Trump says Iran war could end soon as fighting expands to U.S. bases in the Gulf and ammunition supplies tighten

Iran has stepped up attacks on U.S. installations in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan, prompting retaliatory U.S. strikes. President Donald Trump has said he expects the conflict to conclude "pretty soon" while noting that the U.S. Army has exhausted much of its worldwide stock of highly accurate long‑range missiles and that other munitions are in shorter supply, though defense firms are adding production capacity. Analysts note that the war has dragged on without achieving regime change or nuclear concessions, and that civilian casualties in Iran have risen sharply, with reports of thousands killed, including hundreds of children, alongside American troop deaths and injuries. In the United Kingdom, a coalition of trade unions has urged the government to withdraw permission for U.S. airstrikes from RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia, linking the conflict to rising energy and food costs at home.