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Friday, March 13, 20261 entry

  1. 12:27 PM in Tehran

    Explosion hits Tehran's Ferdowsi Square during Quds Day rally after Israeli warning

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundFerdowsi Square, Tehran, Iran

    Iranian state TV reported a large blast near Ferdowsi Square, down Enghelab Street from Tehran University, as crowds marked Quds Day; earlier that morning Israel had posted a Farsi warning to evacuate the area. The Israeli military later suggested the strike was its own, noting that the judiciary chief was at the rally, which security official Ali Larijani also attended.

    Why it matters Striking beside a mass state rally attended by top officials signaled Israel's readiness to hit leadership targets in crowded public spaces; Larijani, who called it a sign of desperation, was killed four days later.

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

Thursday, March 12, 20262 entries

  1. 4:15 AM in Jerusalem, Mar 13

    About 58 people hurt as strike hits northern Israeli village of Zarzir

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundZarzir, Israel

    Magen David Adom said one person was moderately hurt and 57 lightly injured, mostly by glass, when a strike hit the Arab-Israeli village of Zarzir early Friday, damaging homes and cars. Hezbollah said it had fired rocket salvos toward northern Israel that morning; AP's first report described it as a missile attack.

    Why it matters The toll showed northern communities, including Arab-Israeli villages, absorbing mass-casualty fire as Hezbollah's rocket campaign runs alongside Iran's missile barrages.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  2. 2:00 PM in Baghdad

    Airstrike on an Iran-aligned militia base in western Iraq kills 14 fighters

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundAkashat, Iraq

    An airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces site belonging to the 19th Brigade of Ansar Allah al-Awfiya in the Akashat desert area near Iraq's western border killed at least 14 fighters and wounded 36 early Thursday, two PMF officials said, blaming the United States and Israel. It was the force's biggest loss since the war began.

    Why it matters PMF factions have been attacking U.S. bases in Iraq, including in the Kurdistan region, so strikes on their bases were widening the war on Iraqi soil.

    Source: Associated Press

Wednesday, March 11, 20262 entries

  1. 2:09 AM in Beirut, Mar 12

    Israeli strike hits a car on Beirut's seafront, killing 7, Lebanon says

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundRamlet al-Bayda, Beirut, Lebanon

    A strike on a car along Beirut's Ramlet al-Bayda seafront, where dozens of displaced families were sheltering in makeshift tents, killed at least seven people and wounded 21, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Israel's military said it was not aware of a strike at that location, AP reported.

    Why it matters It was the third Israeli attack in the heart of Beirut since the war began, and it hit an area where people displaced from the south and the suburbs had taken refuge.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News (AFP)

  2. 1:33 AM in Muscat, Mar 12

    Fuel storage tanks burn at Oman's Port of Salalah amid Iranian attacks

    ReportedShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundSalalah, Oman

    Fire crews battled a blaze at fuel storage tanks at Oman's Port of Salalah, the Oman News Agency said, with videos showing thick black smoke and large flames. Kuwait's Foreign Ministry condemned what it called Iran's targeting of the port and its fuel tanks as a "dangerous escalation" that threatened global trade.

    Why it matters Salalah sits on the Arabian Sea, outside the Strait of Hormuz, and Oman had worked as a bridge between Iran and the West, so the fire showed the war's damage reaching both beyond the strait and into a mediator's territory.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

Saturday, March 7, 20262 entries

  1. 10:23 PM in Baghdad

    Missile lands on the U.S. Embassy helipad in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundBaghdad, Iraq

    Three Iraqi security officials told AP a missile landed on the helicopter landing pad of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Saturday evening, with no casualties reported. A source told CBS News that U.S. air defenses intercepted some Iranian missiles believed to be aimed at the embassy.

    Why it matters It was the first reported strike to land in Baghdad's Green Zone since the war began; caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani called it a "terrorist act" by "rogue groups" and ordered those responsible pursued.

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

  2. 12:17 PM in New York

    Third U.S. carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, is set to deploy to the Middle East

    ReportedDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundNorfolk, Virginia, United States

    The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is primed to deploy to the Middle East after finishing pre-deployment exercises off Norfolk, a U.S. official told CBS News. It is expected to overlap with the USS Gerald R. Ford, now in the Red Sea, and the USS Abraham Lincoln, already in the region.

    Why it matters It would be the third U.S. aircraft carrier committed to the war after the Abraham Lincoln and the Gerald R. Ford, though the Bush will take time to reach the region.

