US and Israeli officials invoked the 'Book of Revelation' to motivate the troops and frame the war on Iran as a divine battle to accelerate towards Armageddon or bring about the biblical end of times.

As Israeli-American strikes pounded Iran, Tehran retaliated by targeting Gulf states over their hosting of U.S. military bases, prompting urgent questions about why countries such as Turkiye, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, which host similar facilities, were spared.

As Iranian strikes expanded beyond U.S. bases in the Gulf and official threats of military retaliation mounted, questions intensified over whether the Gulf states might be drawn—against their will—into the fire of war.

U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s top leaders, with calls for uprising, but analysts say the regime’s complex system may endure.

Before the US-Israeli attack on Iran, the appearance of Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi on CBS News was noteworthy, discussing the results of the negotiations with Iran and revealing indications of a possible breakthrough.