After months of uneasy quiet, the fragile pause between the United States and Iran has given way to open fire once more. Iran, absorbing American strikes that killed at least fifteen of its people — among them soldiers and wedding guests — answered with drones and missiles aimed at US military installations across Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and Bahrain. What unfolds now is not merely a military exchange but a test of how far two adversaries, each exhausted yet unreconciled, are willing to push before the world's most critical oil corridor becomes the next casualty.
Iran strikes US Gulf allies with missiles and drones in tit-for-tat escalation
At least 15 people killed in US strikes on Iran, including military personnel and civilians at a wedding celebration; additional casualties reported from missile impacts in Kuwait and Jordan.