Leila Fadil

The Middle East is being engulfed by the U.S.

and Israeli war on Iran.

I'm Laila Fadil, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News.

Three U.S.

service members were killed by Iranian strikes.

Here's what the president said about that.

And protests like this one in Iraq.

And as the U.S.

and Israel continue to strike Iran, Iran is retaliating against countries that host American military bases.

The Pentagon says three U.S.

service members have been killed, and a new front is now open in Lebanon with Israel pounding the country after Hezbollah fired rockets.

President Trump says U.S.

strikes will continue, quote, at full force.

He's warning the American people that more U.S.

lives will likely be lost after three service members were killed in the war over the weekend.

That's from a six-minute video Trump posted online on Sunday, where Trump also said the U.S.

would, quote, avenge their deaths.

The country's hit include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and even Oman, which had been mediating nuclear talks.

And I'm Leila Faudel.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by James Heider, Tina Kriah, Anna Yukonanov, Miguel Macias, Mohamed El-Bredisi, and Alice Wolfley.