ANKARA (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump warned Iran that the United States will likely engage in additional strikes on Wednesday night after attacks the previous day._x000D_
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“I’ll give a little warning: We’re going to hit them hard tonight,” Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in Turkey before his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy._x000D_
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In earlier comments to reporters in Ankara, Trump said â a memorandum of understanding that served as an initial ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran was “over”._x000D_
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But he did not explicitly say Washington would return to full-fledged war and it was not immediately clear whether the negotiations between the two sides to turn the ceasefire into a permanent deal would still continue or not._x000D_
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“I don’t know if we’re going to have a â deal. We may just do it without a deal,” Trump said before his meeting with Zelenskiy._x000D_
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In a flare-up of hostilities that pushed oil prices up sharply, Iran said it had targeted US military sites â in Bahrain and Kuwait after US forces struck Iranian targets in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz._x000D_
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The renewed hostilities â have also heightened safety and security concerns around the Strait of Hormuz, with shipping data showing at least four oil â and gas tankers had turned back rather than try to transit the waterway, a vital supply route.
