The United States decisively entered into conflict with Iran on Saturday after President Donald Trump ordered US warplanes to drop massive bombs on three nuclear sites inside the country, thrusting him squarely into an escalating Middle East conflict even as he holds out hope the matter can be resolved diplomatically.

By issuing one command, the president has brought America into Israel’s war against its most powerful enemy in the Middle East

White House says attack hits three sites, with ‘full payload of bombs’ dropped on Fordow.