
US and Israeli forces carried out simultaneous airstrikes across Iran, dubbed Operation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury, hitting government sites in Tehran and other major cities. Iran responded with missile launches that reportedly closed the Strait of Hormuz and targeted U.S. bases throughout the Gulf, while a girls’ school in Minab was also struck. The retaliation caused at least one confirmed death in Abu Dhabi from falling debris. The rapid escalation threatens to widen the conflict throughout the Middle East.

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Four years after Russia’s full‑scale invasion, Ukraine’s conflict has morphed from rapid advances into a grinding war of drones, attrition, and civilian hardship. In a new interview, Washington analyst Angela Stent outlines how U.S. strategy has pivoted toward sustained, indirect...