Washington DC, Sept. 20 -- The fragile conditions in West Asia are on the boil again with increased activity being reported from the region.

The first indication of a likely escalation in the threat matrix came when US President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Saturday evening (local time) after an overnight stay at Camp David. Trump has cut short his weekend stay to head back to work.

This came in response to Iran setting seven conditions to Washington for starting negotiations to end the ongoing war and warned that it was prepared for a "decisive war" if its demands were rejected.

Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei told Al Jazeera, "We remain in contact with the mediator Qatar, which has conveyed our conditions to Washin...