US ends latest wave of strikes against Iran

The US military said early Thursday it ended its latest wave of airstrikes targeting Iran.

Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain and Kuwait before dawn.

Days of back-and-forth strikes by the US and Iran across the Middle East - and renewed threats to the Strait of Hormuz - have shredded the interim deal to end the Iran war and could tip the region back into all-out war.

Already, Iranian officials say US strikes have killed more than 35 people and wounded more than 300 others.

Strikes also reached into areas around Iran's capital, Tehran, for the first time of this latest round of violence.

When the US and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28, Tehran effectively closed the strait to shipping traffic - a move that sent the price of oil, fertilizer and many other goods soaring far beyond the region and gave Iran major leverage in negotiations.

(Photo courtesy: US Central Command)