Six Iranian attack boats sunk. Missiles over Abu Dhabi. The Strait of Hormuz became a war zone again — and this time, the ceasefire didn't hold.

Iran fires two missiles at a US Navy frigate in the Strait of Hormuz — Tehran claims a direct hit, Washington denies it, and 15,000 American troops now sit offshore waiting for orders.

Iranian strikes resume on U.S. bases across West Asia as peace talks in Islamabad unravel before they begin — and the Strait of Hormuz catches fire again.

The voice on the other side of the door was not Seven. It was something that had learned from Seven — and had then learned to forget. It spoke like a student who had become the teacher, and it had been waiting for exactly this moment.

Tehran tightened its grip on the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a day after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized two vessels — defying a ceasefire that was already fraying at the edges, and pushing Brent crude past $100.