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.

The decision to directly involve the U.S. comes after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran.

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

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

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By bombing three nuclear sites in Iran, the United States has joined Israel’s war against the country. Now it is bracing for Iranian retaliation.

Assault signals significant escalation in conflict with Tehran

It remained to be seen whether the attacks mark the totality of direct US involvement in the conflict or the opening salvo of a larger campaign.

Prior to the attack, Iran had threatened to retaliate against the U.S. if it became involved in its conflict with Israel.

Three nuclear facilities are reported to have been bombed, including the uranium enrichment facility at Fordo.

“Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror.”

President Trump orders U.S. military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, risking escalation in the region to prevent nuclear weapons.

Trump says that Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear plants have been ‘totally obliterated’.

Trump announced that on his orders the U.S. military struck three Nuclear sites in Iran—Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.

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