Israel secretly deployed elite military and intelligence units to southern Azerbaijan during its war with Iran, according to an exclusive CNN report published Friday that cites four sources familiar with the operation. The forward positions along Azerbaijan's border with Iran extended Israel's military reach hundreds of miles into Iranian territory, the sources told the network, helping sustain repeated waves of strikes across the country. CNN reports that the forces operated out of several locations in southern Azerbaijan, at the closest point roughly 60 miles from Tabriz, a major Iranian city Israel struck during the war. Special commando units carried out intelligence-gathering missions and drone operations from the sites, two sources...