Top diplomats of China and Iran on Monday discussed escalating tensions in the Middle East, with Tehran saying it does not want to see further expansion of conflict in the region, Xinhua news reported.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s foreign minister indirectly threatened U.S. forces potentially operating in Israel in an online post Sunday. The comments came in a post on the social platform X long associated with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who helped reached Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Tehran and Israel are on the verge of a regional war that will determine the balance of power in the Middle East.

The Middle East is a powder keg after Iran launched nearly 200 missiles toward Israel Wednesday, with the United States vowing “severe consequences” for the action. No deaths in

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Tehran on Monday that there was nowhere in the Middle East that Israel could not reach and called on Iranians to work together with Israelis for peace.

Israeli media report that a THAAD air defence system battery will be deployed in the country for the first time. What is this weapon? The deployment of this system to Israel is believed to be part of measures to prepare for repelling another significant attack from Iran.