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Wednesday, March 25, 20261 entry

  1. 11:39 AM in Baghdad

    Airstrike on Iraqi military clinic in Anbar kills seven troops

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundHabbaniyah, Anbar, Iraq

    Iraq's Defense Ministry said an airstrike followed by aircraft cannon fire hit the Habbaniyah military clinic in Anbar province, killing seven service members and wounding 13; it did not name the attacker. An Iraqi police source told Al Jazeera the strike targeted positions of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered the U.S. charge d'affaires summoned and a complaint filed with the UN Security Council.

    Why it matters The strike came a day after a deadlier attack on the same base that the PMF blamed on the U.S., and Baghdad's decision to grant the PMF a right to respond makes Iraq a growing second front between U.S. forces and Iran-aligned groups.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, CBS News

Tuesday, March 24, 20264 entries

  1. 3:43 AM in Kuwait, Mar 25

    Iranian drones set fuel depot at Kuwait's international airport on fire

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundKuwait International Airport, Kuwait

    Kuwait's civil aviation authority said Iranian drones hit a fuel depot at Kuwait International Airport early Wednesday, starting a fire, while the National Guard said it intercepted six drones. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it had fired missiles and drones at Israel and at bases hosting U.S. forces in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.

    Why it matters Kuwait summoned Iran's ambassador later that day for the third time in the war, a sign that Gulf states hosting U.S. forces are absorbing repeated strikes on civilian infrastructure even as talk of a ceasefire plan circulates.

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

  2. 4:18 PM in New York

    Pentagon to send about 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne to the Middle East

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundFort Bragg, North Carolina, United States

    U.S. officials said part of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, including a battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team and division commander Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier with his staff, would deploy in the coming days; AP's sources put the force at about 1,000 troops and a CBS source at fewer than 1,500.

    Why it matters Unlike the Marines already heading to the region, 82nd Airborne soldiers are trained to parachute in to seize territory and airfields, adding a ground option as Trump spoke of winding down the war.

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

  3. 12:27 PM in Jerusalem

    Katz says Israel will hold a security zone up to the Litani and raze border villages

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundIsrael

    Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military will control a security zone in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, that residents who fled north of the river will not return until northern Israel is secure, and that Israel will apply "the Rafah and Beit Hanoun models" by destroying houses in border villages.

    Why it matters The policy points to a lasting Israeli hold on territory south of the Litani, a day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the river must be Israel's "new border."

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

  4. 1:23 PM in Baghdad

    Iranian ballistic missiles kill six Peshmerga at a base in Iraq's Kurdistan region

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundSoran, Erbil province, Iraq

    The Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga ministry said six Iranian ballistic missiles fired in two strikes hit the Area Command One headquarters in Soran, Erbil province, before dawn, killing six soldiers and wounding 30. Regional President Nechirvan Barzani called it "direct hostile aggression" against Iraq's sovereignty.

    Why it matters It was the first recent attack Kurdish authorities blamed directly on Tehran, pulling Iraq's autonomous region further into the war.

    Sources: Associated Press, The New Arab

Monday, March 23, 20262 entries

  1. 3:31 AM in Baghdad, Mar 24

    Airstrike on PMF headquarters in Anbar kills 15, including its provincial commander

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundAnbar province, Iraq

    Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces said an airstrike on its command headquarters in western Anbar province killed 15 fighters, including Anbar operations commander Saad Dawai al-Baiji, and blamed the United States.

    Why it matters The strike hit a coalition that is formally part of Iraq's state forces and whose factions have launched drones at bases housing U.S. troops, raising the risk of a wider U.S. clash with Iraqi groups.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  2. 2:43 PM in Beirut

    UN peacekeepers say a projectile hit their Naqoura headquarters in south Lebanon

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundNaqoura, Lebanon

    UNIFIL said a projectile hit a building inside its headquarters in Naqoura just before noon and that it believed it was fired by a non-state actor, after Hezbollah claimed attacks on Israeli forces in the town; it said fighting over the previous 48 hours had forced peacekeepers into shelters.

    Why it matters Peacekeepers also reported ground combat around Khiam, Mays al-Jabal and other border villages, showing Israel's renewed incursion reaching the U.N. force's main base.

