Iran suspends peace talks in protest over Israeli offensive in Lebanon

The United States is reportedly intensifying efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah as wider regional tensions complicate ongoing diplomacy.

Iran warns any US ceasefire extends to all regional fronts.

If the Houthis, Iran's allies in ​Yemen, open a new front in the conflict, one obvious target would ​be the Bab El Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen, a key shipping chokepoint and narrow passageway that controls sea traffic towards the Suez Canal.