Iran-backed militants strike US-led coalition base in Iraq

Iran-backed militants launched ballistic missiles at a base hosting US forces in western Iraq, causing one Iraqi and possible American casualties, the US Central Command said Saturday.”Multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by Iranian-backed militants in western Iraq targeting al-Assad Airbase,

Iran’s sudden strikes show just how perilous region has become

Iran’s war has been a web of shadow wars. It sits at the fulcrum of what it calls an “axis of resistance”, the alliance of Tehran-backed groups dotting the region, from Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, to the Houthis in Yemen, and well-armed groups in both Iraq and Syria. Most have been designated as terrorist entities by some Western states.