Apache down, fighting up: What the latest US-Iran attacks mean

Fighting between the United States and Iran has escalated once again, spreading beyond the Strait of Hormuz and drawing Gulf states into the confrontation, after a US Army helicopter crashed near one of the world’s most strategically important waterways on Tuesday.

The Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down during a patrol close to the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump claimed...