NEW IRAN ATTACKS: Airstrikes hammered Iran and Tehran launched new waves of attacks against Israel and Gulf Arab states, with one missile slamming into a Tel Aviv street, even as President Donald Trump touted progress in talks to end the war.

Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war.

News that Iran had fired ballistic missiles at a US military base in the Indian Ocean was startling, but how much of a threat does the development represent?

Iran’s attempt to strike a US-UK base over 2,000 miles (over 3,000 kilometers) off its coast has renewed questions about Tehran’s military capabilities and how far its missiles can reach.

Iran’s strikes on Israel appear to be intensifying as the conflict in the Middle East enters its fourth week, leaving dozens of people injured and causing damage and disruption across the country.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

As Iran has lashed out at the region amid joint U.S.-Israeli strikes this month, no Gulf state has come under more fire than the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The semiconstitutional monarchy, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula,

Tehran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the base in the Chagos Islands, a remote British overseas territory located more than 2,000 miles from Tehran, Iran’s s

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE's state-owned oil company, said the Strait of Hormuz must re-open to resolve the supply shock.