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Israel pushing region toward war

| Aug. 27, 2019

BEIRUT: Recent Israeli strikes inside Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are a sudden escalation due to gains made by Iranian proxies, coupled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign for re-election in September. And despite Hezbollah and Israel publicly acknowledging that they have no intention of a new war, fears have increased that tit for tats could spiral out of control.

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