Second consecutive night of US strikes on Iran. IRGC hits back at Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and fires on shipping in Hormuz — even as Oman-mediated talks continue in parallel. Not a collapsed ceasefire, not open war: a negotiated conflict now running on a live-fire floor. https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/07/not-quite-war-no-longer-peace-us-and.html #Iran #US #Hormuz #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Cyprus #NationalSecurity #TheLevantFiles