The Unraveling of Middle East Diplomacy: A Pattern of Escalation The recent US Iranian military confrontations, culminating in the reported killing of 11 people in Iranian territory and retaliatory strikes on US assets in several regional countries, have all but abandoned diplomacy in the Middle East.
The latest round of tit for tat attacks has pushed oil prices to new highs and sent stocks tumbling.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards claimed they attacked US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan in response to what Tehran views as an unprovoked US strike on its territory.