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Saturday, March 7, 20265 entries

  1. 3:32 AM in Kuwait, Mar 8

    Drones hit fuel tanks at Kuwait's airport and a government high-rise in Kuwait City

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundKuwait City, Kuwait

    Kuwait's Defense Ministry said drones directly struck fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport early Sunday, and a drone also hit the Public Institution for Social Security's headquarters, a government high-rise in the capital, where firefighters battled blazes. The Interior Ministry said two officers were killed on duty the same morning, without giving the circumstances.

    Why it matters The drone wave carried attacks on Kuwait from military sites to civilian infrastructure, including aviation fuel at the country's main airport.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Associated Press (3)

  2. 7:59 PM in Beirut

    Lebanon says Israeli strikes have killed 294 people since Monday

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes since Monday had killed 294 people and wounded 1,023, without saying how many were civilians. Tens of thousands more have been displaced.

    Why it matters The toll more than doubled in two days, from 123 on Thursday, as Israel widened its air and ground campaign against Hezbollah.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  3. 7:03 PM in Tehran

    Iran says a U.S. strike hit a desalination plant on Qeshm Island, cutting water to 30 villages

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundQeshm Island, Iran

    Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States struck a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island in the Gulf, affecting the water supply of 30 villages, and called it a "blatant and desperate crime." The U.S. did not comment.

    Why it matters Araghchi called attacks on Iran's infrastructure "a dangerous move with grave consequences" and said "the U.S. set this precedent, not Iran," a warning that water and other civilian infrastructure could now be fair game on both sides.

    Source: CBS News

  4. 5:09 PM in Kuwait

    Kuwait cuts crude output and refining as a precaution against Iranian attacks

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundKuwait City, Kuwait

    Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said it was making a precautionary reduction in crude oil production and refining, citing Iranian attacks on the country and threats to the Strait of Hormuz. It did not say how much output was cut and said it would restore production when circumstances permit.

    Why it matters Kuwait is one of the world's largest oil producers, so the cut tightened supply further as prices were already surging.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

  5. 10:57 AM in Tehran

    Pezeshkian apologizes to Gulf states, says Iran will halt strikes on them unless attacked

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundTehran, Iran

    In a prerecorded address on state TV, President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized to neighboring countries Iran had attacked and said forces should stop firing at them unless attacks on Iran came from their territory. He called the U.S. demand for unconditional surrender a "dream that they should take to their grave."

    Why it matters Iranian strikes had hit Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE that morning, and hard-liners including judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said attacks would continue, underlining the leadership's limited control over the Revolutionary Guard.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News, Associated Press (3), Associated Press (4)

Friday, March 6, 20261 entry

  1. 11:37 PM in Beirut

    UN peacekeepers wounded as fire hits UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAl-Qawzah, Lebanon

    UNIFIL said three peacekeepers were wounded when heavy fire struck its base in the village of Al-Qawzah on Friday evening, calling it "unacceptable" that peacekeepers were targeted. Ghana's army separately said two of its soldiers were wounded when missiles struck its UNIFIL battalion headquarters; neither statement named who fired.

    Why it matters UNIFIL said it would investigate; an AP report the previous month had described a surge in incidents involving Israeli forces near peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

Thursday, March 5, 20264 entries

  1. 5:40 AM in Tehran, Mar 6

    Israel says 50-plus jets hit a deep Tehran bunker built for Iran's wartime leadership

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said more than 50 fighter jets dropped over 100 munitions on a deep underground bunker beneath residential neighborhoods in Tehran that Khamenei was meant to use to run the war, and that Iranian officials had kept using. Israel said it was still assessing the results.

    Why it matters Defrin said Iranian officials kept using the bunker because they thought it impenetrable, making it a direct strike on the shelter of the leadership that survived Khamenei's killing.

    Source: Associated Press

  2. 11:26 AM in New York

    Trump says he must be involved in choosing Iran's next leader, rejects Khamenei's son

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWashington, D.C., United States

    President Trump told Axios he has to be involved in appointing Iran's next supreme leader, "like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela," and called Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader's son and the most likely successor, "a lightweight" and "unacceptable to me."

