Iran attacks US military base in Qatar, after vowing response to strikes on nuclear sites

The Middle East crisis has intensified after Iran struck back against the United States following recent US actions targeting its nuclear programme. This critical development escalates an already volatile situation, building on weeks of rising tensions between arch-rivals Iran and Israel – and now, Israel’s key ally, the United States.

Since June 13, Israel and Iran have exchanged wave after wave of devastating and deadly strikes. Israel launched its aerial campaign asserting that Tehran is on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. Iran, however, vehemently denies these claims, maintaining that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes.

Follow live updates here as the world reacts to this critical and rapidly unfolding development.

Reporting by Bochen Han, Ziwen Zhao and Robert Delaney