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 ...
![French President Francois Hollande and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. {Bob Edme/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/155109544.jpg?itok=aaCJUZFW "French President Francois Hollande and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. {Bob Edme/Getty Images]")
![OPCW, the watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/186297018.jpg?itok=ODNZSh9O "OPCW, the watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal. [Getty Images]")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifand Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speak during a meeting on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program on November 9, 2013 in Geneva. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187465201.jpg?itok=BlP33QY3 "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifand Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speak during a meeting on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program on November 9, 2013 in Geneva. [Getty Images]")
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press following his meeting with US Secretary of State at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on November 8, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187353363_1.jpg?itok=wBJQqiA_ "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press following his meeting with US Secretary of State at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on November 8, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on Capitol Hill before he briefs members of the Senate Banking Committee behind closed doors about Iran and his recent negotiations in Europe, November 13, 2013. [REUTERS]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/ker.jpg?itok=cWg20gow "U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on Capitol Hill before he briefs members of the Senate Banking Committee behind closed doors about Iran and his recent negotiations in Europe, November 13, 2013. [REUTERS]")
![Iran's president Hassan Rouhani at a press conference, in Tehran in early 2013. [timesofisrael]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/APTOPIX-Mideast-Iran_Horo-e1379687164617.jpg?itok=mWU36YnJ "Iran's president Hassan Rouhani at a press conference, in Tehran in early 2013. [timesofisrael]")
![All women in Iran are legally obliged to respect a dress code of contour-hiding gowns and headscarves [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/morality.jpg?itok=ZpeMbTOH "All women in Iran are legally obliged to respect a dress code of contour-hiding gowns and headscarves [Reuters]")
![Iran talks have been at the top of the agenda as Kerry travels in the Middle East connecting with regional leaders. [wbur]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/kerry.jpg?itok=KUnBYneh "Iran talks have been at the top of the agenda as Kerry travels in the Middle East connecting with regional leaders. [wbur]")
