
US-Iran conflict risks becoming prolonged engagement like Iraq, Afghanistan
The potential for a prolonged US-Iran conflict could strain resources, destabilize the region, and impact global economic and security dynamics.

The potential for a prolonged US-Iran conflict could strain resources, destabilize the region, and impact global economic and security dynamics.

The escalation could destabilize regional security, impacting international relations and potentially disrupting critical maritime trade routes.

The escalating conflict may destabilize the region and influence U.S. military strategies, impacting prediction markets on future engagements.

In this week’s newsletter: drones in Somalia, robots in India and smartphones in Afghanistan In this Global Dispatch, I’d really like to highlight the goodness of strangers, inspired by Guardian readers. It was unexpected this week when readers reacted to our story about the US drone attack on civilians in Somalia by raising money to help one of the surviving victims. Seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah (pictured above) was left with shrapnel injuries in the attack , which also wounded his brother and sister. Continue reading...