The attack unfolded in waves, striking missile-manufacturing and surface-to-air missile-defense sites, but steering clear of oil and nuclear facilities that Iran had warned would prompt a retaliation.
Moscow’s assistance in Iran-backed militant attacks that are disrupting trade show how the Kremlin is seeking to tie up the U.S. in the Middle East.
The combination would create the world’s largest freight forwarder.
Stock futures slipped ahead of the August consumer-price index, one of the last big data releases before next week’s Fed meeting.