June 11th, 2026 - 07:37 GMT
ALBAWABA - US and Iran exchange strikes across the Middle East as the shaky ceasefire continues to disintegrate with each rocket and bomb; the war, it seems, is officially back on. This morning, Jordan was hit with 20 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the Muwaffaq Salti air base in Al-Azraq; this was following earlier Iranian strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait. The war restarted after Trump said that Iran “took too long ...
![Israeli President Shimon Peres says he is ready to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rowhani. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/170940729.jpg?itok=yPzIavzK "Israeli President Shimon Peres says he is ready to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rowhani. [AFP]")
![US President Barack Obama speaks about US, Iran and Israel and the Middle East at the 10th Anniversary Saban Forum hosted by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, December 7, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454159223.jpg?itok=gqm6ymYC "US President Barack Obama speaks about US, Iran and Israel and the Middle East at the 10th Anniversary Saban Forum hosted by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, December 7, 2013. [AFP]")
![US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454079055.jpg?itok=8BE4Zn-Y "US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]")
![Free Syrian Army members at their base on April 21, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/167250466.jpg?itok=t2C2EmHQ "Free Syrian Army members at their base on April 21, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. [Getty Images]")
![Rep. Duncan Hunter said stopping Iran from gaining nuclear capability was “inevitable.” [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/129163002.jpg?itok=-tVzYvta "Rep. Duncan Hunter said stopping Iran from gaining nuclear capability was “inevitable.” [Getty Images]")
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with US Secretary Of State John Kerry on December 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Gali Tibbon/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/453718747.jpg?itok=9ilo1CPf "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with US Secretary Of State John Kerry on December 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Gali Tibbon/Getty Images]")
![The envoy exchanges between Iran and the UK marked the beginning of thaw in relations. [Aribiya]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/uk_tehran.jpg?itok=G9sjxV2g "The envoy exchanges between Iran and the UK marked the beginning of thaw in relations. [Aribiya]")
![Jimmy Carter was the last U.S. president to visit Iran, back before the Islamic revolution in 1979 and the subsequent hostage crisis. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/obama.jpg?itok=c07XRTM4 "Jimmy Carter was the last U.S. president to visit Iran, back before the Islamic revolution in 1979 and the subsequent hostage crisis. [Reuters]")
![Iranian President Hassan Rouhani [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/452727127.jpg?itok=MhoHAMA6 "Iranian President Hassan Rouhani [Getty Images]")
