President Donald Trump said the US will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a week-long war that’s upended energy markets and reverberated worldwide.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts is expected to convene within 24 hours to deliberate on selecting a new Supreme Leader, according to local media.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Saturday it had struck the United States' Juffair base in Bahrain, adding that it had been used to attack an Iranian desalination plant earlier in the day.

With tensions escalating between US-Israel and Iran and both sides refusing to take a step back and come to the negotiating table, questions have risen whether the war in West Asia has the potential to turn into World War 3.

Iran said that Israel and the US targeted Iranian nuclear facilities in ardent strikes on Sunday. The ⁠International ⁠Atomic Energy Agency however said there were no such indications.

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Israel and the US escalated their military campaign against Iran, pounding Iranian military and strategic infrastructure in a broad aerial offensive that US President Donald Trump said could last several weeks.

Emirates suspends all flights to and from Dubai until March 7 amid West Asia conflict. US-Israel Iran War Highlights: Emirates Airlines on Wednesday announced that all scheduled flights to and from Dubai will remain suspended until March 7 due to ongoing airspace closures across the region amid the escalated West Asia conflict.

Khamenei did not made a public appearance in the days preceding the attack and hasn’t been immediately seen after.