Joint US and Israeli strikes have caused mayhem in the Middle East and triggered retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries

Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and Jordan are among the nations that have been attacked

Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and Jordan are among the nations that have been attacked

Israel launches new wave of strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon as UK base in Cyprus struck by drone

Trump urged Iranians to rise up and topple the Islamic leadership after the US launched ‘major combat operations’

'There absolutely was an imminent threat and the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked – and we believed they would be attacked – that they would immediately…

Rubio states U.S. attacked Iran following Israel's strike plans to prevent retaliation against American forces.

Secretary of state says he hopes Iranian people will overthrow regime, as US military says six service members killed.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio says Saturday’s strikes on Iran were a pre-emptive action; Benjamin Netanyahu says it will not be ‘an endless war’

Joint US and Israeli strikes have caused mayhem in the Middle East and triggered retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries

US president claims ‘they want to talk. I said: Too Late!’, while Rubio threatens the ‘hardest hits are yet to come’

Commentators across political spectrum, including MAGA base, seize on Rubio's words amid shifting war justifications.