The fighting began when Israel struck nuclear targets in Iran on Friday, in what Tehran called a 'declaration of war'.

Global air traffic has been disrupted following Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, with several major airlines suspending flights to and from locations in the Middle East and rerouting their planes to avoid much of the region’s airspace.

But not all are thrilled. Arabs fear the railway will shunt Iraq further into Iran’s embrace. Kuwait, which has long proposed a rail link from Iraq to its own ports, feels rebuffed. The Saudis ...