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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Muslims associate Iraqi Christians with the West and increase persecution
Description: Iraq (MNN) — The Israel-Hamas war is raising tensions in Iraq, where Iranian missile strikes recently killed four civilians in Kurdish Erbil.
Iran’s military says it attacked Erbil in response to Israeli “atrocities” in Lebanon. Israel unleashed an intense barrage of air strikes in southern Lebanon yesterday in its ongoing battle against Hezbollah militants.
Regional activities and responses prove the old saying: “Everything in the Middle East is connected.”
The U.S. makes a convenient target in Iraq because it’s aligned with Israel. Iranian-backed militias have launched more than 100 attacks on U.S. bases in Ir...