# The Gulf war will ultimately have to end in compromise

https://mins.news/en/item/51162

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-09 10:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/9/the-war-in-the-gulf-will-have-to-end-in-compromise?traffic_source=rss

> The United States and Israel have failed to achieve their original objectives, while Iran has not surrendered and the costs of the war are spreading across the region. The conflict has repeatedly stopped and resumed, with alternating US and Iranian strikes and threats, and will ultimately require a settlement that takes the sides’ interests into account.

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