Operation Epic Fury: Trump’s fateful gamble

It's hard to assess the significance of events in real time, said Peter Frankopan in The Independent, but on rare occasions, their historical import is immediately evident. I count three such events in my lifetime: the fall of the Berlin Wall; the 9/11 attacks; and now, the decision by the US and Israel to launch all-out war on Iran.

Escalating conflict

Operation Epic Fury began on Saturday morning with a barrage of air strikes that eliminated the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...