T HE MIDDLE EAST is ablaze, and while the world’s attention is fixed on the war started by Israel and America against Iran—and expanded by Iran to engulf Arab states that oppo

By Andrew Mills and Timour Azhari DOHA/RIYADH, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said an angry Israel had "violently lashed out" and attacked Iran's major gas field, a significant escalation in the U.

Joe Kent’s resignation from President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism team is fueling a Republican fight over the Iran war and talk about Israel that critics call antisemitic

"We started this war due to pressure from Israel," NCTC Director Joe Kent said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said Iran's nuclear program is heavily damaged, "but the material will still be there and the enrichment capacities will be there."

President Donald Trump continues to make false and unproven claims about the war in Iran. Trump claimed Monday that “nobody” expected Iran to retaliate by targeting US allies in the region. In fact, various experts had publicly warned that Iran might or would likely respond this way – and top Iranian officials had themselves vowed that Iran would target nearby US allies if attacked.