Analysts say the U.S.-Iran war is at a critical point with the potential for further escalation, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes resumes and hopes for a quick end to the five-month conflict fade.
"This is not a war that can fall into the category of the managed escalations," stressed Arman Mahmoudian, a research fellow at the Global and National Security Institute of the University of South Florida.
This comes after the United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday,.
Following a few days of respite, fears of a wider war have grown, with renewed fighting threatening to engulf even more countries.
Jordan said Thursday it intercepted Iranian missiles for the second consecutive day, while Kuwait said a strike in the northern part of the country killed one person.
