Iran-Israel conflict escalates -

Iran-Israel conflict escalates -Iran's military presence in Syria has heightened tension between Iran and Israel, which has now resulted in an exchange of fire between the two powers. 

With the US pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and Iran building military infrastructure there, tensions look unlikely to ease, as Mark Urban reports.

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Israel has launched its most ferocious attack inside Syria, since the war of October 1973. But now the target is Iran, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad's ally. 
Just a day after the Trump administration walked out of the Iran nuclear deal, Israel accused Iran of firing rockets on the Golan Heights, which Israel occupies. Tehran says those claims are baseless. 
Israel responded by striking dozens of Iranian positions in Syria.
The two sides have exchanged hostile rhetoric for years, but now there are signs of an open military conflict, putting the region on edge.