A member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan airbase in al-Kharj, central Saudi Arabia [File: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP]By Priyanka ShankarPublished On 29 Mar 202629 Mar 2026
Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are scheduled to hold talks in Islamabad aimed at ending the US-Israel war on Iran, which has entered its 30th day.
The diplomatic efforts come as the conflict has escalated across the Middle East, with Yemen’s Houthis joining the war by firing missiles at Israel on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Tehran has threatened retaliatory attacks on Israeli and US universities in the region after the United States and Israel bombed Iranian universities.
As tensions continue to escalate and the global energy crisis worsens, here’s what we know on day 30 of the war:
