US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf, in the newest flare up
More new attacks across the Middle East on Friday, threatened to, kind of unravel an already brittle US-Iran ceasefire. For weeks there were complicated talks, full of warnings and sudden surges of violence, and still they couldnt land a solid deal to stop the war, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial, narrow passage for energy that the whole world depends on. A ceasefire in the wider Middle East conflict, started almost 100 days ago after US and Israeli strikes, killed off Iran’s highest leadership, has been running since April 8. Still, the pressure jumped back up again on Friday, when the US military said it hit radar locations in Iran after shooting down drones that were headed toward the strait. Soon after, air raid sirens started in nearby Gulf states Kuwait and Bahrain—both US allies—and AFP reporters in both places said they heard blasts. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said early Saturday they went after “enemy bases in the area” with missiles, as a reply ...