The fight between two well-armed Mideast powers has their neighbors worried about the conflict spreading, a concern only deepened by U.S. involvement.

“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater losses, but regional countries will also suffer greatly.”

The United States launched attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, June 21, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social, as the Israel-Iran war entered the second week. Trump said the U.S. had achieved a "spectacular military success" in bombing three Iranian nuclear sites on June 21.