US Intensifies Strikes on Iran as War Hits Two-Week Mark

The US said it had stepped up strikes on Iran to unprecedented levels as the war that’s engulfed the Middle East hit the two-week mark and continued to upend energy flows and global markets.

The campaign is “on plan to defeat, destroy, disable all of their meaningful military capabilities at a pace the world has never seen before,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a briefing at the Pentagon. Friday marked the largest attacks yet against the Islamic Republic, with the US-Israeli alliance hitting around 15,000 targets since the war began, he added.

While recent comments from American President Donald ...