<div role="region" data-collection-lastmodified="2026-07-30T10:04:48.342Z" aria-label="Main content" class=""><header class="live-blog-header css-1ddl7pr-marginTopLive" data-source-id="100000011062610" data-testid="FeedLede"><div class="css-1xde63n-print"><span><span class="p9cRrq_liveLabel live-blog-header-live-label" data-active="true">Live</span><span class="css-vxcmzt live-blog-header-timestamp"><time class="live-blog-header-timestamp css-1oknfcg-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-30T10:04:45.595Z"><span>Updated </span><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span></span></div><div class="css-1bmb7fb"><div class=""><div class=""><h1 id="link-4443d8bf" class="css-1a3rfqe-Heading1-heading1TreatmentStyles-print-left e1h9rw200" data-testid="headline">Iran War Live Updates: Middle East Faces Expanded War as Iran and U.S. Reignite Attacks</h1><p class="css-10c22ls-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0">Egypt said it had come under attack from an unidentified drone. Earlier, Saudi Arabia acknowledged direct involvement in the war for the first time.</p><div data-testid="RightNowBlock"></div></div><div class="css-1i8duwm"></div><div class="css-0 e1wmu3ot0"><figure class="sizeMedium css-1p1fghl" aria-label="media" data-testid="VideoBlock"><div class="css-1xb94ky" style="position:relative"><nyt-betamax>...</nyt-betamax></div><figcaption class="css-1e0gum3-Caption e3rygrp0"><span class="css-1y7x4cy-Caption-captionTreatmentStyles-linkClass e13ogyst0" data-testid="video-summary">U.S. Central Command announced early Thursday local time that it had launched new strikes on Iran in response to Iranian forces that were targeting U.S. military assets in the region.</span><span class="css-3zwrqz"><span class="css-1b0d90c-Credit-creditTreatmentStyles e1z0qqy90"><span>Social media, via Reuters</span></span></span></figcaption><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","description":"U.S. Central Command announced 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data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump#heres-the-latest" data-source-id="100000011062614" data-post-lastmodified="2026-07-30T09:45:26.012Z" data-post-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump/heres-the-latest"><div class="css-608m5d" id="heres-the-latest"></div><div class="css-1ueu6ja"> <svg width="10" height="13" viewBox="0 0 10 13" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M9.1 7.0655C9.1 6.76 8.879 6.513 8.58 6.4285C7.7545 6.201 7.15 5.447 7.15 4.55V1.3H7.8C8.1575 1.3 8.45 1.0075 8.45 0.65C8.45 0.2925 8.1575 0 7.8 0H1.3C0.9425 0 0.65 0.2925 0.65 0.65C0.65 1.0075 0.9425 1.3 1.3 1.3H1.95V4.55C1.95 5.447 1.3455 6.201 0.52 6.4285C0.221 6.513 0 6.76 0 7.0655V7.15C0 7.5075 0.2925 7.8 0.65 7.8H3.887L3.9 12.35C3.9 12.7075 4.1925 13 4.55 13C4.9075 13 5.2 12.7075 5.2 12.35L5.187 7.8H8.45C8.8075 7.8 9.1 7.5075 9.1 7.15V7.0655Z"></path></svg> Pinned</div><div 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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/09/16/reader-center/author-yan-zhuang/author-yan-zhuang-thumbLarge.png?quality=75&auto=webp 150w" sizes="40px" height="40" width="40" loading="lazy"><div class="css-a03tz3-textContainerClass"><span class="css-xtl8uk"><time class="css-kp4v5z-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-30T09:45:26.012Z"><span>Updated </span><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span><div></div></div></div><div class="css-1i27l4i"><div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div></div></div></div><div class="live-blog-post-headline css-sk8afd-print"><h3 id="post-title-QXJ0aWNsZTpueXQ6Ly9hcnRpY2xlLzQwNmIxODVhLTRiNzctNTgyNi05MGRmLWI5MmVjZjY4MGE0NA==" class="css-1bidks8">Here’s the latest.</h3></div><div class="css-1bork9i-print"></div><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">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.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The authorities in Egypt said on Thursday that the country had come under attack, stating that an explosion on Wednesday on two ships harbored in one of its ports had been caused by an unidentified drone. Saudi Arabia acknowledged on Wednesday direct involvement in the war for the first time, after conducting joint strikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.</p><div id="«R1j9jcl»" tabindex="-1" class="css-1hyfx7x"><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">On Thursday morning, U.S. Central Command said that it had completed a “heavy wave” of strikes on Iranian targets overnight, including military command centers and missile and drone facilities. The Jordanian military later said it had shot down five missiles launched from Iran. Iran has not publicly claimed that attack.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">Central Command said its latest strikes were a response to Iran’s launching ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Wednesday, when the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had targeted U.S. military sites in Jordan.