The U.S. military on Tuesday reaffirmed its concerns about possible imminent threats from Iranian-backed forces to its troops in Iraq, who were now at a high level of alert.
Earlier in the day, a senior British commander in the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State remnants in Iraq and Syria said there had been no increase in the threat from Iran-backed militia.
British Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika appeared to contradict increasingly heated warnings from Washington, where officials say they see a growing threat from Iran.
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