Middle East Geopolitical Reporting for 2026-03-04
We've collected the top geopolitical conflict articles from the Middle East and brought them all here. If you're tired of only having access to MSM versions of the story, you've found the right place. We’ll include all of the outlets we know of.
Iranian drones hits CIA station at US embassy in Riyadh, 'Washington Post' reports
There was no mention of any CIA personnel being wounded, with the attack on the embassy the latest in a series of Iranian attacks across the Gulf states.
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Mar 4, 2026 - jpost.com
Continuous war on media in occupied West Bank
Israel designates and bans several Palestinian digital media platforms under its so-called anti-terrorism law, alleging ties to Hamas.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
Iran denies attacks on Oman as it warns of US-Israeli ‘false-flag’ ops
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran has denied any involvement in military strikes against the territory or ports of the Sultanate of Oman, following reports of drone attacks at the Duqm and Salalah ports.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
IRGC spox: 650 casualties for US military in two days as Iran missiles force aircraft carrier to fle
An IRGC spokesman says the US military suffered 650 casualties in the first two days of Iran's retaliatory strikes.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
Lebanon Islamic Group claims headquarters targeted by IDF strikes
The Islamic Group was founded in Lebanon in 1964, and is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. It has also worked alongside Hezbollah, though the Islamic Group is Sunni while Hezbollah is Shi’ite.
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Mar 4, 2026 - jpost.com
Paris silencing pro-Palestine voices
In Paris, activists rallied in support of Olivia Zemor, a long-standing Palestinian rights advocate, charged with condoning terrorism under French law for comments on Israeli military actions in 2023, since when 350 individuals have faced similar charges in France.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
Iran faces off with E3 over snapback sanctions as Russia and China back Tehran
Europe’s bid to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran has ignited a fierce backlash, with Iran denouncing the move as “illegal” and vowing firm retaliation.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
Silenced in France: The unjust detention of a pro-Palestine Iranian activist
Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian academic who lived in France for eight years, has been unjustly detained for condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza on social media.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
IRGC is part of Iran’s national army: Pundit
Iranian academician states that Europe is not genuinely committed to labeling the IRGC as a “terrorist organization” and is facing significant pressure from the Israeli regime.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
Washington seeking regime change in Venezuela: Analyst
Podcaster and Journalist Esha Krishnaswamy believes the U-S military buildup in the Caribbean region is aimed at regime change in Venezuela.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
American criminals and Israeli regime will 'regret' war of aggression against Iran: General Staff
The General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces and Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters have warned the United States and the Israeli regime that they will "regret" the new war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
$50m sportwashing: After turning blind eye to genocide for two years, FIFA funds Gaza stadiums
After more than two years of refusing calls to suspend Israel over genocide in Gaza, FIFA is now sportwashing the crisis by pledging $50 million for football infrastructure in the war-torn territory.
Presstv
Mar 4, 2026 - presstv.ir
Why Iran and Lebanon matter, and who shapes what comes next
The Middle East stands again at the lip of an abyss, and the tremor is not regional – it is global. The reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US–Israeli strikes, followed by Tehran’s missile retaliation and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has torn open a conflict long incubated in shadow. What began as a doctrine of deterrence has morphed into a t...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
When humanitarian aid and death are intertwined in Gaza
Humanitarian aid for Palestinians has always been a macabre game which the international community has played so well, to the point that aid and death have become intertwined. Not only did the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) face Israel’s political violence while forced to remain steeped in a neutrality clause. To ensure further restrictions on humanitarian aid supplies a...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
US faces missile shortages amid ongoing US-Israeli offensive on Iran: Report
The US is facing a shortage of key missile stocks, including Tomahawk land-attack missiles and SM-3 interceptors, amid the ongoing US-Israeli offensive on Iran, CNN has reported. Citing a senior US official, the report said Monday that Washington anticipates a “major uptick” in attacks within the next 24 hours, while missile and interceptor reserves are depleting. The official added that the initi...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Iran says death toll from US-Israeli attacks rises to 787
The death toll from ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran has risen to 787, the Iranian Red Crescent said Tuesday. Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the rubble of the bombed buildings, the organization said in a written statement cited by the state-run Tasnim News Agency. No information was provided regarding the number of the injured. The US and Israel continued a large-scale attack on Ira...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Hezbollah claims drone swarm attack on military base in northern Israel
Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had targeted a military base in northern Israel using a swarm of drones. In a statement, the group said it had launched the drones at dawn on Tuesday at radar sites and control rooms at the Ramat David air base in northern Israel. Earlier, the Israeli military said in a brief statement that it had intercepted two drones launched from Lebanon, without providing fur...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Syria sends thousands of troops to Lebanon border, sources say
By Feras Dalatey , Timour Azhari, Laila Bassam and Mahmoud HassanoDAMASCUS/BEIRUT, March 3 (Reuters) - Syria has reinforced its border with Lebanon with rocket units and thousands of troops, eight Syrian and Lebanese sources said on Tuesday, as conflict spread in the region including between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.The sources included five Syrian military officers, a Syrian security offic...
