U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday (March 2, 2026) that his attack on Iran could extend longer than a month, as the war spread with Israel bombarding Lebanon and Tehran targeting oil facilities in Gulf countries.
New powerful explosions shook windows in Tehran early on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) as fighter jets flew over the Iranian capital, AFP journalists witnessed, while the United States urged Americans to flee all of the West Asia from Egypt east.
Rubio says Israel's strike plan triggered U.S. attack on Iran
Mr. Trump said that the war, which began on Saturday (February 28, 2026) with a strike that killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was going "substantially" ahead of schedule but that the United States was equipped for a prolonged conflict.
Israel, the U.S. and a war to build a unipolar West Asia
