President Trump's military operation against Iran risks repeating the unforeseen consequences of the Iraq war launched by President George W. Bush in 2003.

The United States has warned that the conflict with Iran is set to intensify, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the “hardest hits are yet to come.” As military operations escalate, the State Department has issued an urgent advisory asking American citizens to leave countries across the Middle East immediately due to serious safety risks.

The U.S. military said Monday that the number of Americans killed during the ongoing conflict with Iran now stands at six. Follow live updates on Day 4 of the war.

In 1984, Iraq initiated the “tanker war” with Iran when its air force attacked oil tankers bound for Iranian ports. The tanker war continued for years, and eventually involved the US Navy when, on May 17 1987, an Iraqi plane accidentally struck the American frigate The Stark, killing 37 crew members.

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups say that Iran targeted their bases in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with drones and missiles following US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) and other groups,

US Israel Attack Iran Latest News Today Live Updates: The US-Israel-Iran war entered its 4th day on March 4, with intense strikes reported in Tehran and Beirut and tensions spreading across the region.

In the weeks leading up to President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran and in the frenetic days since, the president and his administration have offered several evolving explanations — at times exaggerated or at odds with US intelligence — to justify why the attacks were necessary and what the US ultimately hopes to achieve.

In the clip the unmanned aircraft can be heard in the sky, flying low, before entering the frame and flying out into Iraqi airspace.