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East
Mar 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
Going native in the Trump jungle: How it became legal to attack Iran
The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President Donald J. Trump. While we keep hearing about how awful Russia’s war against Ukraine is, with its shattering of international law and its dismissiveness of the provisions of the United Nations Charter, the Israeli-US attack on Iran has been given the seal of approval by Ameri...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Between Palestine and Iran… Zelensky reveals his inconsistent values and alignment with imperialist policies
In the complex landscape of international politics, consistency of principle often forms the foundation of a leader’s moral authority. For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has positioned himself and his conflict with Russia as a heroic defense of sovereignty against aggression, recent developments have exposed what many perceive as a striking inconsistency. By backing the US-Israeli ag...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Israel closes Al-Aqsa Mosque for third consecutive day amid security tensions
Israeli authorities have kept Al-Aqsa Mosque closed to worshippers for a third consecutive day, citing the volatile security situation in the region. Jerusalem sources reported that Israeli forces reinforced their presence around the mosque compound and the gates of the Old City, deploying large numbers of border police and special units. Palestinians were prevented from entering to perform prayer...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims demolition of US air base in Bahrain
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has claimed it destroyed the command building and headquarters of the US air base in Bahrain. According to the Guard, its naval forces carried out the 14th wave of the “Honest Promise 4” operation, targeting the US air base in the Sheikh Isa area of Bahrain. The attack, they said, was carried out on Tuesday morning using drones and missiles. The Guard added that 20 drone...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
US embassy in Amman evacuated over ‘threat’
The US Embassy in Amman has temporarily evacuated its compound in the Jordanian capital on Monday due to a reported “threat”. On its Facebook page, the embassy said: “Out of an abundance of caution, all personnel at the US Embassy have temporarily departed the Embassy compound due to a threat.” A US diplomatic source told AFP that the measure is “temporary and precautionary in light of regional de...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Will US oil companies be the big winners from the Iran war?
Energy prices have surged dramatically since the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran Saturday, and that will almost certainly translate into bigger profits.But the question remains whether the new war in the Middle East also leads to increased oilfield investment. - What does the Middle East war mean for US oil industry profits? -Geopolitical crises lift oil industry profits if ...
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East
Mar 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
Iran’s escalation risks turning a limited war into a regional inferno - opinion
Iran’s escalation has already produced severe outcomes, including increased military activity, threats to critical infrastructure, and growing instability across the Gulf.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Drone strike causes fire near US Consulate in Dubai
A drone strike caused a limited fire in the vicinity of the US Consulate in Dubai on Tuesday evening, local authorities said, Anadolu reports. The Dubai Media Office added in a statement on US social media company X that relevant authorities managed to extinguish the blaze. No… pic.twitter.com/iAzmupEKfp — Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) March 3, 2026 A drone strike caused a limited fire in t...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
CIA station among targets as suspected Iranian drones strike US embassy in Riyadh: Report
Two suspected Iranian drones struck the CIA station housed within the US Embassy compound in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday, according to a report Tuesday by The Washington Post citing two people familiar with the matter, Anadolu reports. The report said that while both the US and Saudi governments acknowledged that the drones struck the embassy complex, neither disclosed that the agency’s int...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
NATO not involved in Middle East escalation, Iran poses threat beyond region: Alliance chief
NATO is not involved in the latest escalation in the Middle East, but Iran’s growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities pose a threat not only to the region but also to Europe, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a joint press conference with North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova in Skopje, Rutte stressed that the alliance remain...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
