AXIOS (Dave Lawler) - U.S. AND ISRAEL BEGIN "MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS" IN IRAN
The U.S. and Israel began "major combat operations" in Iran overnight with the aim of destroying the country's military capabilities and fostering regime change, President Trump announced. The big picture: Iran is certain to retaliate, and some U.S. officials have been worried about entering into such a conflict without a clear sense of how it will end. Driving the news: In a video statement, Trump accused Iran of conducting "mass terror" ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and declared "we're not going to put up with it any longer." - "We're going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. ... We're going to annihilate their navy, we're going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer…
The U.S. and Israel began "major combat operations" in Iran overnight with the aim of destroying the country's military capabilities and fostering regime change, President Trump announced. The big picture: Iran is certain to retaliate, and some U.S. officials have been worried about entering into such a conflict without a clear sense of how it will end. Driving the news: In a video statement, Trump accused Iran of conducting "mass terror" ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and declared "we're not going to put up with it any longer." - "We're going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. ... We're going to annihilate their navy, we're going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer…Open