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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour in New York

Middle East braces for more violence as Iran claims US is planning to renew bombing campaign

Smoke rises from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International airport
Smoke rises from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid international airport in Riyadh after missile and drone strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday. Photograph: Reuters

Governments across the Middle East are bracing for an escalation of violence after Iran claimed it had received intelligence that the US was preparing for a renewed bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic.

In a potential sign of growing tensions before the UN general assembly in New York this week, Donald Trump cut short a weekend visit to the Camp David presidential retreat on Sunday with no official explanation, and a new security alert was issued by the state department to all US citizens in the Middle East.

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