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5-MIN READ5-MIN ListenOrange WangandAlyssa ChenPublished: 12:00pm, 12 Mar 2026The US-Israeli war on Iran could prove difficult to end in the short term, with Israel expected to continue to “fan the flames”, Chinese experts have warned.
It has been 12 days since the US and Israel launched joint air strikes on Iran on February 28, killing the Islamic Republic’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
US-Israeli strikes hit oil storage facility in Tehran
US-Israeli strikes hit oil storage facility in TehranTehran on Tuesday reported that over 1,300 civilians had been killed in the current conflict, as Washington confirmed that about 140 US troops had been injured, a day after announcing the death of its seventh service member.
The fighting has now spread across the region. Iran has launched retaliatory strikes on US military assets in neighbouring countries, whose officials report that civilian facilities have been hit.
