With their Feb. 28 strikes on Iran, the United States and Israel have stoked Middle East conflict as part of a campaign that President Donald Trump said could last weeks or longer, aiming to cut short what he called imminent nuclear threats from Iran and cripple its military programs.
But the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in addition to ongoing instability, threatens to trigger a chaotic and drawn-out war involving Iranian and U.S. allies in the region and bring religious rhetoric and sectarian differences into play.
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