In the early morning of January 8, the Beijing News reported that Iran launchedtwo rounds of missile attacks on two U.S. military bases in Iraq, raisingconcerns about whether the United States and Iraq would start a war.

On January 3, US forces launched an air attack near the Iraqi International Airport,killing Iranian "Holy City Force" commanderSuleimanis. Subsequently, Iraq became the "main battlefield" forthe US-Iraq conflict. On January 5, Iraq demanded that all foreign troopswithdraw from Iraq. On January 7, some European countries, includingGermany and Croatia, announced their withdrawal from Iraq. Britain, Canadaand other countries have also said they will closely monitor the situation inIraq.

A reporter from the "Beijing News" interviewed experts on Middle Eastissues from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and China Institute ofModern International Relations to interpret Iraq's role in the US-Iraq conflictand changes in US Middle East policy.

Interpretation 1

Does Iran's attack on U.S. military bases mean war?

Yu Guoqing, a researcher at the Middle East Research Office of the Institute ofWest Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believesthat Iran