Middle East crisis live: US launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause in attacks

US announces attacks early on Thursday, as experts say strikes carried out by both sides in previous day increase risk of return to all-out war US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn Welcome to our live coverage of the continuing crisis in the Middle East. The ​US has said it is conducting ​airstrikes ‌in ‌Iran, after a lull of several days in direct US attacks on targets in Iran. The renewed hostilities sent oil prices spiking. Brent crude, the…