The war between Iran and the United States has entered its seventh month, and this week it reached two places that had mostly stayed on the sidelines until now: a US-linked air base in Jordan and a stretch of the Strait of Hormuz packed with oil tankers. Here’s a breakdown of what happened, why it happened, and what comes next. Summary Iran’s Revolutionary Guard hit the Al Azraq air base in Jordan with ballistic missiles on Wednesday and separately struck ten ships near the Strait of Hormuz. Both moves were…
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