Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report.
Here’s what’s on tap for the day: The U.S.-Iran war goes (even more) regional, Trump gets his new director of national intelligence, and the AI industry asks to be reined in.
After a brief lull in fighting, the U.S.-Iran war is heating up again this week—and it appears to be pulling in more countries.
Iran launched a surprise missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan on Tuesday. Egypt was hit by a drone attack on Wednesday, seemingly drawing the country into the Iran war for the first time. No country or group has claimed responsibility, but the attack at Egypt’s Damietta port caused a fire on two vessels—including a U.S. tanker. And Kuwait, which has faced repeated attacks during the war as Iran strikes countries that host U.S. troops, was once again targeted on Thursday. That same day, Jordan said it intercepted missiles fired by Iran.
But perhaps the biggest development came in Iraq.
