Iranian officials said the strikes caused significant damage, including killing four people and injuring several dozens at a wedding. Iran said it retaliated by firing on U.S. bases in the region.

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Renegade Nigerien soldiers attacked sites around the capital, the defense ministry said, including a key air base that hosts Russian mercenaries.

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Israel’s strike on a Syrian base to pre-empt the feared deployment of Turkish forces was part of a growing competition in the Middle East and beyond.

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The attack was the latest in a series of Israeli military interventions in Syria over the past two years.

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Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.

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