The ever-expanding Middle East war
Ten countries have now been dragged into the fighting
IF YOU drew a diagram of who is shooting at whom in the Middle East, it would look increasingly like a bowl of spaghetti. What began in October as a war between Israel and Hamas has now drawn in militants from four other Arab states. In addition Iran, Israel and Jordan all bombed Syria this month. Iran also unexpectedly bombed Pakistan, which must have wondered how it got dragged into this mess.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Will the violence spread out of control?”
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