US-Iran conflict enters new phase as Saudi Arabia helps hit proxies and diplomacy stalls again

Layered US naval ‘kill web’ seeks to choke Iran’s port traffic, avoid wider war

But diplomacy that he hailed as bringing historic peace to the Middle East also failed when a vaguely worded memorandum of understanding collapsed.

The renewed fighting came hours after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate the war as it enters its sixth month.

The Middle East teetered on the brink of an expanded war on Thursday, after resumed hostilities between Iran and the United States reignited conflicts on other fronts and threatened to draw in more countries.