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Sunday, June 7, 20262 entries

  1. 10:05 PM in Jerusalem

    Iran fires missiles at northern Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire

    OfficialMilitary & securityNorthern Israel

    Hours after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Iran fired about 10 ballistic missiles at northern Israel; the IRGC said it targeted Ramat David air base as 'the source of aggressions' against Lebanon, and Israel's military said all were intercepted or fell in open areas. The IRGC called the attack a warning and threatened broader responses, and Trump said he was calling Netanyahu to tell him not to retaliate.

    Why it matters Israel struck targets in Iran within hours despite Trump's call, and on June 10 the Israeli military confirmed that Ramat David had been damaged.

    Sources: AP June 7 missile report, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), The Guardian

  2. 3:27 PM in Beirut

    Israel strikes what it calls Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon

    Netanyahu and Defence Minister Katz said the military struck Hezbollah 'headquarters' in Beirut's southern suburbs in response to the group's fire on Israel. Lebanon's National News Agency said two apartments were hit in the Mreijeh area, killing two people and wounding 11; the number of wounded later rose to 20, including four children.

    Why it matters Iran had said an attack on Beirut would violate its ceasefire with the U.S., and it fired missiles at northern Israel that evening.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), The Guardian

Saturday, June 6, 20261 entry

  1. 9:47 AM in Beirut

    Israeli strike kills Lebanese army Brigadier General Wissam Sabra and two soldiers

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundKfar Tebnit-Khardali road, southern Lebanon

    An Israeli strike destroyed a Lebanese army vehicle on the road between Kfar Tebnit and Khardali, killing Brigadier General Wissam Sabra, Captain Elie Khoury and soldier Hussein Ghozal, the Lebanese army said. Israel's military said the vehicle was in an evacuated combat zone where movement required coordination with it, and that the incident was under investigation.

    Why it matters President Aoun said the attack aimed at 'thwarting all efforts to reach a solution', since the Lebanese army was meant to take control of the south under the June 3 ceasefire plan.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3)

Friday, June 5, 20261 entry

  1. 3:59 AM in Kuwait, Jun 6

    Iran fires seven missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. downs drones and hits radars

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundKuwait and Bahrain

    CENTCOM said it shot down four Iranian attack drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and struck coastal radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island; the IRGC said the clash began when it fired on one of four U.S.-guided tankers trying to leave the strait. Hours later Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, and CENTCOM said six were intercepted and one missed, with Kuwait reporting debris damage but no casualties.

    Why it matters The IRGC warned that a repeat would bring the 'complete closure' of Hormuz to oil and gas exports, and Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Saudi Arabia condemned the attack.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), Al Jazeera live blog (5), Al Jazeera live blog (6), Al Jazeera live blog (7), The Guardian

Thursday, June 4, 20261 entry

  1. 5:35 PM in Tehran

    IRGC says there will be no peace in the region until Israel withdraws from Lebanon

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    In a statement carried by Tasnim, the IRGC said its condition for accepting a ceasefire had been a ceasefire on all fronts including Lebanon, and that Israel must stop its attacks and withdraw behind the international border. Earlier the same day, Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said the baseline demand was an Israeli withdrawal to pre-war positions.

    Why it matters Three days later Iran fired missiles at Israel after an Israeli strike on Beirut, acting on the link it had drawn between Lebanon and its ceasefire with the U.S.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog

Wednesday, June 3, 20261 entry

  1. 9:08 AM in Kuwait

    Iranian drone and missile attack hits Kuwait airport terminal, killing one and injuring 63

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundKuwait International Airport, Kuwait

    Kuwait said Iranian drones and missiles hit Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport early on June 3, killing one person, injuring 63 and damaging diplomatic missions; its defence ministry said it dealt with 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones from Iran after dawn. Flights were halted for several hours and Kuwait expelled two Iranian diplomats; the IRGC blamed a malfunctioning U.S. Patriot interceptor, which CENTCOM denied.

    Why it matters The Guardian called it the first deadly attack in the Gulf since the April 8 ceasefire, and Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and the GCC condemned it.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), Al Jazeera live blog (5), Al Jazeera live blog (6), Al Jazeera live blog (7), The Guardian

Tuesday, June 2, 20261 entry

  1. 1:05 AM in Kuwait, Jun 3

    Iran fires missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. disables a tanker bound for Kharg

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundKuwait and Bahrain

    CENTCOM said a U.S. aircraft disabled the engine of the unladen Botswana-flagged tanker M/T Lexie, bound for Kharg Island, after its crew ignored warnings. The IRGC said it fired at a 'US-Israeli' vessel and, after a U.S. strike near Qeshm, at U.S. targets including Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain; CENTCOM said two missiles fired at Kuwait fell short, three aimed at Bahrain were intercepted and the Fifth Fleet claim was false.