    Why it matters It put Washington openly at odds with the Assembly of Experts, which a member said on state TV was close to naming a successor.

    Source: CBS News

  3. 4:06 PM in Tehran

    Iran's official death toll climbs to 1,230 as of March 4, up from about 1,000

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's Martyrs' and Veterans' Affairs Organization said at least 1,230 people had been killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes as of March 4, up from just under 1,000 in the previous official count. The U.S.-based rights group HRANA counted 1,114 civilian deaths, including 181 children, with 926 more deaths under review.

    Why it matters The official count had risen from 787 reported by the Iranian Red Crescent on March 3, and it has not been independently verified.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2)

  4. 12:00 PM in Baku

    Drones from Iran hit Nakhchivan airport terminal in Azerbaijan, injuring two

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundNakhchivan, Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said drones launched from Iran struck the airport terminal in the Nakhchivan exclave and fell near a school in the village of Shakarabad at about noon, injuring two civilians. Baku summoned Iran's ambassador and reserved the right to respond; Iran denied carrying out the attack.

    Why it matters The strike carried the war across Iran's northern border into the South Caucasus, with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev demanding that those responsible be held to account.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News

Wednesday, March 4, 20263 entries

  1. 4:05 PM in Qatar

    QatarEnergy declares force majeure to LNG buyers after halting production

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundDoha, Qatar

    QatarEnergy said it had declared force majeure to affected buyers, formally releasing itself from delivery obligations after it stopped producing liquefied natural gas following Iranian drone attacks on Ras Laffan and Mesaieed on March 2.

    Why it matters Qatar is the world's largest LNG producer; the halt had already sent European and Asian gas prices soaring, and force majeure tells buyers the cargoes will not come on contract terms.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera

  2. 2:53 PM in Istanbul

    NATO air defenses destroy an Iranian ballistic missile heading into Turkish airspace

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDortyol, Hatay, Turkey

    Turkey's Defense Ministry said a ballistic missile fired from Iran crossed Iraqi and Syrian airspace toward Turkey and was destroyed by NATO air and missile defenses in the eastern Mediterranean. Interceptor debris fell in Dortyol, Hatay province, with no casualties.

    Why it matters The interception pulled NATO's air defenses directly into the war on behalf of a member state, and Ankara warned all sides against steps that would spread the conflict.

    Sources: The Times of Israel, CBS News

  3. 12:17 PM in Beirut

    Israel orders all civilians in southern Lebanon to move north of the Litani River

    OfficialCivilian alertsBackgroundSouthern Lebanon

    Israeli army Arabic spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee told residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately and head north of the Litani River, warning that movement southward could put their lives at risk. The order widened Tuesday's evacuation call for more than 80 communities.

    Why it matters UNICEF said nearly 60,000 people, including 18,000 children, were displaced in Lebanon within 24 hours; the last order this sweeping came during Israel's October 2024 ground offensive.

    Sources: The Times of Israel, CBS News, CBS News (2)

Tuesday, March 3, 20263 entries

  1. 2:52 PM in New York

    Trump orders U.S. political risk insurance for Gulf shipping and offers Navy tanker escorts

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundWashington, D.C., United States

    President Trump said he ordered the U.S. Development Finance Corporation to offer political risk insurance and guarantees for all maritime trade through the Gulf, especially energy, and that the Navy would escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz "as soon as possible" if necessary.

    Why it matters It was Washington's first concrete step to restart traffic through Hormuz, which normally carries about a fifth of the world's oil and had nearly stopped after Iranian attacks on ships.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

  2. 11:03 PM in Tehran

    Israel says it destroyed a secret Iranian nuclear weapons headquarters in Tehran

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the air force destroyed a partly underground site in Tehran, which Israel calls Minzadehei, where it says scientists secretly developed knowledge for nuclear weapons. Israel did not say uranium was enriched there, and neither Iran nor the U.S. commented on the site.

