Middle East
Middle East Braces for Iran’s Next Move After Nasrallah Killing
Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah’s leader dealt a serious blow to the Islamic Republic. But it’s still unlikely to trigger a direct war.
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When an Iranian consulate building was destroyed in Syria in April, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to punish Israel. What followed was a huge, yet telegraphed assault and no all-out war.
Three months later, the military chief of Iran-backed Hezbollah and Hamas’s political head were killed within hours of each other. The wider regional conflict seen by some as imminent didn’t end up erupting.