The US is closing two embassies in the Middle East and reducing its diplomatic presence in the region.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US launched its offensive against Iran because it knew Israel was going to attack and “that would precipitate an attack against American forces”.

Iranian airstrikes on Gulf states could push them into a broad coalition aligned with the United States and widen the war against Iran, Middle East analysts said, after attacks on ports, cities and oil facilities in a vital energy-producing region.

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Qatar says Iran did not notify it of incoming missile attacks as Tehran conducts a retaliatory campaign across the Gulf sparked by the United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran.

Israel again attacked the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon while Iran struck Gulf states that host U.S. bases. The conflict paralysed globally vital energy shipments along with hundreds of flight routes.

Iran has operated many types of air defense systems, including Russian-made designs targeted by Israel in recent years.

The post said Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidii spoke with Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, by phone.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the U.S.-Israel strikes were "wholly unprovoked, illegal, and illegitimate."

Iran escalates attacks on Gulf states, strikes U.S. Embassy in Riyadh.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has steered his country along two pillars of foreign policy throughout his political career.

ISRAEL hacked nearly every traffic camera in Tehran for years – allowing Mossad to stalk the Ayatollah and strike with deadly precision. Spies watched Ali Khamenei and his inner circle so