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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - TEL AVIV — The conflict in the Middle East has entered its fifth week, with a series of escalations including missiles fired at Israel by Yemen's Houthis, marking the Iran-backed group’s first direct involvement since the US-Israeli war began.
Israel said two drones from Yemen were intercepted early Monday but gave no further details.
Israel’s military also said the Air Force was carrying out strikes on Tehran on Monday, targeting what it described as military infrastructure.
The latest attacks came a day after President Donald Trump said the US and Iran had been meeting “directly and indirectly” and that Iran’s new leaders have been “very reasonable,” as more UStroops arrived in the region.
Pakistan, which is acting as an intermediary between Tehran and Washington, said it was preparing to host “meaningful talks” in the coming days aimed at ending the month-long Iran war. It was not clear whether the US and Iran had agreed to attend.
“I think we’ll make a deal with them, I’m pretty sure, but it’s possible we won’t,” Trump told reporters on Sunday evening as he traveled aboard Air Force One to Washington.
Trump said he thought the US had already accomplished regime change in Tehran after strikes killed the country’s supreme leader and other top officials, but said twice that their replacements seemed “reasonable.”
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has accused the US of sending messages about possible negotiations while at the same time planning a ground invasion.
“As long as the Americans seek Iran’s surrender, our response is that we will never accept humiliation,” he said in a message to the nation.
The US Department of Defense has dispatched thousands of troops to the Middle East, giving Trump the option of launching a ground offensive.
Israel’s military said it had launched over 140 air strikes on central and western Iran, including Tehran, over the 24 hours to Sunday evening, hitting ballistic missile launch sites and storage facilities, among other targets.
Iranian state media reported strikes had hit Mehrabad airport and a petrochemical plant in the northern city of Tabriz.
Four weeks of intense US-Israeli bombardment has failed to silence Iran’s missile and drone batteries, with Kuwait on Monday reporting it had intercepted five drones in areas under its protection.
A chemical plant in southern Israel near the city of Beersheba was hit by a missile or missile debris on Sunday as Israel fended off multiple salvos from Iran.
Iran also continues its effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which carries 20 percent of global oil and gas shipments, spiking oil prices and spreading economic pain around the world.
Iran-aligned Houthis joined the conflict on Saturday, launching their first attacks on Israel and raising the prospect they could target and block a second key shipping route, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Stocks slumped in Asia on Monday as investors dug in for a protracted conflict, bringing a spike in inflation and the risk of recession to much of the globe. Japan’s Nikkei index was down more than 3 percent.
Meanwhile, oil prices looked poised to extend their gains, with Brent headed for a record monthly rise.
Global airlines have begun to hike fares and cut capacity to cope with the surge in the oil price, but analysts warn the industry’s ability to remain profitable may depend on whether consumers pull back on flying as energy costs threaten household budgets.
Several hundred special operations personnel have arrived in the region, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing two military officials.
That comes on top of thousands of US Marines that came on Friday aboard an amphibious assault ship, the first of two contingents, the US military has said.
Reuters has reported that the Pentagon has been considering military options that could include ground forces, although Trump has not approved any of those plans, according to multiple news outlets.
The majority of Americans are opposed to the war and a military escalation would likely weigh further on Trump’s already low approval ratings ahead of November midterm elections for Congress. — Agencies
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