{"id":146990,"date":"2026-02-28T13:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146990"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:20:08","slug":"us-israeli-strike-on-iran-signals-new-phase-of-global-escalationunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146990","title":{"rendered":"US-Israeli strike on Iran signals new phase of global escalationUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe coordinated US and Israeli strikes inside Iran mark more than another episode in a long-running confrontation. They represent a structural escalation \u2013 one whose consequences extend well beyond the Middle East.<br \/>\nThis is not the start of a new war. It is the next stage in a conflict that has been unfolding since October 2023, gradually shifting from proxy exchanges and shadow operations to direct state-on-state confrontation.<br \/>\nOn February 28, Washington moved from strategic backstop to visible&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3344982\/us-israeli-strike-iran-signals-new-phase-global-escalation?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe coordinated US and Israeli strikes inside Iran mark more than another episode in a long-running confrontation. They represent a structural&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146990"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}