President Donald Trump on Friday said the US is moving thousands of people out of various countries throughout the Middle East amid the military conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran.
"It is being done quietly, but seamlessly," Trump said in a post to his Truth Social account without providing further details.
Trump, in a post earlier in the day on the social media platform, affirmed that there would be no deal with Iran and that the US would only accept the Islamic regime’s “unconditional surrender.”
On Thursday night, the US president urged Iranian diplomats to seek asylum during an address at the East Room of the White House. Trump said that Operation Epic Fury, along with the US military's "wonderful Israeli partners," is destroying Iran's drone and missile capabilities.
"As soon as they set off a missile, within four minutes, the launcher gets hit - they don't know what's happening," he said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Kurdish fighters have reportedly begun ground activity inside Iran from areas near the Iraqi border, in a development that could open an additional front against Tehran as regional tensions continue to escalate.
Moscow provides information to Tehran about US targets in region
Separately, Russia is said to be providing Iran with targeting information that includes locations of US warships and aircraft in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three officials familiar with the intelligence.
The extent of Russia's support to Iran was not entirely clear, but the Iranian military's own ability to locate US forces has been degraded since the US and Israel launched strikes against Tehran last week, the Post reported.
The war has since escalated, triggering retaliatory strikes by Iran and ensnaring its neighbors as it seeks to impose a high cost on the US, Israel, and their allies.
The US military has identified six reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait when a drone slammed into a US military facility in Port Shuaiba. Trump and other senior officials have warned that the conflict will likely result in more US military deaths.