Israel and Iran trade strikes, threatening to drag the region back into full-scale war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in their first attacks since the U. S. struck a ceasefire two months ago, threatening to drag the Middle East back into a full-scale war. The war, launched by the U. S. and Israel on Feb. 28 with strikes on Iran, has shaken the global economy, driven energy prices up around the world and made many basics, including food, more expensive. Officials have been unable to turn the ceasefire, agreed April 8, into a deal to...
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