"Strikes on nonmilitary infrastructure were a 'serious escalation,' analysts said, and could widen the war’s impact on civilians" ... ... "Horizontal escalation occurs when a state widens the geographic and political scope of a conflict rather than intensifying it vertically in a single theater" ... ... "Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars" ... ... but "water, not oil may be the resource most at risk in the energy-rich but arid region" ... ...and "evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children": "The selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, a powerful regime insider, sent a strong message of defiance against President Donald Trump": "U.S. Central Command said the death was caused by injuries after an attack on a Saudi military base": "Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots Saturday went far beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance, sparking the first significant disagreement between the allies since the war began": Oil breaks $100 as experts warn it could go much higher and Lindsay Graham couldn't be happier: Trump admits Netanyahu has veto over American exit from the Iran war: "President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground to seize Iran’s near-bomb-grade uranium":
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