Joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into renewed turmoil. Here’s what you need to know to understand the conflict.

Four of six U.S. service members killed in the Iran war died when a drone struck a port in Kuwait on Sunday, U.S.

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The war widened sharply after a U.S. ​submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people. NATO air defences destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile fired towards neighbor Turkey — the first time the country has been drawn into the conflict.

The war between Iran and the United States is rapidly intensifying to include other countries, including Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

Israel and Iran have been in almost constant conflict for nearly 50 years. Media tends to frame the violence as endemic, and inevitable — but it’s not. Between the creation of Israel in 1948 and Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979,

In Washington late on Wednesday, Republican senators blocked a motion aimed at stopping the U.S. air campaign against Iran and requiring that military action be authorized by Congress. That rejection leaves President Donald Trump's power to direct the war largely unbound, as the conflict continues to widen across the Middle East and beyond.

Six American service members have been killed in the U.S.-Iran conflict, U.S. Central Command said.

The DHS shutdown could hamper response to terror threats as the conflict with Iran continues to escalate, a public safety expert warned.