NEW YORK — The Middle East teetered on the brink of an expanded war Thursday, after Iran and the United States reignited their hostilities and inflamed conflicts on other fronts that threatened to draw in more countries.
For the first time since the conflict began in February, the authorities in Egypt said Thursday the country had come under attack, blaming an explosion at one of its ports the previous day on an unidentified drone. Earlier, Saudi Arabia also acknowledged direct involvement in the war for the first time, after conducting joint strikes with US forces on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on Wednesday.