    Why it matters A second Iranian wave hours later hit Kuwait's international airport, killing one person.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), Al Jazeera live blog (5), The Guardian

Monday, June 1, 20261 entry

  1. 9:51 AM in Beirut

    Netanyahu orders strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs; army tells Dahiyeh to evacuate

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon

    Netanyahu instructed the military to strike 'terrorist targets' in Beirut's Dahiyeh district, citing repeated Hezbollah ceasefire violations, and the army later told residents to leave, saying it would hit Dahiyeh if Hezbollah kept firing rockets at Israeli towns. Iran's central military command warned residents of northern Israel to flee if Beirut was attacked.

    Why it matters Trump intervened within hours and said no Israeli troops would go to Beirut, but Israel struck Dahiyeh on June 7 and Iran answered with its first missile attack on Israel since April.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3)

Sunday, May 31, 20261 entry

  1. 6:00 AM in Kuwait, Jun 1

    U.S. intercepts two Iranian missiles aimed at its troops in Kuwait after Qeshm strikes

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundKuwait

    CENTCOM said U.S. forces intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles fired at American troops in Kuwait at 11 p.m. ET on May 31, with no U.S. personnel harmed. The IRGC said it hit the airbase used for a U.S. attack on a telecommunications tower in Hormozgan province; CENTCOM had said it struck Iranian air defences, a ground control station and two attack drones in Goruk and on Qeshm Island over the weekend after Iran downed a U.S. MQ-1 drone.

    Why it matters It opened a week of tit-for-tat clashes around Hormuz in which Iran answered U.S. strikes by firing at U.S. forces in Kuwait and Bahrain.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), The Guardian

Wednesday, April 8, 20261 entry

  1. 12:00 PM in Beirut

    Israel bombards Beirut after the Iran-war ceasefire

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    AP's timeline records Israel bombarding Lebanon's capital on April 8, killing more than 300 people in a 10-minute attack the day after the Iran-war ceasefire announcement.

    Why it matters This is the ceasefire breach that made Lebanon the unresolved fuse. It explains why Iran frames Israeli action in Lebanon as relevant to U.S.-Iran talks and possible retaliation.

    Source: AP Iran-Israel-Lebanon timeline

Tuesday, March 31, 20263 entries

  1. 1:44 AM in Beirut, Apr 1

    Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah's southern front commander

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundJnah, Beirut, Lebanon

    Israel's military said early Wednesday that it killed a senior Hezbollah commander and another senior figure in two strikes in the Beirut area; it named the commander as Haj Youssef Ismail Hashem, head of Hezbollah's southern front, and Hezbollah confirmed his death. Lebanon's Health Ministry said the strike in Beirut's Jnah area killed at least seven people.

    Why it matters Hashem was the most senior Hezbollah commander killed since Lebanon was drawn into the war on March 2, and his southern front covers the area Israel is invading.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera

  2. 6:36 PM in Tehran

    Revolutionary Guard names 18 U.S. tech and finance firms as targets from Wednesday

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the Middle East offices of 18 U.S. companies it accused of helping U.S. and Israeli strikes, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Boeing and J.P. Morgan, would be legitimate targets from Wednesday. It told employees to leave and people within one kilometer of the sites to move away.

    Why it matters Iranian drones had already damaged Amazon Web Services facilities in the UAE and Bahrain this month, so the threat puts corporate hubs across Gulf cities in the line of fire.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

  3. 2:23 PM in Jerusalem

    Katz says troops will stay in southern Lebanon after the war as UN warns of occupation

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundIsrael

    In a video statement, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that when the operation ends Israeli forces will remain in a security zone inside Lebanon with security control up to the Litani River, repeating that displaced residents will be barred from returning and border-village homes demolished. At an emergency Security Council session, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher asked members how to prepare for 'a new addition to the list of occupied territories'.

    Why it matters Katz had announced the security zone and Gaza-style home demolitions on March 24; saying the zone will outlast the fighting turns it into a post-war occupation plan and brought it before the Security Council.

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

Monday, March 30, 20263 entries

  1. 7:06 AM in Tehran, Mar 31

    Apparent U.S. bunker-buster strike near Isfahan sets off massive secondary blasts

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundIsfahan, Iran

    A strike early Tuesday outside Isfahan, near Mount Soffeh, produced huge fireballs and secondary explosions consistent with an ammunition store igniting, in video Trump shared without comment. Al Jazeera's Tehran correspondent said a large number of bunker-buster bombs were dropped on a mountainous area next to the city; Iran did not formally acknowledge the attack.

    Why it matters Isfahan hosts one of the nuclear sites the U.S. bombed in June and is believed to hold part of Iran's highly enriched uranium, which the U.S. has suggested it could try to seize.

