Iran-US War Escalates: Strikes on US Bases, Houthis Target Mecca, Trump Signals Deal

Iranian strikes have caused damage to multiple US military installations across the Middle East, with CBS News obtaining images from active-duty US personnel showing destroyed radar aircraft, demolished residential trailers, and heavily damaged structures. The Iran-backed Houthi group simultaneously claimed to have shot down a Saudi warplane and targeted Mecca with a drone — which Saudi Arabia called a 'red line' — and also struck Saudi Aramco oil facilities and the Khamis Mushait airbase, with widespread casualties claimed (unverifiable independently). President Trump, speaking at a North Carolina midterm campaign event, again said Iran 'wants a deal' and that the war's end is near; Iranian FM Araghchi, visiting Beijing, said Tehran welcomes diplomacy securing Iranian rights. VP Vance separately warned the US war with Iran would enter 'a completely different phase' in coming months. Oman canceled a planned regional summit on Gulf of Hormuz shipping, and US diplomats reportedly met Houthi representatives in a back-channel last week.