Hostilities in the strife-torn Middle East are being reignited. The US forces launched a third wave of attacks on Iran near the contentious Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. The US strikes followed a missile attack on a commercial cargo ship by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite military unit of Iran.
Iran responded with a swarm of drones and missiles targeting several countries in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Jordan. The burst of fighting has raised concerns about efforts to reach a permanent end to a war that began on February 28, dragging the region back into an escalating conflict after a shaky ceasefire brokered in June.