UK funded Israeli report on alleged sexual violence used to justify Gaza genocide
The UK government awarded £90,000 ($114,000) in public funds to an Israeli research initiative whose findings around alleged sexual violence on 7 October were later used to mobilise support for the Gaza genocide, according to reporting by Novara Media. Documents released following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded 75 per...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Oil and gas facilities shut across Gulf as Iran conflict escalates
Oil and gas facilities across the Gulf have been shut down or suspended following US and Israeli strikes on Tehran, fuelling concerns over energy security and pushing global crude prices higher. A source in the oil sector said Saudi Aramco temporarily closed the Ras Tanura refinery — one of the largest in the Middle East, with a capacity of around 550,000 barrels per day — after it was targeted by...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Two Palestinians killed in settler attack on Qaryut village near Nablus
Two Palestinian brothers were killed and several others wounded after armed settlers attacked the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, on Tuesday, according to medical and local sources. Medical officials confirmed the deaths of Muhammad Taha Muammar, 25, and Fahim Taha Muammar, 48, following what residents described as a violent assault by dozens of settlers. Eyewitnesses told local media that arm...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Iranian foreign minister says Rubio ‘admitted’ US entered ‘war of choice’ for Israel
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio “admitted” that Washington entered “a war of choice” against Tehran “on behalf of Israel,” Anadolu reports. “Mr. Rubio admitted what we all knew: U.S. has entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel,” said Aragchi through the US-based social media company X, amid the ongoing US-Israeli offensive on Iran, ...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Israeli strike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Beirut’s southern suburbs
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said on Monday that a senior commander in its armed wing, Al-Quds Brigades, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs at dawn. In a statement, the group said Adham Adnan Al-Othman, known as Abu Hamza, 41, who headed the Al-Quds Brigades’ operations in Lebanon, was killed in what it described as a “treacherous Zionist attack” targeting t...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Iran blames Israel for Saudi Aramco drone attack, calls it ‘false flag’
Iran has accused Israel of carrying out a drone attack on facilities belonging to Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco, describing it as a “false flag” operation. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency quoted a military source as saying: “The attack on Aramco was an Israeli false flag operation, adding that Israel’s goal is to distract the minds of regional countries from its crimes in attacking civilian sites in Iran...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
America’s War for Greater Israel | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani
In this episode, we examine explosive new documents exposing Israel’s systematic ethnic cleansing in 1948 and trace how its unending quest for security has fuelled decades of expansion, war and regional upheaval. We unpack the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, question whether Trump torpedoed diplomacy at the very moment negotiations were gaining traction, and ask whether Tehran’s bombing of...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Saudi Arabia: Limited fire at US embassy in Riyadh after drone attack
The US embassy in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, was targeted by two drones early on Tuesday morning, causing a limited fire and minor material damage, according to initial estimates by the Saudi Ministry of Defence. Two sources said the fire broke out following an explosion. Fox News reported that the embassy was empty at the time of the attack and that no injuries were recorded. The embassy urged U...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Factbox-How many people have been killed in the US-Israel war on Iran?
March 3 (Reuters) - Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with Gulf states that host U.S. military bases and personnel and Lebanon quickly drawn into the conflict. Here are the death tolls from the war so far as reported by involved countries as of March 3, the fourth day of the war. Reuters has not independently verified t...
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East
Mar 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
Trump's national security team comes to convince Congress to back Iran war
By Patricia Zengerle, Michael Martina and David MorganWASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's top national security advisers were to spend much of the day on Tuesday making the case to members of Congress for the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans clamored for more information.