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The fighting this week ended a dayslong pause in direct fighting between the United States and Iran and ensnared an expanding list of countries. Since the U.S.-Iranian cease-fire collapsed earlier this month, there have been repeated attacks on several countries in the region including Saudi Arabia, but Wednesday’s drone attack on the port of Damietta was the first reported to have hit Egypt.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The attack ignited a fire on two ships, including a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker, and threatened to draw Egypt into the conflict. On Thursday, the Egyptian authorities said they were conducting a full investigation and vowed to take “necessary measures to protect Egypt’s interests and national security.”</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">At a news conference at the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump implied that Iran was responsible for the attack in Egypt, without offering details, and said, “We’re going to be hitting them very hard.”</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">Even as the fighting expanded beyond the jostle to control the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for the world’s energy supplies, ships attempting to pass through it were still facing risks.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The Revolutionary Guards said early Thursday that a fire had broken out on a tanker attempting to transit the strait using an unauthorized passage. Its statement, carried in Iranian state media, did not specify whether the fire had been caused by an attack.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">Here’s what else we’re covering:</p><ul class="live-blog-post-content css-l2pfnq-List-baseClass-print-print ez3869y0"><li class="css-19pw1y7-ListItem-none-baseClass eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-qcvecs-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Iraqi militias:</strong> Iran-aligned militias in Iraq were under growing pressure to disarm, but the U.S.-Saudi strikes may embolden them to get more deeply involved in the war. Read more ›</p></li><li class="css-19pw1y7-ListItem-none-baseClass eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-qcvecs-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Widening war:</strong> The war is threatening to grow bigger at the very moment the United States wants to move past it. Read more ›</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="11" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvYzdiZjBkYzYtZWU4Ny01MDE4LTg4OGUtODAzYjJmNTRhNGYx"><div id="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvYzdiZjBkYzYtZWU4Ny01MDE4LTg4OGUtODAzYjJmNTRhNGYx" data-testid="reporter-update" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump#c7bf0dc6-ee87-5018-888e-803b2f54a4f1" class="live-blog-reporter-update live-blog-reporter-update css-1i9ap65 regular-update"><div class="css-edycca" id="c7bf0dc6-ee87-5018-888e-803b2f54a4f1"></div><div class="css-i8fuuv-print"><div class="css-4m88u6-containerClass" data-testid="live-blog-byline"><span class="css-11eytow-headshotClass-headShotOverrideClass"><img alt="Leo Sands" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/17/reader-center/author-leo-sands/author-leo-sands-thumbLarge.png?quality=75&auto=webp" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/17/reader-center/author-leo-sands/author-leo-sands-thumbStandard.png?quality=75&auto=webp 75w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/17/reader-center/author-leo-sands/author-leo-sands-thumbLarge.png?quality=75&auto=webp 150w" sizes="40px" height="40" width="40" loading="lazy"></span><div class="css-a03tz3-textContainerClass"><span class="css-xtl8uk"><time class="css-kp4v5z-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-30T09:52:19.000Z"><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span><div></div></div></div><div><div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div></div></div></div><p class="css-10c22ls-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0">As hostilities reignited across the region, Pakistan signaled diplomatic efforts to contain the conflict were ongoing, saying negotiations between the parties were continuing to normalize the situation.</p></div></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="10" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvZWM4MTM1ZjMtNjRiNS01MzNjLTk0OWEtMGZjM2Y3YjljOGUy"><div id="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvZWM4MTM1ZjMtNjRiNS01MzNjLTk0OWEtMGZjM2Y3YjljOGUy" data-testid="reporter-update" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump#ec8135f3-64b5-533c-949a-0fc3f7b9c8e2" class="live-blog-reporter-update live-blog-reporter-update css-1i9ap65 regular-update"><div class="css-edycca" id="ec8135f3-64b5-533c-949a-0fc3f7b9c8e2"></div><div class="css-i8fuuv-print"><div class="css-4m88u6-containerClass" data-testid="live-blog-byline"><span class="css-11eytow-headshotClass-headShotOverrideClass"><img alt="Abu Baker and Leo Sands" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/icons/t_logo_291_black.png" height="40" width="40" loading="lazy"></span><div class="css-a03tz3-textContainerClass"><span class="css-xtl8uk"><time class="css-kp4v5z-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-30T08:19:19.000Z"><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span><div></div></div></div><div><div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div></div></div></div><p class="css-10c22ls-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0">The Egyptian authorities reported a preliminary drone-related cause for the fires on two ships in the Damietta port, while confirming no casualties. The President had earlier suggested Iran was responsible without details.