A little over five weeks after it began, the United States-Israel war with Iran has entered a pause, with a two-week ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump. The conflict, which escalated rapidly into a wider regional war, left thousands dead, displaced hundreds of thousands and disrupted global energy markets.
What began on February 28 as a coordinated US-Israeli strike on Iranian military and political infrastructure and leadership soon expanded across the Gulf, pulling in regional actors and targeting critical shipping routes.