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

  2. 5:44 PM in Istanbul

    NATO air defenses intercept a fourth Iranian missile over Turkey

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTurkey

    Turkey's Defense Ministry said a ballistic missile from Iran entered Turkish airspace and was neutralized by NATO air and missile defense units deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, the fourth such interception of the war. Turkey has not invoked NATO's Article 5.

    Why it matters Turkey has condemned the launches but not invoked NATO's collective-defense clause, which keeps the alliance out of direct involvement for now.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News

  3. 7:26 AM in New York

    Trump threatens Iran's power plants, oil wells, Kharg Island and desalination plants

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundWashington

    Trump posted that the U.S. was in serious discussions with 'A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME' and that if a deal was not reached shortly and Hormuz was not 'Open for Business', the U.S. would obliterate Iran's power plants, oil wells and Kharg Island, 'and possibly all desalinization plants'. Iran's Foreign Ministry again said no negotiations had taken place, while confirming that intermediaries had delivered U.S. proposals.

    Why it matters Adding water plants to the target list drew warnings from legal experts that such attacks would breach the laws of war, and Iran has threatened to answer strikes on its infrastructure by hitting Gulf facilities such as desalination plants.

    Sources: Truth Social (Donald J. Trump), Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Associated Press (2), Associated Press (3)

Sunday, March 29, 20263 entries

  1. 6:51 PM in Jerusalem

    Netanyahu orders the military to widen Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundNorthern Israel

    Visiting the army's Northern Command, Netanyahu said he had instructed the military to further expand the 'existing security buffer zone' in Lebanon, saying Hezbollah still had residual capability to fire rockets. Lebanon's Health Ministry said more than 1,200 people had been killed and over 3,500 wounded since March 2.

    Why it matters Israeli troops had already reached a tributary of the Litani River, and a formal order to widen the zone points to a deeper and longer occupation of the south.

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

  2. 3:30 PM in Jerusalem

    Iranian missile fragment sets pesticide plant ablaze near Beersheba

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundRamat Hovav, Israel

    A missile or fragment from an Iranian salvo set a pesticide tank on fire at ADAMA's Makhteshim plant in Ramat Hovav outside Beersheba, and fire services declared a hazardous-materials incident and evacuated the area and a nearby highway. No injuries were reported; ADAMA said a warehouse was damaged but production facilities were not.

    Why it matters The strike showed the risk Iranian fire poses to Israel's chemical industry in the Negev, where impacts at more than 20 sites in Beersheba were reported the same day.

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

  3. 1:05 PM in Tehran

    Iran's parliament speaker warns U.S. troops would be 'set on fire' in a ground invasion

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iranian forces were waiting for U.S. troops to arrive on the ground 'to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever', and dismissed the U.S. 15-point plan as Washington's 'wishes'. His warning followed a Washington Post report that the Pentagon was preparing options for weeks of limited ground operations, including possible raids on Kharg Island.

    Why it matters Trump said a day later that Washington was negotiating with Ghalibaf himself, so the speaker's public rejection of the plan marks the gap between what Tehran says in public and what the U.S. says is happening in private.

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

Saturday, March 28, 20263 entries

  1. 10:58 PM in Dubai

    Iranian strikes damage aluminium smelters in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundAl Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Emirates Global Aluminium said an Iranian missile and drone attack caused significant damage at its Al Taweelah site in Abu Dhabi and injured six employees; the site produced about 4% of world aluminium in 2025. Aluminium Bahrain said two employees were lightly hurt, and the Revolutionary Guard claimed both sites as linked to the U.S. military.

    Why it matters The Gulf supplies an estimated 4% to 9% of global aluminium, so Iran's shift to industrial targets carries the war's economic damage beyond oil and gas.

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

  2. 8:02 PM in Baghdad

    Drone attack damages home of Iraqi Kurdistan president Nechirvan Barzani

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDuhok, Iraq

    A drone attack damaged the empty residence of Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Duhok, a regional official told AP; no one claimed it. Iraq's prime minister condemned it as heinous and ordered an investigation, and the U.S. State Department blamed 'Iran's terrorist militia proxies in Iraq'.

    Why it matters An attack on the region's head of government widens the militias' targets from U.S. sites to Iraqi Kurdish leaders, as Kurdish officials warned that armed groups outside state control pose a growing threat.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News (AP)

  3. 3:16 PM UTC

    First Marine expeditionary unit arrives in the Middle East aboard USS Tripoli

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundU.S. Central Command area, Middle East

    U.S. Central Command said the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, about 3,500 sailors and Marines with transport and strike fighter aircraft, had arrived in the region. The USS Boxer and another expeditionary unit were also ordered to the Middle East, and The Washington Post reported the Pentagon was preparing options for weeks of limited ground operations in Iran.

    Why it matters Amphibious forces give Trump a ground option, such as raids on Kharg Island or the Hormuz coast, which Iran's leaders warned they were waiting to meet.

