The expanding conflict in West Asia has become intense after Iran’s first direct attack on Israel after an airstrike by Tel Aviv on the Iranian embassy killed seven Iranian official (including an Iranian General). According to media reports, The Iranian strikes were retaliation for the bombing of an Iranian diplomatic building in Damascus on 1st April by Israel, that marked the first time the Islamic Republic has launched a direct assault on Israel. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group has already disrupted global trade with attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.