A week of war that left Iran stunned and bloodied
by Julian Borger in Jaffa from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y4AR)
Trump had set a deadline for diplomacy - but few expected the Israeli sucker punches that have left Tehran reeling
In the week since Israel first unleashed its surprise attack on Iran, many of the assumptions underpinning the balance of power in the Middle East have been swept away, leaving the fate of the region more uncertain than at any time since the Arab spring.
Iranian defences, which had once seemed so formidable, crumbled in the first minutes as the bombs began to fall soon after 3.30am on the morning of Friday 13th.
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