U.S., Iranian Forces Target Civilian Infrastructure

Foreign Policy reports that U.S. and Iranian forces have struck civilian infrastructure — including bridges, Kuwaiti desalination capacity, and sites in Syria — expanding the current confrontation beyond purely military targets. The report frames this as a deliberate widening of the target set on both sides, not incidental collateral damage. This is the oldest move in the modern-warfare playbook: when a conflict stalls or both sides want leverage without a full ground war, infrastructure becomes the battlefield. Water and desalination plants are especially favored targets because they're dual-use, hard to defend, and instantly felt by civilian populations — pressure that translates into political pressure on governments, not just military attrition. Bridges follow the same logic: choke