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

Friday, March 27, 20264 entries

  1. 6:59 AM in Jerusalem, Mar 28

    Yemen's Houthis fire their first missile at Israel since the Iran war began

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundSouthern Israel

    Israel's military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, the first such launch of the war, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had fired ballistic missiles at 'sensitive Israeli military sites' in southern Israel. The Houthis claimed a second attack that evening, and a deputy information minister said closing the Bab al-Mandeb strait was among their options.

    Why it matters Houthi entry opens a Red Sea front just as Hormuz is throttled, putting a second route for Gulf and Asian trade at risk.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Associated Press (3), Al Jazeera, Associated Press (4)

  2. 1:24 AM in Riyadh, Mar 28

    Iranian strike on Saudi air base wounds U.S. troops and destroys an AWACS plane

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundPrince Sultan Air Base, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Prince Sultan Air Base, wounding at least 10 U.S. service members, two seriously, according to U.S. officials; AP sources later put the toll at 15. CBS News verified images of a U.S. E-3 Sentry surveillance aircraft destroyed on the tarmac.

    Why it matters Losing an AWACS plane and more than two dozen troops wounded at the base in a week showed Iran could still reach high-value U.S. assets inside Saudi Arabia four weeks into the war.

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

  3. 8:46 PM in Tehran

    Revolutionary Guard tells workers at U.S.- and Israel-linked firms in the region to leave

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's Revolutionary Guard said employees of regional industrial companies with U.S. shareholders or ties to Israel should leave their workplaces immediately, citing retaliatory operations. Aerospace Force commander Majid Moosavi said that after the strikes on Iranian infrastructure 'the equation will no longer be an eye for an eye'.

    Why it matters The warning pointed Iran's retaliation at Gulf industry rather than only military bases, and the Guard claimed attacks on aluminium plants in the UAE and Bahrain the next day.

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

  4. 9:43 AM in Kuwait

    Iranian drones and cruise missiles damage two Kuwaiti ports

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundShuwaikh Port, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Kuwait said Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City sustained material damage in an attack on Friday morning, and that Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, under construction as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, was hit by drones and cruise missiles. No injuries were reported.

    Why it matters The strike on a Chinese-backed project was one of the first on Chinese-linked infrastructure in the Gulf during the war, even as China kept buying Iranian crude.

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

Thursday, March 26, 20263 entries

  1. 4:11 PM in New York

    Trump pauses threatened strikes on Iran's power plants until April 6

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundWashington

    Trump posted that, at the Iranian government's request, he was pausing the 'period of Energy Plant destruction' by 10 days to 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday, April 6, saying talks were going very well. It was his second postponement since threatening Iran's power grid over the Strait of Hormuz.

    Why it matters The new deadline set the next decision point for strikes on Iran's grid, which Iran has said it would answer by hitting Gulf energy and water plants.

    Sources: Truth Social (Donald J. Trump), Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera

  2. 5:57 PM in Beirut

    Israel sends a third division into southern Lebanon to widen its buffer zone

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundSouthern Lebanon

    The Israeli military said Division 162 would join two divisions already operating in southern Lebanon with the aim of expanding a buffer zone, a day after Netanyahu said Israel would enlarge the area it controls. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the UN chief the push threatened Lebanon's sovereignty and said Beirut would complain to the Security Council.

    Why it matters A third division signals a deeper and longer ground presence in the south, which Lebanon's prime minister called a threat to the country's sovereignty.

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

  3. 11:50 AM in Tehran

    Israel kills IRGC Navy commander Alireza Tangsiri in Bandar Abbas

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundBandar Abbas, Iran

    Israel said an airstrike in the port city of Bandar Abbas killed Revolutionary Guard Navy commander Alireza Tangsiri, whom Defense Minister Israel Katz called directly responsible for mining and blocking the Strait of Hormuz, along with the navy's intelligence chief Behnam Rezaei and other senior commanders. The Guard confirmed on March 30 that Tangsiri had died of his injuries.

    Why it matters Tangsiri ran the Guard's day-to-day control of Hormuz shipping; the Guard's statement confirming his death said 'every fighter is a Tangsiri', so the test is whether the strait's vetting and toll system holds without him.

    Sources: The Times of Israel, The Times of Israel (2), Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Associated Press (2), The Times of Israel (3)

Wednesday, March 25, 20261 entry

  1. 4:09 PM in Tehran

    Israel says it hit naval cruise missile plants in Tehran and Iran's submarine works

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran and Isfahan, Iran

    The Israeli military said its strikes in recent days caused extensive damage to key naval cruise missile production sites in central Tehran. It also said it hit the Underwater Research Center in Isfahan, which it called Iran's only facility making submarines and support systems for the navy.

    Why it matters The campaign was shifting from launchers to the factories that rebuild Iran's anti-ship arsenal, the weapons behind its hold on the Strait of Hormuz.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2)

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