The war with Iran has had ripple effects across the Middle East and North Africa. The Gulf Arab states, Iraq, and Jordan have suffered direct attacks from Iran, and Iraq also faces violence from Iranian-aligned militias. In response to an attack from Hizballah, Israel has intensively bombed parts of Lebanon and launched an expanded ground invasion in the south.While those countries coping with the direct impacts of the war receive — and deserve — attention, the war is also affecting other parts of the region, highlighting that the conflict will have wide-ranging and long-standing effects. We asked five experts to assess the impact so far The post In Brief: The Iran War’s Widening Impacts in the Middle East and North Africa appeared first on War on the Rocks.