Experts Warn: The Iran-Israel-Syria War Could Happen SOONER Than You Think

A fragile ceasefire has paused hostilities between Iran and Israel , but ongoing provocations suggest the risk of renewed war remains high. Israel ' s strikes against Iran could alter its strategic calculus and prompt it to pursue nuclear weapons despite the associated risks, or at the very least, to reconsider its commitments to the nonproliferation regime as Iranian leadership evaluates its next steps. The bombing has quieted in Iran ’s 12-day conflict with Israel , but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon begin. Experts argued against the likelihood of Iran taking direct action on Israel over fears that any head-to-head conflict would largely disadvantage the Islamic nation. After years of engaging in shadowy tit-for-tat operations, Iran and Israel ' s unofficial battle in Syria has been thrust out into the open by an unprecedented attack in the Syrian capital that. Iran experts warn that a US attack on Iran could draw it into a quagmire even more challenging than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – a drawn-out confrontation that could last the duration of. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, about the latest developments in the Israel - Iran conflict and the possibility of a diplomatic resolution. MENASource June 16, 2025 Twenty questions (and expert answers) on the Israel - Iran war By Atlantic Council experts A decades-old conflict between Israel and Iran that was never quite “cold” is rapidly heating up. In the days since the first Israeli attacks against the Iranian nuclear program and military leadership, more than two hundred people have been killed in Iran and at least two. Officials have sounded the alarm this week that Iran is expected to launch a retaliatory attack on Israel in response to an April 1 attack on its embassy in Syria . The suspected Israeli.