SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — For almost every week, the Center East and far of the world have been on a knife’s edge, ready for a promised Israeli retaliation to the April 13 assaults carried out by Iran. When the response got here early Friday, within the type of drone strikes close to the Iranian cities of Isfahan and Tabriz, there was a collective sigh of reduction in Washington, the capitals of Europe and within the Center East as properly.
The Israelis hit a navy air base close to town of Isfahan, in central Iran, and Iranian officers stated one other group of drones had been shot down within the Tabriz area, some 500 miles north of Isfahan. However Iran reported no Israeli warplanes in its airspace, no heavy bombings, and solely minimal harm. Maybe as essential, there have been no inflammatory statements from both facet. For the second not less than, it appeared the much-feared escalation and wider battle had been prevented.
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