IRBIL, IRAQI KURDISTAN: Barely two months in and 2023 has already proven an eventful year in the ongoing covert conflict between Israel and Iran. “We are approaching midnight before a region-wide war between Iran and Israel and the US breaks out,” he told Arab News. Experts believe Israel was probably behind this and the other recent attack on an Iranian target, in Syria. As a result, according to Orton, these groups could potentially “inflict catastrophic damage” on Israel in retaliation for airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear program. “At some point, this might well be a sufficient deterrent to prevent Israel even contemplating such an attack,” he said.
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