Analysts: The region is approaching a comprehensive settlement or all-out war. The expected exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and Israel will be pivotal for the entire region.
The United States directed strikes at militias allied with Iran in Syria and Iraq, and said it would continue this operation in response to the targeting of its forces on the Syrian-Jordanian border a week ago. European Union foreign policy official Josep Borrell had warned that the Middle East region was in a state of turmoil and that it might explode at any moment.