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Nearly a week after the first joint U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran, the conflict continues to escalate across the Middle East, with casualties mounting and tens of thousands of Canadians across the region now facing growing danger.

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The scale of hostilities is unlike anything the Middle East has experienced since the Gulf War in 1990 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq — a conflict I covered from its first day as a journalist.

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Iran’s immediate retaliation — firing hundreds of missiles and drones toward Israel and U.S. military bases across the region — was widely anticipated. Alarmingly, some Iranian projectiles have struck civilian sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, home to tens of thousands of Canadians. Among them are members of my own family, currently stranded in Kuwait as airports remain closed and regional airspace faces ongoing threats.

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