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East
Mar 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
IDF destroys secret nuclear site, over 300 ballistic missile launchers across Iran
Naming the site as Min Zadai, on the northeast outskirts of Tehran, Defrin said that the site is related to weapons group developments.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Syria sends thousands of troops to Lebanon border, sources say
Syrian officers said the move was aimed at preventing arms and drugs smuggling as well as blocking Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah or other terrorists from infiltrating Syria.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Iran strikes Saudi infrastructure, pushing Riyadh toward possible war - interview
Iranian strikes on Saudi oil, water, and diplomatic sites have crossed key red lines experts warn, forcing Riyadh to weigh retaliation against fears of wider regional escalation.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Trump to cut off all US trade with Spain over refusal to use military bases in Iran war
"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain," the US president said.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
IDF chief: Israel will remove 'entire Shi'ite axis threat of Iran, Hezbollah'
Zamir said that the current conflict has morphed from seeking regime change in Iran to also finishing off Hezbollah as a decades-long threat to Israel.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
From evacuation to forward defense: Israel shifts strategy against Hezbollah - analysis
Entire communities along the northern border were emptied amid fear that Hezbollah might try to penetrate the north as Hamas did in the south.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Israel hacked Tehran's traffic cameras, used AI to plan Khamenei's assassination - Financial Times
A Financial Times report reveals Israel used hacked traffic cameras and AI to map Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s movements before his assassination. 30 missiles were used in the precision strike.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Trump denies Israel dragged U.S. into Iran war after Rubio comments draw ire
White House officials conducted damage control throughout Tuesday after a clip surfaced of Rubio saying the U.S. was effectively drawn into the conflict with Iran due to planned Israeli action, sparking political backlash and confusion over Washington's military rationale
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
Likud minister says Israeli elections to be moved up to July for Netanyahu bloc to capitalize on Iran war
One Likud source said that the PM would want to go to elections right after the military campaign in order to leverage the Iran war. Meanwhile, the opposition Democrats party appealed to the Knesset speaker to suspend committee discussions related to the coalition's contentious judicial overhaul plans until the war is over
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
Iran's arsenal exposes the gap between Netanyahu's bravado and reality
The opening 48 hours of the current U.S.-Israeli campaign suggest that Iran has nearly replenished its missile stockpile since the 12-day war in June and refined its capabilities for this round of fighting
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
Palestinian activist’s lawyers blast US deportation case as ‘sham,’ appeal to reverse order
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and graduate of New York’s Columbia University, blasted his deportation case as a “sham” Tuesday, vowing to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to remove him from the US through federal appeals, Anadolu reports. Khalil, a spokesperson for pro-Gaza protests at the university and a legal US resident, was detained by US Immigration and Customs E...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
French president says US-Israel attacks on Iran ‘outside the framework of international law’
French President Emmanuel Macron disapproved Tuesday of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, stressing that they were outside the framework of international law, Anadolu reports. The United States of America and Israel decided to launch military operations. They were carried out outside the framework of international law, which we cannot approve of,” Macron said as he was addressing the French nation a...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
How US-Israel’s war on Iran may impact Indonesia’s economy?
The new round of conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is not a distant story confined to the Middle East. It carries immediate risks for economies across Asia, none more vulnerable than Indonesia’s. The economic fallout is already visible. If the crisis persists, the consequences could reshape fiscal policy, corporate balance sheets, and everyday prices for Indonesian households. O...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Lebanon arrests 3 foreign nationals for ‘collaboration’ with Israel
Lebanon said Tuesday that it had arrested three foreign nationals suspected of involvement in “suspicious activities related to collaboration” with Israel, Anadolu reports. The arrests were “based on precise intelligence and investigations,” the country’s General Directorate of General Security said in a statement. Following the necessary interrogations conducted under the supervision of the judic...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Netanyahu equates Iranian regime to ancient biblical foe
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced a Torah command equating the Iranian regime to an ancient biblical foe on Sunday, Anadolu reports. During a visit to a site struck by an Iranian missile, Netanyahu stated: “We read in this week’s Torah portion, ‘Remember what Amalek did to you.’ We remember—and we act.” The Amalekites are identified in the Hebrew Bible as a persistent adversary ...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Wife of Iran’s Supreme Leader dies after reported US-Israeli strike
Mansoureh Khojasti Bagherzadeh, the wife of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died from wounds sustained in a reported US-Israeli airstrike on Tehran, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. Iranian state media said she had been injured during the attack earlier this week. On Sunday, officials also confirmed the deaths of Khamenei’s daughter, granddaughter, daughter-in-law and son-...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Larijani says Iran prepared for prolonged war amid escalating conflict
Iran is prepared for a prolonged conflict and will ensure its adversaries “regret their miscalculations”, Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Monday. In a statement posted on the social media platform X, Larijani declared that Iran, unlike the United States, was ready to wage a long-term war following the latest attacks attributed to Washington and Tel Aviv...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
The martyrdom of Imam Khamenei and the revolution that no empire will be able to destroy
The martyrdom of Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei does not represent the end of an era, but the transformation of the Islamic Revolution into an even deeper, politically and spiritually irreversible movement. By being assassinated in an attack by the United States and “Israel”, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic was not eliminated as a political leader, but was elevated to the condition of martyr,...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
France deploys aircraft carrier to Mediterranean over Iran war
France is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean in response to the widening conflict in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday."I have ordered the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, its air assets, and its escort of frigates to set course for the Mediterranean," he said in a televised speech a day after he warned of the risk of the conflict spilling over...
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East
Mar 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
Could Kurds be Trump's lever in Iran regime-change scenarios?
