For six consecutive nights, American warplanes have struck Iranian ports and islands in the south, killing civilians and collapsing infrastructure, while Iran extends its retaliation to American bases across the Gulf. The two nations signed an agreement only weeks ago meant to hold the peace, yet each now accuses the other of betraying it — leaving diplomacy suspended between mutual ultimatums. What unfolds is an ancient pattern: two powers, each waiting for the other to yield first, while the costs fall on those who signed nothing.
US strikes Iran for sixth night as Tehran warns conflict will spread
At least seven people killed and nine injured in bridge strike; child wounded by shrapnel in Qatar; children's cancer hospital evacuated in Ahvaz.