Well... It's fucked up now....

Uncertainty dawns in the Middle East

Jo Floto

Israel has always maintained that it had the capacity to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme on its own, but it is also no secret that only America possessed the massive ordnance capable of dealing with the strongest levels of protection, particularly at Fordo, built deep inside a mountain.

If the sites are now indeed out of use, then there may be an opportunity for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare his main war aim complete.

But this morning the Middle East will be holding its breath, waiting to see whether this marks the beginning of the end of this conflict, or the beginning of an even more deadly phase to the war.

Last week Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had vowed to hit back at the US were it to enter the war. “The Americans should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,” he said.

Only on Saturday the Houthi group in Yemen - staunch Iranian allies - had threatened to attack US ships transiting through the Red Sea if America entered the war.