For seven consecutive nights, the United States and Iran have exchanged strikes across the Gulf, each volley drawing the two nations further from the language of diplomacy and deeper into the grammar of war. The conflict, rooted in long-standing strategic rivalry, has now breached the boundaries of military posturing to disrupt the commercial waterways upon which the global economy quietly depends. With ceasefire frameworks dissolved and domestic political pressures on both sides rewarding resolve over restraint, the world watches a confrontation that has found its momentum but not yet its lim
US-Iran Gulf Conflict Escalates With Seventh Night of Strikes, Oil Routes Disrupted
Civilian infrastructure targeted in attacks; potential for mass displacement and casualties if conflict escalates to all-out war.