Middle East & Africa | Iran’s long road to Damascus
Syria’s multi-sided war escalates yet again
The Iranian envelopment
|BEIRUT
ON JUNE 18th the unexpected happened. For the first time since America’s involvement in the skies over Kosovo 18 years ago, an American fighter plane shot down a hostile jet. America targeted the Syrian plane after it bombed American-backed forces battling to drive the jihadists of Islamic State (IS) from their capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "The Iranian envelopment"
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