How the 12-day Israel-Iran war could rebuild the Middle East

The “12-day war” between Iran and Israel, as coined by President Trump, may mark the closing chapter of Israel’s longest war. But the real victory won't be measured by what was destroyed. It will be measured by what we build next. 

For the first time in decades, Iran's stranglehold on the Middle East has been broken. The Iran-backed network that nearly succeeded in encircling Israel — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi militias and Assad's Syria — is fractured. Joint Israeli-American strikes have set back Iran's nuclear program.