Wariness pervades the Middle East as nations weigh support for US policies
General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, who heads US Central Command, said Iran had ‘de-escalated’ its ballistic missile force and brought its air defence forces back to a ‘normal state of readiness’ following its retaliatory strikes on bases housing US troops in Iraq. But he believes further retaliation may still be in the air
‘We haven’t joined maximum pressure, it’s well known, but we have joined the IMSC in terms of the Strait of Hormuz,’ British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said last week