内容摘要：isVideoCollection = false; President Donald Trump in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington.

isVideoCollection = false; President Donald Trump in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington.

AFP/Getty Images CNN An empty base as a target.It may even hope to shuffle back to diplomacy.

with satellite images showing the departure of planes and personnel widely publicised in the media.it showed that valuable allies were not safe in central Tehran.An angry fledging nuclear power would have accelerated its race to an atomic bomb.

It is the most important US military airbase in the region.But that may seem ill-advised.

a senior White House official said Monday night.

given the likelihood this octogenarian theocrat would be replaced by a younger hardliner who is keener to flex Irans muscles of deterrenceSupply constraints have also pushed prices higher.

Another factor driving gold prices higher has been a weaker US dollar.Gold is considered a resilient investment and a hedge against inflation.

Silver this week crossed $36 a troy ounce and hit its highest level since 2012.and uncertainty about tariffs has caused demand for silver to surge.