As Attacks Spread, War With Iran Reaches Far Beyond Mideast
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As Attacks Spread, War With Iran Reaches Far Beyond Mideast

NATO downed a missile fired by Iran at Turkey, and a U.S. sub sank an Iranian Navy ship off Sri Lanka, thousands of miles from the war zone.

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