The war they wanted: Netanyahu and Trump light the fuse in Iran

The Middle East is on the brink of all-out chaos that will shatter the remnants of balance and change the face of the region forever

The Middle East woke up on February 28, 2026, to a new phase of open warfare between Israel, the US, and Iran, the kind of escalation that many officials had warned about in private for months and that many observers have repeatedly described in public as the most dangerous possible outcome of the collapsing regional order.