Friday’s talks between European ministers and Iran’s top diplomat, which aimed at de-escalating the fighting between the two adversaries, failed to produce a breakthrough.

Arab Gulf states are lobbying the U.S. to rein in the fighting. Their concerns have grown in recent days with the possibility that the U.S. could join the Israeli attacks and persistent talk of regime change,

Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran have failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war enters its second week with a fresh round of strikes between the two