    Sources: Associated Press, Asharq Al-Awsat (AFP)

Sunday, March 22, 20261 entry

  1. 3:35 PM in Beirut

    Israel destroys the Qasmiyeh bridge on south Lebanon's coastal highway over the Litani

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundQasmiyeh, near Tyre, Lebanon

    Israel struck the Qasmiyeh bridge near Tyre an hour after a military warning, after Defense Minister Israel Katz added all bridges over the Litani River to the target list, saying Hezbollah used them to move south. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the strikes "unjustified" and "a prelude to a ground invasion."

    Why it matters The Litani bridges link large parts of southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, so cutting the coastal crossing isolates the south as Israel presses ground operations.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News

Saturday, March 21, 20265 entries

  1. 5:12 AM in Tehran, Mar 22

    Iran threatens U.S.-linked energy, IT and desalination sites if its power plants are hit

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's military said in a statement carried by Fars that if Iran's fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the United States and Israel in the region will be targeted.

    Why it matters Naming desalination plants put the region's drinking-water supply on the list of retaliation targets if Trump carried out his power-plant ultimatum.

    Sources: CBS News (AFP), Associated Press

  2. 7:54 PM in New York

    Trump gives Iran 48 hours to reopen Hormuz or see its power plants 'obliterated'

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundFlorida, United States

    In a Truth Social post Saturday night, Trump said that if Iran did not "FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT" the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the United States would "hit and obliterate" its power plants, "STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!"

    Why it matters Iran's largest power plant is the Bushehr nuclear plant, so the ultimatum put civilian and nuclear-adjacent infrastructure on the target list with a Monday deadline.

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

  3. 10:19 PM in Jerusalem

    Iranian missile hits Arad, wounding about 70, as Israeli interceptors fail again

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundArad, Israel

    A second ballistic missile struck Arad, about 30 kilometers from the nuclear research center, injuring nearly 70 people, 10 of them seriously, and damaging at least 10 apartment buildings, three of which were destroyed. The military said interceptors engaged both the Dimona and Arad missiles but failed to bring them down.

    Why it matters Nearly 200 people were hurt in the two southern strikes, and back-to-back interception failures near Israel's most sensitive site prompted a military investigation.

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

  4. 7:18 PM in Jerusalem

    Iranian missile hits Dimona, near Israel's nuclear research center, after Natanz strike

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundDimona, Israel

    A ballistic missile directly hit a building in Dimona, wounding dozens of people including a boy with shrapnel injuries, after Iran said it would target Israel's nuclear program in response to the strike on Natanz. The IAEA said no abnormal radiation levels had been detected.

    Why it matters Iran framed the strike near Israel's main nuclear research center as retaliation for Natanz, turning nuclear sites on both sides into declared targets.

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

  5. 5:06 PM in Chagos

    Britain condemns Iran's failed missile attack on the U.S.-U.K. base at Diego Garcia

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDiego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory

    Britain's Defense Ministry condemned Iran's "reckless attacks" after Iran fired missiles on Friday at the joint base, roughly 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran. The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reported that two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired and that the attempt failed.

    Why it matters The range far exceeded the 2,000-kilometer limit Iran had claimed for its missiles, and Israel's military chief said it put Berlin, Paris and Rome within reach.

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

Friday, March 20, 20263 entries

  1. 6:31 PM in Baghdad

    NATO pulls its advisory mission out of Iraq after Iranian attacks

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundBaghdad, Iraq

    NATO's top commander, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, confirmed the last personnel of NATO Mission Iraq left on Friday and that the non-combat mission, launched in 2018 and based mostly around Baghdad, will be run from Naples, Italy. The move followed Iranian attacks on British, French and Italian troops at bases in northern Iraq.

    Why it matters The exit of several hundred alliance advisers shows allies judged Iraq too exposed to Iranian fire to keep training its security ministries on the ground.

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

  2. 7:43 AM in Los Angeles

    U.S. sends USS Boxer group and thousands more Marines toward the Middle East

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundSan Diego, California, United States

    U.S. officials said the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer and two other amphibious ships left San Diego for the Middle East with Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, roughly 2,500 by AP's count and about 2,200 by CBS's. It is the second such unit sent since the war began and could take weeks to arrive.

    Why it matters The deployment added forces able to operate ashore even as a White House official said Trump had "no plans" to send troops into Iran while keeping all options, including on Kharg Island, open.

