World Update: Middle East conflict escalating rapidly – there’s no telling where it will end

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor

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For months now, analysts and academic observers have warned of how tensions could easily spin out of control in the Middle East and provoke a major war. This came several steps closer this week after a fortnight of Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon culminated in the killing…

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