How the US-Israeli war against Iran exploded into a regional conflict, as Tehran retaliated with strikes across the Middle East

Iran has been hit thousands of times and struck back against neighbours with drones and missiles. The conflict now spans at least 15 countries. Its humanitarian toll is difficult to measure. Data on the location and timing of strikes—collected by the Institute for the Study of War and ACLED,

War in the Middle East continues after the United States and Israel attacked Iran late last month, and Tehran retaliated with strikes against several of its neighbors, including US-allied Gulf states.

The escalating U.S.–Israeli war with Iran and Tehran’s retaliation against Gulf neighbours have severely disrupted Middle Eastern energy infrastructure and global oil and gas flows. Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and the Asaluyeh processing hub on March 18 triggered a wave of retaliatory attacks across the Gulf that hit refineries,