Renewed attacks by Iran and the United States threaten to see the war in the Middle East “spiralling out of control”. 

The ceasefire seems to be on shaky ground, but some experts are saying that despite the optics, they are progressing towards a peace deal.  

US Correspondent Toni Waterman told Ryan Bridge that proposals to end the war had been exchanged through the weekend. 

“But certainly this announcement by the President [Donald Trump] on Sunday to start guiding these ships through the Strait of Hormuz has opened up another area in this conflict because the strait is really Iran's main leverage point right now.” 

Trump’s new “Project Freedom” aims to help neutral commercial ships get out of the Persian Gulf, where they have been stranded by the closure of the Strait. 

Waterman said experts were warning that even if the US successfully guided those ships through the Strait, it would not be a permanent solution as they would not return as long as fighting continued. 

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