Domino effect: Does Iran-Israel showdown upend regional balance?

Last Update: 2024-10-04 12:00:03 - Source: France 24

As Israel ponders its response to Iran, as allies urge restraint, as battles targeting Tehran proxies rage in Lebanon, let’s begin with a simple fact of geography: Iran and Israel don’t share a common border. Since October 8, Tehran has been touting a so-called axis of resistance, what Israelis brand as a ring of fire with Iranian-backed militants in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, Syria… to which the US would add Iraq.