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16 января 2024 г. на сайте новостного агентства «Sputnik» опубликован комментарий с.н.с. Группы изучения общих проблем региона Центра ближневосточных исследований ИМЭМО РАН к.полит.н. Николая Суркова о ракетных ударах Ирана по объектам США и Израиля в Ираке.

The United States, in general, is trying to avoid direct confrontation with Iran, and quite openly pretend that nothing bad has happened. Rather, their policy is that so long as there are no major casualties on their part, there’s no need to start a big conflict. For now, the Americans are not ready to butt heads with Iran and are not interested in this. They already have enough problems with Gaza and now with Yemen. Unless something out of the ordinary happens…for example, an Iranian attack on some American warships, war is unlikely.

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