India, April 20 -- For several days now, the situation in West Asia has teetered precariously close to spiralling out of control and the latest Israeli strikes with drones on at least two Iranian cities on Friday will only add to fears of a wider conflict engulfing the region. The drone strikes targeted Isfahan, home to some of Iran's most important nuclear facilities, and could have been perceived by Tehran as a dangerous escalation. Iranian officials have apparently decided to play down the strikes, describing them as the work of "infiltrators" without any direct reference to Israel, and thus indicating there may not be any further retaliation. These Israeli drone strikes were retaliation for Iran's first direct attack on Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles last week, which in turn was a response to Israel's brazen attack on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria. Sure, both attacks have been calibrated, but it's worrying that there has been no cessation of hostilities....