U.S. embassies across Middle East issue security alerts for Americans
The alerts did not cite a specific threat, but called for Americans to "exercise heightened vigilance."
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President Trump said Thursday that he is poised to make a "big decision" on whether to "annihilate" the Iranian regime.
"I have a big decision coming up," Mr. Trump told Axios . "Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not? It's a big decision. Anything could happen with me."
His comments came ahead of a planned meeting between Mr. Trump and Persian Gulf leaders expected to take place next week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
"I want to find out where they are and how they are doing. We have been very protective of them," Mr. Trump said of the Gulf states, many of which host American military forces and were targeted by Iran in retaliation for the war launched jointly by the U.S. and Israel at the end of February.
Asked whether he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week, too, Mr. Trump said, "I may."