    Source: CBS News

Friday, March 6, 20263 entries

  1. 2:04 AM in Baghdad, Mar 7

    Drones hit Basra oil sites and U.S. contractor facilities in southern Iraq

    ReportedShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundBasra, Iraq

    At least two drones struck energy infrastructure and a compound housing foreign oil company offices and warehouses in Iraq's Basra province, setting fires at facilities linked to U.S. energy-services firms, two Iraqi security officials told AP. Casualties were not immediately clear.

    Why it matters The attack brought the war to the heart of Iraq's oil export region, following strikes on oil fields and the cargo section of Basra's airport.

    Source: Associated Press

  2. 11:37 PM in Tehran

    Evidence points to a U.S. strike in the Minab girls' school bombing

    ReportedBackgroundBackgroundMinab, Iran

    Satellite images, expert analysis and U.S. and Israeli military disclosures suggest the Feb. 28 blast that killed scores of pupils at a girls' school in Minab, next to a Revolutionary Guard base, was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes, AP reported. A person familiar with the U.S. inquiry told CBS News investigators believe the U.S. may have been responsible because Israel was not operating in the area; the White House said no conclusions had been reached.

    Why it matters The school strike has the highest reported civilian toll of the war, and the next day Trump said without evidence that it was "done by Iran."

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

  3. 2:07 PM in New York

    Russia gave Iran information to help target U.S. forces, officials tell AP

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundWashington, D.C., United States

    Russia has provided Iran with information that could help it strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence told AP. They said the intelligence has not shown Russia directing what Iran does with it.

    Why it matters It was the first indication that Moscow was seeking a role in the war, raising the stakes for U.S. forces already hit by Iranian drones and missiles.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

Thursday, March 5, 20261 entry

  1. 11:07 AM in Baghdad

    Blast hits tanker Sonangol Namibe off Iraq after Iran claims strike on a U.S. tanker

    ReportedShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundOff Khor al-Zubair, Iraq

    Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it hit an American oil tanker in the northern Gulf, but maritime security firms said the target appeared to be the Bahamas-flagged Sonangol Namibe. Its operator said a small vessel approached the ship at anchor near Khor al-Zubair, Iraq, before a loud bang breached a ballast tank; all 23 crew were safe and there was no cargo or pollution.

    Why it matters The attack, in waters off Kuwait and Iraq far inside the Gulf, showed Iran's threat to shipping reached well beyond the Strait of Hormuz itself.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2)

Wednesday, March 4, 20261 entry

  1. 11:17 PM in Baghdad

    Iraq's national power grid shuts down after a sudden drop in gas supplies

    ReportedShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundIraq

    Iraq's Electricity Ministry said the national grid was "completely shut down across all Iraqi provinces" after a sudden drop in gas supplies to a key power plant, AFP reported. Iraq's Oil Ministry also halted production at a major field near Basra, citing a shortage of tankers in the Gulf, AP reported.

    Why it matters The blackout showed how the Gulf shipping freeze and disrupted gas flows were spilling into Iraq's own economy, not just world oil prices.

    Source: CBS News

Tuesday, March 3, 20261 entry

  1. 6:39 PM in Tehran

    Strikes hit Assembly of Experts buildings as clerics prepare to pick a new supreme leader

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundQom and Tehran, Iran

    Iran's Fars news agency said U.S. and Israeli jets struck the Assembly of Experts grounds in Tehran and a building in Qom, but said the sites had been evacuated and no one was killed. Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Israel hit a building in Qom where clerics were expected to meet to choose Khamenei's successor.

    Why it matters The strikes aimed at the succession process itself: the 88-member assembly is the body that must name Iran's next supreme leader.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

Saturday, February 28, 20262 entries

  1. 7:53 PM in Dubai

    Revolutionary Guard radios ships that Hormuz passage is "not allowed"

    ReportedShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundStrait of Hormuz

    Vessels in the Gulf received VHF messages from Iran's Revolutionary Guard saying "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz," an official with the EU's Aspides naval mission said. Britain's UKMTO said it had multiple such reports but could not confirm them, Iran made no formal announcement, and some major oil traders had already halted shipments through the strait.

    Why it matters Roughly a fifth of the world's traded oil moves through the strait, so even an unconfirmed closure warning froze tanker traffic before markets reopened on Sunday night.

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

  2. 1:56 PM in Tehran

    Strike on girls' elementary school in Minab kills dozens, Iran says

    ReportedBackgroundBackgroundMinab, Iran

    Iranian state media said a strike during the U.S.-Israeli attack hit a girls' elementary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, where the Revolutionary Guard has a base. The reported toll rose through the day from five to at least 40, and state media put it at 165 by Sunday.

    Why it matters The deadliest single strike of the opening day became a focus of Iranian outrage and of questions over which country's munition hit the school; Israel's military said it was not aware of any strike there.

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

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