Caught between diplomacy and deterrence, the US tries to manage the consequences of an ally’s war it claims not to support

President Donald Trump acknowledged in a social media post that he gave Israel the go-ahead to attack Iran, going against claims from his own administration officials. Israel deployed 200 fighter jets to target Iran's nuclear programs and kill multiple top military leaders,

A statement released by Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed no solidarity with Israel. The response may reflect a certain irritation with Netanyahu, who, by ordering the strikes, has undermined negotiations with Tehran that Trump relaunched in March.

As missile exchanges escalate, conflicting accounts emerge over Washington’s role in Israel’s assault on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, according to a report

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

Israel's aerial assault on Iran is widely viewed as an act of naked aggression with no basis in international law, carried out unilaterally despite US opposition and aimed at derailing ongoing US-Iran nuclear negotiations,

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel faces a ‘bitter and painful’ fate following the attack.

5:00 p.m. EDT Iran U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani told the U.N. Security Council that 78 people are dead and 320 are injured, acknowledging the deaths of military officials and nuclear scientists but noting “the overwhelming majority” of the dead are civilians.

The latest updates on Israel's strike on Iran be found here. The Israeli military has begun airstrikes ... the region,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. He said Israeli ...

The strikes came after the Israeli military said it had carried out fresh strikes on Iran nuclear infrastructure sites.

Now Trump is urged to go “all in” on crushing Iran Tracking the Israel-Iran war For a start, neither warring party is ready to make such a deal. Israel has spent years planning this war. It will not want to stop fighting after a few days,