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Even if, at the political level, its direction is a mess
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Even if, at the political level, its direction is a mess

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

How far could each side escalate?

But even when assassinations come off, the long-term consequences are unclear

The bombast obscures the scale of the damage the war is doing

Gulf states could join the conflict