

01:56 relations between the two countries and above all it represents an unacceptable violation

02:02 of Iraqi sovereignty.

02:04 According to Baghdad, the strikes killed one member of the security forces and wounded

02:09 over a dozen people, including civilians.

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