So, as the pressure mounts on Iran, has it been left to fight alone? Or does it have allies that could come to its aid?

Israel hits nuclear sites, Iran strikes hospital as conflict escalates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to launch strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities has sparked concerns among sections of the global community, atomic energy regulators and experts on the risks of nuclear contamination.

Israel army says struck Iran centrifuge production, weapons manufacturing sites

'My co-pilot was just as stunned. We immediately began reviewing our flight route'

Israel and Iran traded deadly fire again Tuesday, a fifth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the Middle East

Trump did not elaborate. Nearly 10 million people live in the Iranian capital

Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn yesterday, killing at least eight people and destroying homes, prompting Israel’s defence minister to warn that Tehran residents would “pay the price and soon”.

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Iran planning big missile attack, state media says

Hundreds more were injured in both countries in the attacks and retaliations in last few days. 

Strikes by Israel and Iran continue as the conflict between the two countries intensifies

Netanyahu is now talking about turning Iran into Beirut. The Beirut strategy.

Here are real-time updates on Israel-Iran conflict

Iran’s best option, according to Eyre, is “to just ride it out” and do as much damage as they can to Israel to save face domestically.

A network of powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq has also remained mostly quiet — even though Israel allegedly used Iraq’s airspace, in part, to carry out the attacks.

Iran shares the South Pars gas field with Qatar. Striking it would mark a major escalation in the conflict, which had already pushed oil prices up 9% on Friday even though Israel spared Iran's oil and gas on the first day of its attacks

After months of urging Israel not to strike Iran while he worked toward a nuclear deal, President Donald Trump told Reuters in a phone interview on Friday that he and his team had known the attacks were coming - and still saw room for an accord.

International calls for restraint are multiplying, as fears grow the Middle East could be on the threshold of a broader conflict.

"New round of Honest Promise 3 attacks," state television reported, referring to the name of the Iranian military operation against Israel