Mideast Firestorm Escalates as Regional Powers Play a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse The past fortnight has seen some of the most intense military action in the region since the Iran Iraq conflict three decades ago, with the United States embroiled in an escalating campaign that now spans Iranian territory.
Official Washington maintains its strikes are aimed at countering a perceived threat from Iranian backed militias in Iraq, but it's increasingly clear that Tehran is pushing back – and hard.
The latest salvo came on Tuesday when Iranian forces fired artillery into Kuwait, hitting oil facilities and raising the stakes in an already volatile situation.