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

  3. 11:28 AM in Tehran

    Israeli strike kills Revolutionary Guard spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundIran

    Iranian state TV said Gen. Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesman for the Revolutionary Guard, was killed in an airstrike early Friday, after he issued a statement insisting Iran could still build missiles. Israel's military confirmed an overnight Israeli Air Force strike and said he was one of dozens of senior regime figures it had killed during the operation.

    Why it matters Israel extended its targeted killings from commanders to the Guard's public voice, a day after Netanyahu claimed Iran could no longer produce ballistic missiles.

    Sources: Associated Press, The Times of Israel, CBS News

Thursday, March 19, 20263 entries

  1. 8:54 PM in Jerusalem

    Netanyahu says Israel acted alone on South Pars and will hold off at Trump's request

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundJerusalem, Israel

    At his first in-person news conference of the war, Netanyahu said Israel alone struck the Asaluyeh gas complex and was holding off further attacks on the South Pars field because Trump asked it to. He also claimed Iran could no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles.

    Why it matters The pause took the South Pars-Ras Laffan tit-for-tat off the table for now, but exposed a public gap between Washington and Israel on striking Iran's energy economy.

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

  2. 5:48 PM in Jerusalem

    Iranian cluster munition hits Haifa's Bazan refinery and damages northern power grid

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundHaifa, Israel

    Part of an Iranian cluster warhead hit the Bazan oil refinery complex in Haifa Bay on Thursday afternoon, starting a fire, while Energy Minister Eli Cohen said crews were restoring power in parts of the north. No injuries were reported at the refinery and the Environmental Protection Ministry found no hazardous leak.

    Why it matters Refinery officials told Reuters the damage to outside infrastructure would likely keep the plant offline for several days, bringing the energy war to Israel's own fuel supply.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), The Media Line, The Jerusalem Post, CBS News

  3. 8:32 AM in New York

    Hegseth promises largest U.S. strike package yet as Pentagon seeks $200 billion more

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundThe Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday's strikes would be the largest package of the war, with more than 7,000 targets hit so far, and said all 11 of Iran's small submarines were gone; Gen. Dan Caine said U.S. jets were striking deeper into Iran and had hit more than 90 targets on Kharg Island. A senior administration official told AP the Pentagon had asked the White House for $200 billion in additional war funding.

    Why it matters The request dwarfs earlier war costs and needs Congress, turning the war's duration into a budget fight on Capitol Hill.

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

Wednesday, March 18, 20264 entries

  1. 10:19 PM in New York

    Trump says Israel will stop hitting South Pars, threatens to destroy it if Iran hits Qatar

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundWashington, United States

    In a Truth Social post Wednesday night, Trump said Israel would make no more attacks on Iran's South Pars gas field but that if Iran attacked Qatar again the United States would "massively blow up the entirety" of the field. He said the U.S. "knew nothing" about Israel's strike, although a person familiar with the matter told AP Washington had been informed of the plan.

    Why it matters The post put a U.S. threat against the world's largest gas field on the table while publicly reining in Israel, making Qatar's LNG sites the trigger for the next escalation.

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

  2. 5:05 PM in Tehran

    Iran warns it will hit oil and gas sites in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE within hours

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iranian state TV told workers and residents to evacuate Saudi Arabia's Samref refinery and Jubail petrochemical complex, the UAE's Al Hosn gas field and Qatar's Mesaieed petrochemical sites and Ras Laffan refinery, saying they would be attacked within hours in response to the South Pars strike.

    Why it matters The warning moved Iran's threats from U.S. military targets to the Gulf states' core energy plants, and Qatar's Ras Laffan was hit that evening.

    Sources: CBS News (AP), Al Jazeera

  3. 1:59 PM in Tehran

    Israel kills Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib; Pezeshkian confirms death

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Defense Minister Israel Katz said Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was killed in an overnight strike in Tehran and warned of 'significant surprises' on all fronts. President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed the death, calling the killings of Khatib, Ali Larijani and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh cowardly assassinations.

    Why it matters Katz said commanders were now authorized to hit any senior Iranian figure located by intelligence without seeking further approval, signaling a systematic campaign against Iran's remaining leadership.

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

  4. 11:02 AM in Beirut

    Israeli strikes on central Beirut kill at least 10 and flatten a building in Bachoura

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli strikes on central Beirut since midnight killed 10 people and wounded 27, hitting the Basta, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura areas, where one apartment building was flattened. Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV said its political programs director Mohammad Shari and his wife were among the dead.

