Fire and smoke at US Embassy in Iraq after Irarian strike/Screengrab




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For several days now President Trump has signalled that he might be preparing to wind the war up. But it’s not happening yet.

In an interview with NBC News he said Tehran appeared ready to make a deal to end the conflict, but said “the terms are not good enough". Iran has denied this.

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Trump said the US military had totally demolished oil facilities on Iran’s Kharg Island - a critical hub of its oil exports - but said he may hit it again “just for fun”.

This weekend Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said the war was entering a decisive phase that would continue as long as necessary.

Overnight and this morning Iran continued to fire missiles towards Israel - most of which were intercepted by the country’s air defence system.

Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar report interceptions

The Saudi Arabian defence ministry says on its official X account that it has recently intercepted and destroyed seven drones in Riyadh and the Eastern Region.

Earlier this morning, authorities in Dubai and Qatar also reported air defence interceptions.

Dubai’s media office posted on X, saying the sounds heard in the Marina and Al Sufouh areas were the result of successful interceptions.

Kuwait has also reported several drone interceptions.

Meanwhile, the Qatari defence ministry said it had intercepted four ballistic missiles and a number of drones launched by Iran on Saturday.

Americans urged to leave countries across Middle East

As we reported earlier, the US embassy in Baghdad has issued a fresh warning for its citizens to leave Iraq after a missile hit the embassy building earlier on Saturday.

In its warning, the US embassy said citizens should "leave Iraq now".

"US citizens choosing to remain in Iraq are strongly encouraged to reconsider in light of the significant threat posed by Iran-aligned terrorist militia groups," the embassy wrote.

As Iran has launched strikes at US targets across the Middle East, the US has urged its citizens to leave more than a dozen countries.

Separately, the US said on Saturday it had ordered non-emergency government employees and the relatives of government employees to leave Oman, according to Reuters.