War to end in ‘weeks’, says Rubio, as 12 US soldiers reportedly injured at Saudi Arabia base

Secretary of state speaks as Israel threatens to expand attacks on Iran while Tehran keeps firing missiles at IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesWashington expects its operation against Iran to conclude in “weeks, not months”, the US secretary of state has said, despite continuing violence across the region and a threat from Israel to “escalate and expand” its attacks against the Islamic republic.“When we are done with them here in the next couple weeks, they will be weaker than they’ve been in recent history,” Marco Rubio told reporters on Friday after meeting G7 foreign ministers in France. Continue reading...