    Why it matters The strikes pushed deeper into central Beirut, far from the southern suburbs Israel had ordered evacuated, and by evening the ministry's national toll had reached 968, including 116 children.

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

Tuesday, March 17, 20263 entries

  1. 2:45 AM in Tehran, Mar 18

    U.S. drops 5,000-pound bunker-busters on Iranian anti-ship missile sites near Hormuz

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundIranian coast near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

    U.S. Central Command said it used multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites along the coast near the Strait of Hormuz, saying the anti-ship cruise missiles there posed a risk to international shipping.

    Why it matters The strikes targeted the anti-ship threat directly, but CBS noted Iran's attacks on shipping had relied on air and sea drones at least as much as on missiles.

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

  2. 12:40 AM in Jerusalem, Mar 18

    Iranian multiple-warhead missile attack kills two in Ramat Gan

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundRamat Gan, Israel

    Magen David Adom said a man and a woman were killed by severe shrapnel wounds in Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, after an Iranian barrage struck several sites in central Israel. The Revolutionary Guards said they fired Khorramshahr-4 and Qadr multiple-warhead missiles in revenge for Larijani's killing.

    Why it matters The warheads are designed to spread damage and evade Israel's layered air defenses, and AP footage showed cluster munitions being released over Israel.

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

  3. 1:03 PM in Tehran

    Israel kills Iran security chief Ali Larijani and Basij commander in Tehran strikes

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Israel said overnight strikes killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Gen. Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Revolutionary Guards' Basij force, whom it said was hit in a tent used as a makeshift headquarters. Iran's Supreme National Security Council later confirmed Larijani was killed along with his son Morteza, his office chief and several guards.

    Why it matters Larijani was the highest-ranking Iranian official killed since Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, and the Revolutionary Guards answered with multiple-warhead missiles fired at the Tel Aviv area that night.

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

Monday, March 16, 20262 entries

  1. 11:10 PM in Baghdad

    Drone hits Baghdad's Rasheed Hotel as Kataib Hezbollah says security chief killed

    ReportedMilitary & securityBackgroundGreen Zone, Baghdad, Iraq

    Two Iraqi security officials said a drone struck the top floor of the Rasheed Hotel in the Green Zone, which houses diplomatic delegations and international organizations, causing damage but no casualties. Earlier Monday the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah announced the death of senior security official Abu Ali al-Askari, and strikes killed eight Popular Mobilization Forces fighters in Anbar.

    Why it matters Iraq was taking fire from both directions, with drones hitting diplomatic sites in Baghdad's Green Zone while airstrikes targeted Iran-aligned militia facilities.

    Source: Associated Press

  2. 8:36 AM in Beirut

    Israel launches ground operation against Hezbollah strongholds in south Lebanon

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundSouthern Lebanon

    The IDF said troops had begun 'limited and targeted' ground operations against key Hezbollah strongholds to build a forward defense zone; the Times of Israel said the 91st, 146th and 36th divisions were involved. Defense Minister Israel Katz said hundreds of thousands of displaced residents would not return south of the Litani until northern Israel was safe.

    Why it matters Army chief Eyal Zamir approved plans the same day to deepen the operation, and Germany's Friedrich Merz warned that a wider ground war could spur an exodus of refugees.

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

Sunday, March 15, 20262 entries

  1. 1:05 PM in Beirut

    Israel orders more Beirut suburbs evacuated as Lebanon's death toll reaches 850

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundBeirut southern suburbs, Lebanon

    Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee ordered residents of Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, Laylaki, Hadath, Burj al-Barajneh, Tahwitat al-Ghadir and Shiyah to leave immediately after a night of strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. Lebanon's Health Ministry said at least 850 people, including 107 children, had been killed since March 2.

    Why it matters More than 800,000 people had already fled their homes, and President Joseph Aoun's offer of negotiations drew a reply from Israel's foreign minister that no direct talks were planned in the coming days.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press

  2. 12:40 PM in Jerusalem

    Iranian missile barrages hit 23 sites in Tel Aviv area, wounding several people

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundTel Aviv, Israel

    United Hatzalah said an Iranian barrage on Sunday damaged 23 sites around Tel Aviv, and Magen David Adom said two men were lightly wounded. A later barrage damaged an apartment in Bnei Brak and hurt people there and in Ramat Gan and Petah Tikva.

    Why it matters Iran kept up daily barrages on central Israel into the war's third week even as U.S. officials said its missile launches had fallen sharply.

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

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