"Don't pull a lion's tail" #Iran commander fires off warning to Israeli PM ...

Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari has issued a warning to Israel (Image: GETTY)

The war of words further up the tension in the Middle East region after US President Trump’s announcement of his plan to withdraw troops. Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the Revolutionary Guards top commander, was defiant in the face of Israeli threats that they might be targeted if they do not leave the country. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces would continue to attack Iranians in Syria and warned them "to get out of there fast, because we will continue with our resolute policy".

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You should be afraid of the day that our precision-guided missiles roar and fall on your head

Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari

Rebuffing the threats, Mr Jafari said "the Islamic Republic of Iran will keep all its military and revolutionary advisers and its weapons in Syria."

Calling called Mr Netanyahu's threats "a joke", he warned that the Israeli government "was playing with a lion's tail."

He added: "You should be afraid of the day that our precision-guided missiles roar and fall on your head.”

Iran and Russia have both backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a seven-year war against rebels and militants, and have sent thousands of soldiers to the country.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will keep attacking Syria (Image: GETTY)

Israel, increasingly concerned that its enemy Iran may establish a long-term military presence in neighbouring Syria, says it has carried out more than 200 attacks against Iranian targets in Syria in the last two years.

Netanyahu said on

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