The United States is the main international backer of Israel, Iran's biggest regional foe. It is also a close ally of Sunni Gulf monarchies which for years pursued their own rivalry with the Islamic Republic, seeing it as their main regional threat.

National security experts warn that Israel's attack on Iran shows why Chinese land and asset purchases in the U.S. pose a significant threat to American security.

Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel into Saturday morning after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and its armed forces, killing at least

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they have launched an attack on dozens of targets in Israel after its large-scale attack on the Islamic republic.

The retaliatory strikes came after Israel attacked Iran, killing top military leaders and scientists. The assault destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said.

The United States has pulled some diplomatic staff and military families out of the Middle East, citing unspecified regional security risks.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they have launched an attack on dozens of targets in Israel after its large-scale attack on the Islamic republic.

President Trump is trapped between the “America First” isolationists and others in his party who are cheering on Israel’s strikes against Iran.