Pakistan hosted talks with various regional actors, including Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as part of its efforts to broker a diplomatic settlement that ends the U.S. and Israel-Iran war, Reuters reported on March 29. Meanwhile, Iran, Israel and the United States continued to trade fire over the weekend of March 27-29, with attacks targeting various industrial sites and critical infrastructure in Iran, the Gulf and Israel.

The war in Iran that started on Feb. 28 is entering its second month, and it continues to escalate with no clear end in sight as the United States deploys more troops to the region and mulls ground operations in Iran. Meanwhile, Israel and the United States continue to trade fire with Iran and its allies across the region.