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For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has said, loudly and repeatedly, that it wants Israel wiped from the face of the earth. The world mostly nodded, filed the rhetoric away, and moved on. Israel could not afford to.

Long queues formed at gas stations and many Iranians began heading out of cities in search of safety, witnesses said, as an attack by the United States and Israel on Iran spread fear and panic throughout the country.

In a sweeping retaliatory offensive following US-Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, Tehran launched a massive missile campaign Saturday targeting American military installations and Gulf states across the region. From Bahrain to Jordan, the Middle East is now a active war zone.

Saudi Arabia issued a sharp condemnation of Iran Saturday, denouncing what it called a "brutal aggression" against its Gulf neighbors, as the region descended into unprecedented chaos following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian territory.

Israel and the United States launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation. 

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday said he would not accept anyone dragging "the country into adventures that threaten its security and unity", in an indirect message to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

In a dramatic escalation that is reshaping the Middle East, joint Israeli-American strikes hit Tehran and several Iranian cities early Saturday morning, targeting key pillars of the Islamic Republic, according to information obtained by Mena Today.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun "major combat operations" in Iran, warning that there may be U.S. casualties.

 Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West.

The diplomatic phones are ringing off the hook. Saudi Arabia and Qatar are working urgently to halt the rapidly escalating conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as Islamabad declared "open war" on the Taliban authorities following a cross-border Afghan offensive.

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Shi'ite alliance's candidate for premier, on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed disappointment on Friday about U.S. negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program and warned that "sometimes you have to use force," amid a massive military presence in the region that could presage strikes on the Islamic Republic.