For long a cauldron of hostility, the Gulf and Middle East region is seething with renewed fury and prospects of an expanded war 72 hours into 2020 after the United States on Thursday assassinated a top Iranian general on President Donald Trump’s orders. The targeting strike was in response to his alleged role in killing “millions of people”, including attacks against American personnel in the region, the US president said, justifying his elimination.
For long a cauldron of hostility, the Gulf and Middle East region is seething with renewed fury and prospects of an expanded war 72 hours into 2020 after the United States on Thursday assassinated a top Iranian general on President Donald Trump’s orders. The targeting strike was in response to his alleged role in killing “millions of people”, including attacks against American personnel in the region, the US president said, justifying his elimination.