Iran Plans Attack If U.S. Strikes Syria, Officials Tell Wall Street Jornal

Iran Plans Revenge If Syria Is Attacked, Wall Street Journal Reports
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria, officials said, amid an expanding array of reprisal threats across the region.

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