War Widens as US, Israel, Iran Step Up Strikes Across Region
Smoke rises from the sites of Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3.
Photographer: Ibrahim Amro/AFP/Getty ImagesThe US-Israeli war on Iran reverberated across the region for a fourth day, with oil and gas prices surging and the world adjusting to a conflict that President Donald Trump has said could last for weeks.
Israel bombarded Tehran with a fresh wave of strikes on Tuesday, and hit a building in the city of Qom where Iranian clerics were meeting to elect a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel’s Kan News reported. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency said the building was attacked but wasn’t in use at the time.