Ceasefire Unravels: Iran Strikes Bahrain and Kuwait Following U.S. Retaliatory Attacks, Threatens Peace Talks
Ceasefire Unravels: Iran Strikes Bahrain and Kuwait Following U.S. Retaliatory Attacks, Threatens Peace Talks The highly fragile interim peace process in West Asia is teetering on the edge of collapse. Early Sunday morning, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched a wave of drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait. The strikes came in direct retaliation for a series of overnight U.S. military airstrikes inside the Islamic Republic, pushing the region back to the brink of all-out war. Tehran has now explicitly threatened a "complete halt" to ongoing negotiations aimed at ending the conflict if Washington continues its military actions. The Spark: A Battle Over the Strait of Hormuz The immediate catalyst for this latest flare-up centers on the Strait of Hormuz—the vital maritime chokepoint through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas historically flows. Under an interim agreement, the U.S. and Iran had been operating under a tentative 60-day windo...