DEAL IN DOUBT:
Hopes of a ceasefire agreement took another blow when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ‘crush’ Hezbollah in Lebanon
AFP, WASHINGTON
US forces on Monday attacked missile sites in southern Iran and ships trying to lay mines, the US Central Command said, imperiling a fragile ceasefire and casting new doubt on a deal to end the Middle East conflict.The strikes came as top Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha for the latest round of talks to end the months-long conflict, and as the Israeli military stepped up hostilities with Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.Oil prices fluctuated in the wake of the US strikes, which could threaten any agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where an Iranian blockade has throttled global fuel supplies.
A woman walks past an anti-Israeli mural on a street in Tehran yesterday.
