Qatar's prime minister said on Tuesday relations with Iran have been scarred by an Iranian missile volley at a U.S. airbase in the Gulf Arab state, but that he hoped ties would eventually "come back to normal".

Iran launched a missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base — the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, which President Donald Trump visited just last month — after the U.S. carried out a series of bombings against three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend.

Across the U.S. Americans are expressing a mixture of support, apprehension and anxiety over President Donald Trump's decision to bomb nuclear sites in Iran.

America’s lawmakers were divided about Donald Trump’s weekend attack on Iran. Most Republicans backed the president. But some, including Thomas Massie (pictured), a congressman, did not. Mr Massie said that the president should have sought authorisation from Congress to take such action.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed reporters during a Pentagon briefing Sunday morning following President Trump’s weekend announcement of US strikes on Iran. Trump had said the US had struck Iranian nuclear sites including Fordow,