@ad0lfito_: Conflict in the Middle East 🇮🇷🔫🇺🇸🇮🇱 #iran #usa #israel #ormuz #middleeast In 2026, the conflict in the Middle East escalated dramatically on February 28 when the United States and Israel launched a series of massive airstrikes against Iran (an operation known as Epic Fury), targeting military, nuclear, and missile installations, as well as government sites. These strikes included the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other high-ranking officials. Iran responded with waves of missile and drone attacks against Israel, US bases, and targets in Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and others. This triggered a regional escalation that spread to Lebanon with renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah (including an Israeli ground invasion in the south and the displacement of thousands), indirect attacks by proxy groups in Iraq and Yemen, and a partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz that triggered a global energy crisis with disruptions in oil supplies and soaring prices. By April 2026, the toll included thousands of deaths (mostly civilians in Iran and Lebanon), millions of displaced persons, significant infrastructure damage, and a fragile and conditional two-week truce agreed between the US and Iran in early April, with Israel continuing operations against Hezbollah and persistent tensions in Gaza under a previous but unstable ceasefire. The conflict has caused severe humanitarian and global economic impacts and poses a risk of further escalation, reshaping regional dynamics without resolving underlying tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, the “axis of resistance,” and Israeli security.

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Wednesday 15 April 2026 06:37:12 GMT