</p></div></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="9" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-region3"></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="8" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-ad0"></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="7" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvYjVkNmRjMWMtOTRhZS01ZTcwLTg2OTctMTIzMDcxNzhjOTk2"><div id="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvYjVkNmRjMWMtOTRhZS01ZTcwLTg2OTctMTIzMDcxNzhjOTk2" data-testid="reporter-update" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump#b5d6dc1c-94ae-5e70-8697-12307178c996" class="live-blog-reporter-update live-blog-reporter-update css-1i9ap65 regular-update"><div class="css-edycca" id="b5d6dc1c-94ae-5e70-8697-12307178c996"></div><div class="css-i8fuuv-print"><div class="css-4m88u6-containerClass" data-testid="live-blog-byline"><img alt="Ismaeel Naar" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/08/21/reader-center/author-ismaeel-naar/author-ismaeel-naar-thumbLarge-v3.png?quality=75&auto=webp" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/08/21/reader-center/author-ismaeel-naar/author-ismaeel-naar-thumbStandard-v3.png?quality=75&auto=webp 75w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/08/21/reader-center/author-ismaeel-naar/author-ismaeel-naar-thumbLarge-v3.png?quality=75&auto=webp 150w" sizes="40px" height="40" width="40" loading="lazy"><div class="css-a03tz3-textContainerClass"><span class="css-xtl8uk"><time class="css-kp4v5z-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-30T08:13:47.000Z"><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span><div><span data-testid="lb-byline-tagline" class="css-10fmmmp-taglineClass">Reporting from Dubai, United Arab Emirates</span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div></div></div></div><p class="css-10c22ls-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0">The Kuwaiti military reported an Iranian strike targeting a building owned by a Chinese company in its territory, causing a fatality and significant damage, though the Chinese firm did not identify itself. Regional authorities said the attack was under investigation and did not claim responsibility.</p></div></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="6" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvNmNkZmM1NTEtNzY2Mi01NTcwLWFmNTEtMTliMjNkMWViNDJh"><div id="post-title-UmVwb3J0ZXJVcGRhdGU6bnl0Oi8vcmVwb3J0ZXJ1cGRhdGUvNmNkZmM1NTEtNzY2Mi01NTcwLWFmNTEtMTliMjNkMWViNDJh" data-testid="reporter-update" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump#6cdfc551-7662-5570-af51-19b23d1eb42a" class="live-blog-reporter-update live-blog-reporter-update css-1i9ap65 regular-update"><div class="css-edycca" id="6cdfc551-7662-5570-af51-19b23d1eb42a"></div><div class="css-i8fuuv-print"><div class="css-4m88u6-containerClass" data-testid="live-blog-byline"><img alt="Qasim Nauman" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/25/reader-center/author-qasim-nauman/author-qasim-nauman-thumbLarge.png?quality=75&auto=webp" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/25/reader-center/author-qasim-nauman/author-qasim-nauman-thumbStandard.png?quality=75&auto=webp 75w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/25/reader-center/author-qasim-nauman/author-qasim-nauman-thumbLarge.png?quality=75&auto=webp 150w" sizes="40px" height="40" width="40" loading="lazy"><div class="css-a03tz3-textContainerClass"><span class="css-xtl8uk"><time class="css-kp4v5z-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-30T05:11:44.000Z"><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span><div></div></div></div><div><div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div></div></div></div><p class="css-10c22ls-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0">Jordan said its air defenses had shot down five missiles launched from Iran, with no casualties reported.