A series of explosions sounded near a military base hosting US forces in northern Iraq and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran. The conflict has flared again over the past week, as the US has pounded Iran while Tehran has attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US assets and allies in the region. The strait, a crucial passage for the world’s energy supplies, is at the centre of the latest...
Iranian media report blasts in cities in the far north and far south, including Tabriz and Chabahar.
The United States began a new round of air strikes early on Monday targeting Iran after announcing the death of another American service member, and Iran fired missiles towards Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighbouring Israel. Step by step, the US and Iran have inched closer to all-out war as last month’s interim deal meant to permanently end the fighting has crumbled and shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely stalled. Both sides have targeted civilian...
The US military launches 9th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
The conflict has been escalating since US President Donald Trump declared 10 days ago the peace deal with Iran is over.
Fighting between the two sides rages as US attacks shift further into Iran’s interior
Five months and at least two ceasefires into the US-Israeli war on Iran, hostilities have intensified again, with US President Donald Trump reimposing a naval blockade on Iranian ports and American forces trading fresh strikes with Tehran. The renewed cycle is testing both Tehran’s resilience and Washington’s appetite for a prolonged conflict, prompting some analysts to draw uncomfortable parallels with the political tolls that past US presidents faced in drawn-out wars such as in Vietnam and...
Analyst Alex Alfirraz Scheers says the US risks falling into an escalation trap if it launches a ground assault in Iran.
While Trump has threatened to hit targets in Iran including Pickaxe Mountain, he has said a deal is possible.
With ceasefire in shambles and both sides exchanging tit-for-tat attacks, is the region again plunging into all-out war?
Within hours of fresh US attacks, Iran said it had struck US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.
Brent crude climbs more than 4 percent as Washington and Tehran clash over control of critical waterway.
Clashing interpretations of vague memorandum of understanding language on Hormuz at heart of escalation, analysts say.