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AT LEAST 25 people have been killed in US air strikes in Iraq, just two days after a US civilian was killed in a rocket attack, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
The US Defence Department claimed to have been targeting weapons caches and facilities linked to the pro-Iranian Kataib Hezbollah group.
US missiles also struck targets in eastern Syria after more than 30 rockets were fired from suspected militant bases on Friday.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
VIJAY PRASHAD on why the US attack on Iran was illegal and why the attack could actually spur nuclear weapons proliferation
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues