The latest escalation in the Middle East began with an Iranian attack on Thursday against a commercial vessel near the Strait of Hormuz, which US President Donald Trump described as a “foolish violation” of the initial agreement to end the war.
The US military then conducted strikes on Friday against Iranian military targets around the Strait of Hormuz. “US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites,” CENTCOM said. “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire.”
That was followed by Tehran’s announcement that it launched strikes on US military targets on Saturday. The country’s elite Islamic…