Washington DC, Aug. 30 -- With the US-Iran conflict continuing to stretch without an end in sight, several American military leaders have advised Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that extending the large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief.

The warnings -- detailed for Hegseth by the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the four-star commanders overseeing US operations throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America -- appear in the August 14 edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book (SDOB), these people said. They described the assessment to The Washin...