Is the Middle East caught in an unstoppable 'escalation trap' of all-out war?
From Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
Published 3/6/2026
In just twenty four hours, a US submarine has torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. Turkey, a NATO member state, has shot down an Iranian ballistic missile. And while Israel hammered Tehran and southern Lebanon with fresh rounds of strikes, Trump is considering arming Kurdish forces.…
