The Central Intelligence Agency said U.S. strikes had severely damaged Iran’s nuclear program, wading into the debate about the true impact of from U.S. action over the weekend.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that a probe has been launched into how a preliminary assessment that said little damage had been done became public.

In the past 48 hours, the Middle East has seen an unprecedented US airstrike on Iran with its most powerful non-nuclear weapons, an Iranian retaliatory strike on the largest US air base in the region,

Stock markets in the Middle East ended higher on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel and shrugged off what he said were violations by both sides just hours later.