</p></div></div><div role="article" class="" aria-posinset="4" aria-setsize="-1" aria-live="off" aria-labelledby="post-title-QXJ0aWNsZTpueXQ6Ly9hcnRpY2xlLzE3ZjUyZTVkLTJmMzgtNTU0OC05ZDMxLTQ2YzkwMWFhNTg1NQ=="><div data-testid="live-blog-post" class="live-blog-post css-5qta8w" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/30/world/iran-war-strikes-trump#trump-iran-war-widens" data-source-id="100000011060607" data-post-lastmodified="2026-07-30T09:45:27.419Z" data-post-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/trump-iran-war-widens.html"><div class="css-608m5d" id="trump-iran-war-widens"></div><div class="live-blog-meta css-1w4cm2n-print"><div class="css-4m88u6-containerClass" data-testid="live-blog-byline"><span class="css-11eytow-headshotClass-headShotOverrideClass"><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/icons/t_logo_291_black.png" height="40" width="40" loading="lazy"></span><div class="css-a03tz3-textContainerClass"><span class="css-xtl8uk"><time class="css-tkxwkx-timeClass" datetime="2026-07-29T22:40:28.000Z"><div class="css-pi60s9-timeContainerClass"><span data-time="rel" class="css-1cfn7xz-relClass-sharedTransformClass"></span></div></time></span><div></div></div></div><div class="css-1i27l4i"><div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="assertive"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div><div style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;padding:0;width:1px;position:absolute" role="log" aria-live="polite"></div></div></div></div><div class="live-blog-post-headline css-sk8afd-print"><h3 id="post-title-QXJ0aWNsZTpueXQ6Ly9hcnRpY2xlLzNjNTljYTdkLTQ5MzQtNTJlOC04OWUzLWFjNGYwOWEyMWI0MA==" class="css-1bidks8">Trump encounters a more determined Iran as the war widens.</h3></div><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-large css-63zd65-MediaFigure-mediaFigureSizeStyles e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-1uoxkcu-MediaFigureContainer erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-bo9wuh-MediaFigCaption-mediaFigCaptionSizeStyles ewdxa0s0"><span class="css-1y7x4cy-Caption-captionTreatmentStyles-linkClass e13ogyst0">President Trump in Oakland County Michigan on Monday. The war that President Trump has been trying to bring to a diplomatic conclusion since April is now threatening to grow bigger.</span><span class="css-1b0d90c-Credit-creditTreatmentStyles e1z0qqy90"><span><span aria-hidden="false">Doug Mills/The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="css-1bork9i-print"></div><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">Over the weekend, President Trump rejected a return to full-scale war. But as he tries to find a way out of a conflict he started, Iran has proved a stubborn enemy.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">On Tuesday evening, Iran fired multiple missiles on American bases in Jordan. The U.S. military intercepted the missiles with apparent ease, but the incident has drawn Mr. Trump once again back into fighting.</p><div id="«R9j9jcl»" tabindex="-1" class="css-1hyfx7x"><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The United States struck back in a “powerful response” against Iran on Wednesday evening, U.S. Central Command said on social media. “We’re going to be hitting them very hard, because it’s our turn to hit them,” Mr. Trump told reporters earlier in the day.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The Iranian and U.S. moves come as the war has widened quickly, with Saudi Arabia joining U.S. forces in striking Iranian proxies in Iraq, an American tanker in Egypt set ablaze from an apparent drone strike and tensions rising between Ukraine and Iran.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The war, which Mr. Trump has been trying to bring to a diplomatic conclusion since April, is now threatening to grow bigger at the very moment the United States wants to move past it.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">Experts noted that Iran seeks to extend the battlefield to deter further U.S. and Israeli actions, while U.S. officials weigh options between diplomacy and renewed major operations. Analysts warned that the conflict could be difficult to resolve militarily or through negotiations, given shifting leadership in Iran and evolving regional dynamics.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">U.S. strikes in the Strait of Hormuz aimed to reopen the waterway for global trade, with implications for oil markets and regional security. Officials discussed planning considerations and potential strategic tradeoffs if major combat operations resume.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">Separately, reporting on Iraq described the Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella of militias with Iran links, and their role in the broader conflict, including recent U.S.-Saudi airstrikes targeting PMF headquarters and ongoing tensions between Iraqi authorities and militias.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content css-1pw3ld5-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print-print evys1bk0">The Iraqi government condemned U.S. and Saudi strikes on PMF sites as a violation of sovereignty, and ongoing efforts to bring militias under formal state control were noted amid persistent tensions with Iran-linked groups.</p></div></div></div><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Adblock test</a></strong> <a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org/acceptable.html">(Why?)</a></p>
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