Analysis: Al Jazeera | The war on Iran is at a crossroads

Dubai, Doha, and Manama were built on the expectation that regional stability would attract global investment despite ongoing political tensions. This premise is now in serious jeopardy...

For decades, US military bases in the Gulf deterred Iran and protected Washington’s allies. But the war has now raised a pressing question: Have these bases become part of the security problem they aimed to solve?

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