    Why it matters The claim underpins Israel's case that Iran was rebuilding weapons work after the June 2025 strikes, which Washington had said destroyed the program; it has not been independently verified.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

  3. 4:31 PM in Tehran

    IAEA confirms new damage to entrance buildings at Iran's Natanz enrichment site

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundNatanz, Iran

    The International Atomic Energy Agency said satellite imagery showed "some recent damage to entrance buildings" of the underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, with no radiological consequence expected and no additional impact detected at the plant itself.

    Why it matters It was the first confirmed hit on one of Iran's main nuclear sites in this war; IAEA chief Rafael Grossi had said a week before the war that most of Iran's pre-June 2025 enriched material was still in the country.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press (via PBS News)

Monday, March 2, 202610 entries

  1. 9:41 PM in New York

    Trump sends Congress a War Powers notice on the Iran strikes

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWashington, D.C., United States

    In a March 2 letter to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, President Trump reported the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran under the War Powers Resolution, saying the threat had become "untenable" and that no U.S. ground forces were used. He wrote that it was "not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration" of the operations.

    Why it matters The letter is the formal report the War Powers Resolution requires, and it preceded Senate and House votes that week on whether to halt the campaign without congressional approval.

    Source: CBS News

  2. 5:20 PM in New York

    State Department tells Americans to leave more than a dozen Middle East countries

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWashington, United States

    Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar urged U.S. citizens to "DEPART NOW" by commercial means from countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the UAE and Yemen, as well as the West Bank and Gaza.

    Why it matters The blanket order signaled Washington expected a longer, wider war, while airspace closures and flight cancellations left many Americans with few ways out.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, CBS News

  3. 11:53 PM in Tehran

    Revolutionary Guard declares Strait of Hormuz closed, threatens to set ships ablaze

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundStrait of Hormuz

    Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the IRGC commander, said "the strait is closed" and that the Guard and navy would set ablaze any ship trying to pass, Iranian state media reported. Earlier Monday the IRGC said it hit the tanker Athe Nova with two drones, and MarineTraffic said transits had fallen about 70% since Saturday.

    Why it matters The declaration turned Saturday's radio warnings into an explicit threat to fire on shipping in the strait, which carries about a fifth of global oil supply.

    Sources: Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Associated Press

  4. 6:55 PM in Qatar

    Qatar says its air force shot down two Iranian fighter jets

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDoha, Qatar

    Qatar's Defense Ministry said its air force shot down two fighter aircraft incoming from Iran, while naval and air defenses downed seven ballistic missiles and five drones. Qatar's foreign ministry said Iranian attacks had targeted civilian infrastructure, including the international airport.

    Why it matters Qatar moved from intercepting missiles to shooting down Iranian manned aircraft, a sign of how far the Gulf states had been drawn into the fighting.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Al Jazeera (2), Associated Press (2)

  5. 8:07 AM in New York

    Hegseth says four U.S. troops died when an Iranian munition hit a Kuwait operations center

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundThe Pentagon, Arlington, United States

    At the war's first Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the four U.S. dead were killed when a munition got past air defenses and hit a fortified tactical operations center in Kuwait, and said Iran had been "stalling" in talks. Gen. Dan Caine said the U.S. had local air superiority over Iran but its objectives would "take some time" and more Americans could die.

    Why it matters The briefing set expectations of a longer campaign with more casualties, and Hegseth declined to rule out sending U.S. ground forces into Iran.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News, Associated Press, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3), Associated Press (2)

  6. 1:18 PM in Beirut

    Lebanon's government bans Hezbollah military activity and demands its weapons

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called Hezbollah's military operations "illegal acts," banned the group's military and security activity, confined it to politics and ordered the army and security agencies to stop rocket and drone launches and detain those responsible. He reaffirmed the 2024 ceasefire with Israel and called for resuming talks.

