Trump’s Iran War Widens, Forcing Reluctant Allies to Choose
Security personnel at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, March 2.
Photographer: Alexis Mitas/Getty Images
A British base in Cyprus struck by a drone. A French facility in Abu Dhabi targeted. A base hosting Italian troops in Kuwait hit. Saudi oil facilities attacked as ships queue outside the Strait of Hormuz. Missiles over Bahrain and Qatar. Gulf airspace shut down.
In just over 48 hours since the US and Israel began striking Iran, the conflict has widened fast. Countries that say they aren’t part of it are already being pulled in, their bases, infrastructure and citizens exposed to retaliation.