As US-Israeli strikes rattle the Islamic Republic's command structure, quiet outreach to Iraqi Kurdish leaders is fueling speculation: Can Iran's most organized minority become the decisive ground factor in a war fought from the air?
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East
Mar 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
UK, France send warships, air defence assets to Cyprus after drone attack
The development comes after an Iranian-made drone crashed into the UK's military base in Cyprus.
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Mar 3, 2026 - aljazeera.com
Trump: Iran 'running out' of missiles, launch sites, as strikes 'decimate' regime's capacity
As the US’s Operation Epic Fury and Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion continue to pummel the Iranian regime, Trump stated that the regime is being “decimated.”
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
IDF 'flattens' building where Iran's Assembly of Experts was picking Khamenei's successor
Iranian news agencies reported that the building was "flattened" during the Israeli strikes.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Drone strike causes fire near US consulate in Dubai, explosions heard across Gulf
Reuters witnesses reported hearing loud bangs in Kuwait, the Emirati cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the Qatari capital of Doha.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Missile shrapnel falls in central Israel, 12 wounded as Iran continues barrage
Iranian missile strikes target central Israel, injuring 12. Authorities are on the scene, managing the situation.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Trump says US 'might have forced Israel’s hand' to attack Iran
Trump additionally claimed that the US Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian regime has knocked out Iran's air force, navy, and air defense.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
For Iranian Jews in US, war brings jubilation, unease, dreams of a future visit
In Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian community outside of Iran, including tens of thousands of Iranian Jews, synagogues and community leaders say the moment feels historic.
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Mar 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Britain, France and Greece send air-defence forces to Cyprus base after drone strike
Britain is sending the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon and two Wildcat helicopters with Martlet missiles, France is deploying air‑defence systems, a frigate, and aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with its air assets, and Greece is sending four F‑16s and two frigates, one with an anti‑drone jamming system
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
Seven wounded after Iranian missile barrage as Israeli officials suspect cluster missile
One woman who was moderately injured was on her way to a bomb shelter when the explosion occurred, according to a local emergency volunteer, while six others were injured by glass shrapnel and the effects of the blast
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
'Nothing will be left of Kiryat Shmona': Northern Israel on edge as Hezbollah enters war
Less than two days into Israel's second major air war with Iran, Hezbollah launched missiles of its own from Lebanon, but the specter of an evacuation, not warheads, is what spooks the locals
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
As Israeli defense officials push for a long offensive, Trump still has doubts
With Hezbollah now also in play, the IDF sees an opportunity not only to neutralize the Iranian regime but also its proxies. Can Israel convince the U.S. president to stay in the game?
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Mar 3, 2026 - haaretz.com
US offensive on Iran burned through an estimated $779M on first day
US forces spent an estimated $779 million, or about 0.1% of the entire 2026 US defense budget, during the opening 24 hours of its offensive against Iran, according to estimates and data compiled by Anadolu, Anadolu reports. The US’ CENTCOM confirmed that the massive deployment included B-2 stealth bombers, F-22, F-35, and F-16 fighter jets, A-10 attack aircraft, and EA-18G electronic warfare plane...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 2, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Kuwait reports 1st military death amid US-Iran conflict
Kuwait reported its first military death on Monday amid the Mideast’s regional escalation that began with the US-Israeli offensive on Iran, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces General Staff said that Sgt. Walid Majid Suleiman, a member of the naval forces, “was martyred while on duty.” It did not give details of the circumstances of his death. Regional tensions escalated on S...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 2, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Death toll from Israeli attacks in Lebanon rises to 52
At least 52 people were killed and 154 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese authorities, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the government’s Disaster Management Unit said Israeli warplanes carried out 221 airstrikes in the country since early Monday. The Lebanese Health Ministry had earlier put the death toll at 31, with 149 other people...
Middle East Monitor
Mar 2, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Israel won't end Iran war until Hezbollah threat in Lebanon is 'eliminated,' army chief says
The IDF said it intercepted a missile and a drone launched from Lebanon after sirens sounded across northern Israel, and that another missile fell in an open area; Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam vowed to ban Hezbollah's military activity and limit the group to political activity
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Mar 2, 2026 - haaretz.com
At J Street summit, leading Senate critic of Israel says Iran war 'opens a Pandora's box'
Van Hollen has become an outspoken critic of the Netanyahu government's conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, and frequently challenges Israeli policy and American support for it ▪ Former PM Olmert slammed state-backed settler violence