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Here's a quick recap of some of the most recent events from the Middle East:
Gulf tensions
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At least 131 Iranian cities affected by US-Israeli attacks, the Red Crescent said.
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Amazon's cloud unit reported a disruption to its services after its UAE-based data centre was struck by "objects", sparking a fire.
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Kuwaiti air defences mistakenly shot down three US F15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations, the US said.
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Iranian attacks targeted a power plant, a separate energy facility in Qatar, as attacks on civilian infrastructure, including the international airport, were intercepted.
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One person was killed in an attack on an oil tanker off Muscat that also caused an explosion and a fire.
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Several US fighter jets crashed in Kuwait on Monday, with all pilots ejecting safely.
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France is "ready" to defend Gulf countries and Jordan against Iran if necessary, the French foreign minister said.
Lebanon strikes
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Heavy Israeli strikes killed at least 31 people, according to local health authorities.
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Israel army says no reason to launch a ground invasion of Lebanon for now
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The Lebanese government has imposed an "immediate ban" on Hezbollah's military and security activities and called on the group to hand over its weapons to the state.
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Mass displacement is reported in south Lebanon after the Israeli attacks.
Iran update
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A total of 312 people have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan since Saturday, a source close to the government in Baku said.
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Iran's president named a general in the Revolutionary Guards, Majid Ebnelreza, as acting defence minister.
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A total of 555 people have been killed across Iran in US and Israeli strikes that began two days ago, the Iranian Red Crescent said.
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IAEA chief Rafael Grossi also said up to now his agency had "no indication" that any of the nuclear installations have been damaged or hit in Iran.
Israel and the US have bombarded Iran with more munitions in the last 48 hours, than in a single operation during Israel's assault on country in June, a senior security official told Ynet news.
According to the official, the Israeli air force has dropped over 2,300 munitions in two days, while the US has dropped 1,500.
Israel and the US have bombarded Iran with more munitions in the last 48 hours, than in a single operation during Israel's assault on country in June, a senior security official told Ynet news.
According to the official, the Israeli air force has dropped over 2,300 munitions in two days, while the US has dropped 1,500.
Israel and the US have bombarded Iran with more munitions in the last 48 hours, than in a single operation during Israel's assault on country in June, a senior security official told Ynet news.
According to the official, the Israeli air force has dropped over 2,300 munitions in two days, while the US has dropped 1,500.
Cyprus said Monday it would seek guarantees that British bases on the island would not be used for anything other than humanitarian purposes, following drone threats.
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis told reporters that Cyprus would seek explicit guarantees that the bases "under no circumstances would be used for any purpose other than humanitarian".
The Iranian news agency ISNA on Monday said that strikes had targeted the headquarters of Tehran's emergency services, on the third day of the US-Israeli bombardment of the country.
"The main building of the Provincial Emergency Services Organisation, located on Iranshahr Street in the centre of Tehran, was attacked," the agency said, quoting the organisation's spokesman Shervin Tabrizi.
"Several of our colleagues were slightly injured," Tabrizi was quoted as saying.
A fourth US service member has died of injuries sustained in the US operation in Iran, Central Command said on Monday.
The service member had been seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks and eventually succumbed to their injuries, it said in a statement.
CENTCOM Update
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. – As of 7:30 am ET, March 2, four U.S. service members have been killed in action. The fourth service member, who was seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks, eventually succumbed to their injuries.
Major combat operations continue and our…
A total of 312 people have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan since Saturday, including 101 Azerbaijanis and others from 19 countries, including China, Russia, and Pakistan, a source close to the government in Baku said on Monday.
The 312 entered Azerbaijan between 8 am local time on February 28 and 10 am on 2 March, amid US and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend, the source said.
Iran and Azerbaijan share a 689-km border, and Iran has a large ethnic Azerbaijani population.
Russia's embassy in Baku said on Sunday that about 500 Russian nationals were preparing to evacuate from Iran to Azerbaijan via the Astara crossing on the Caspian Sea, with 39 having crossed by the end of Sunday.
Moscow has advised its citizens to move to safer areas in Israel and Iran and recommended that those in Iran leave via Armenia or Azerbaijan.
Amazon's cloud unit reported a disruption to its services after its UAE-based data centre was struck by "objects", sparking a fire.
Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) said that one of their "availability zones"- a regional grouping of one or more data centres - was temporarily shut down after it was "impacted by objects that struck the data centre" at around 4:30pm Dubai time on Sunday.
In a post on its website, AWS added that emergency services cut power to the facility while crews worked to extinguish the fire.
In a separate post, the company reported that it was investigating connectivity and power issues in Bahrain.
On Monday morning, the company said that a separate zone of data centres had been impacted by a "localized power issue".
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President Donald Trump told the UK’s Daily Telegraph he was "very disappointed" with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's initial refusal to let Washington use British military bases in its war against Iran.
Trump told the daily in an exclusive interview that Starmer’s initial refusal over the use of the Indian Ocean Chagos Islands base was unlike anything that had "happened between our countries before", adding: "It took far too much time. Far too much time."
Starmer later relented, saying he had agreed to British bases being used for "specific and limited defensive purpose".
The Lebanese government has imposed an "immediate ban" on Hezbollah's military and security activities and called on the group to hand over its weapons to the state, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced on Monday.
Salam announced "the immediate ban of all Hezbollah security and military activities", saying it considered them "illegal", and demanded the party to surrender its weapons.
This decision comes after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged fire overnight.
A general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Ebnelreza, was appointed Iran 's acting defence minister on Monday by the president, following the death of his predecessor in US and Israeli strikes.
"On the decision of President Massoud Pezeshkian, Revolutionary Guards General Majid Ebnelreza has been appointed acting minister of defence," a presidential spokesman announced in a message on X.
Kuwaiti air defences mistakenly shot down three US F-15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations, the United States Central Command (Centcom) said on Monday.
"During active combat - that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones - the US Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences," it said in a statement.
"All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. Kuwait has acknowledged this incident, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti defence forces and their support in this ongoing operation."
At 11:03 p.m. ET, March 1, three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles flying in support of Operation Epic Fury went down over Kuwait due to an apparent friendly fire incident.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
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One person was killed in an attack on an oil tanker off Muscat that also caused an explosion and a fire, the Omani authorities said Monday, as Iran presses on with its Gulf retaliation campaign.
“The oil tanker MKD VYOM, flying the flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, was attacked by an unmanned boat 52 nautical miles off the coast of Muscat Governorate," the Omani maritime security center said in a statement. "The tanker was carrying approximately 59,463 metric tons of cargo.
“The attack resulted in a fire and explosion in the main engine room, killing one crew member, an Indian national,” it added.