    Why it matters The ban set the Lebanese state formally against Hezbollah's entry into the war; Hezbollah answered by accusing the government of "impotence" toward Israel.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Times of Israel, Al Jazeera (2)

  7. 2:32 PM in Muscat

    Drone boat hits tanker MKD VYOM off Muscat, killing an Indian crew member

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundGulf of Oman, off Muscat, Oman

    A bomb-carrying drone boat struck the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker MKD VYOM in the Gulf of Oman off Muscat, sparking a fire and killing one crew member from India, the Oman News Agency said.

    Why it matters The attack carried the threat to shipping beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman, where tankers wait to load or transit.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera, CBS News

  8. 10:06 AM in Vienna

    IAEA says no sign Iran's nuclear sites are hit as Tehran alleges Natanz was targeted

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundVienna, Austria

    Opening a special board session in Vienna, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the agency had no indication that Bushehr, the Tehran Research Reactor or other nuclear facilities had been damaged and no rise in radiation had been detected in neighboring countries, but Iran's regulator was not responding. Iran's envoy Reza Najafi said the strikes had targeted the Natanz enrichment site.

    Why it matters With the agency cut off from Iranian authorities, claims about strikes on nuclear sites could not be verified, and Grossi warned a radiological release with serious consequences could not be ruled out.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera

  10. 11:28 AM in Riyadh

    Saudi Aramco shuts Ras Tanura refinery after Iranian drone attack

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia said it intercepted drones targeting the Ras Tanura refinery near Dammam but that falling debris started a fire. State TV said the refinery, with capacity above half a million barrels a day, was temporarily shut as a precaution, with no casualties.

    Why it matters The attack put Gulf energy infrastructure directly in Iran's sights, which a Verisk Maplecroft analyst called a significant escalation.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera (2), Associated Press (3)

Sunday, March 1, 20264 entries

  1. 9:50 PM in London

    Starmer lets U.S. use British bases to strike Iranian missile sites

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundLondon, United Kingdom

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain had accepted a U.S. request to use its bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites but would not join offensive action, citing the lessons of Iraq. Earlier Sunday, Britain, France and Germany said they were ready to help stop Iran's attacks, potentially by destroying its missile and drone capability "at their source."

    Why it matters Britain moved from refusing to enabling U.S. strikes from its bases, including Diego Garcia, and Trump still complained the next day that the permission took "far too much time."

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Associated Press (2), CBS News, Al Jazeera (2)

  2. 8:58 PM in Tehran

    U.S. says B-2 bombers hit Iran's missile sites; Trump says nine warships sunk

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundIran

    Central Command said B-2 stealth bombers struck Iran's ballistic missile facilities with 2,000-pound bombs, and Trump said U.S. forces had destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval ships and "largely destroyed" Iran's naval headquarters. Earlier Sunday the U.S. military said it struck an Iranian warship at a southern port.

    Why it matters The claims tracked two of Trump's stated aims, destroying Iran's missile industry and its navy, the forces Iran would need to threaten Gulf shipping.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera, Associated Press (3)

  3. 6:40 PM in Dubai

    Maersk suspends Strait of Hormuz crossings as carriers send ships to shelter

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundStrait of Hormuz

    Maersk, the world's largest container line, said it was suspending all vessel crossings of the Strait of Hormuz until further notice. CMA CGM had told its ships in and bound for the Gulf to shelter, and MSC ordered its Gulf vessels to safe areas and stopped Middle East bookings; Iran's foreign minister told Al Jazeera the same day Iran had no plan to close the strait "at this stage."

    Why it matters The biggest carriers halted traffic on their own risk assessments regardless of Tehran's stated position, choking Gulf trade before any formal closure.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3)

  4. 5:19 PM in Dubai

    UAE says Iran has fired 165 ballistic missiles and 541 drones at it, killing three

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    The UAE Defense Ministry said it had detected 165 ballistic missiles, destroying 152, two cruise missiles and 541 drones, intercepting 506, and that three people from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh were killed and 58 injured. Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said bases hosting U.S. forces were "American soil" and would be hit.

    Why it matters The scale of the barrage on a state that took no part in the strikes pushed the UAE to close its embassy in Tehran and recall its ambassador that evening.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Associated Press

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