US & ‘Israel’ at war with Iran | Second week

The Kuwait Armed Forces said two people were injured and material damage was reported after a drone targeted a residential building in southern Kuwait.

The 'Israeli' army says it has detected missiles fired from Iran targeting multiple areas in northern 'Israel', including Occupied cities like Haifa, Nazareth, the Galilee region, and the Golan Heights.

A projectile struck a container ship near the United Arab Emirates, the UK maritime agency said on Thursday, as Iran carries out a military campaign to disrupt global markets by choking trade in the Gulf.

"The container ship was struck by (an) unknown projectile causing a small fire onboard," the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in a statement, adding the ship's crew had been reported as safe.

All clear in Jordan after air raid alarms

Air raid sirens sound across Jordan

Bahrain told residents to stay home after an Iranian attack on fuel tanks on Thursday as Tehran carries out a campaign in the Gulf to disrupt global energy markets.

"The blatant Iranian aggression targets fuel tanks at a facility in Muharraq Governorate," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior posted on X.

The ministry told residents in three parts of Muharraq to "remain in their homes, close windows and ventilation openings as precaution against potential effects of smokes from the fire currently being fought."

The UAE’s Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said the country’s air defense systems engaged a missile threat.

'Israeli' media report that Iran launched strikes toward central 'Israel', while Hezbollah fired rockets toward the northern regions.

The 'Israeli' army says it has detected missiles launched from Iran targeting 'Israeli' territory.

The United States Department of Energy said Wednesday it will release 172 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve "beginning next week," as the Middle East war disrupted oil prices.

The release would "take approximately 120 days to deliver based on planned discharge rates," the agency said in a post to X.

The post also accused Iran of manipulating and threatening "the energy security of America and its allies."

Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone heading towards the Shaybah oil field on Thursday, as Iran targets the facility again in its campaign to disrupt global energy markets.

"A drone heading towards the Shaybah oil field was intercepted and destroyed," a spokesperson for the country's defence ministry posted on X.

Saudi Arabia had confirmed on Wednesday that it had intercepted several drones targeting the facility, which is crucial to the country's oil production.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran was on the verge of defeat, but warned that US forces could escalate strikes such that the country would be "almost impossible" to rebuild.

"They are pretty much at the end of the line," Trump told reporters in Washington.

He added: "We can hit sections of Tehran and other places that if you do it, it'll be almost impossible for them to rebuild their country, and we don't want that."

An 'Israeli' strike on the Ramlet al‑Baida seaside road in Beirut killed at least seven people, Lebanese authorities say, as emergency teams work the scene and search for additional victims amid ongoing 'Israeli' attack on Lebanon. 

Video verified and shared by AFP shows an oil depot on fire at the port of Salalah in Oman in images posted on social media on March 11, 2026. Drones struck fuel storage tanks at the port, state media reported, as Iran continues to target Gulf infrastructure in retaliation for U.S.-'Israeli' attacks.

'Israeli' forces have carried out renewed airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs

An attack on oil tankers near Iraq killed one crew member, Iraqi state television reported on Thursday, citing port authorities.

Farhan Al-Fartousi, from Iraq's General Company for Ports, told state television that one crew member had been killed and 38 rescued so far, and the "search continues for the missing." He did not specify their nationalities or provide details on who was behind the attack.

The Iraqi government's media cell told the national news agency INA that "two tankers were subject to sabotage."

Authorities in Dubai are responding to an incident where a drone fell onto a building in the Dubai Creek Harbour area. No injuries have been reported so far.

Authorities responded to reports of a sound in Al-Hashimiyah, Zarqa governorate, Jordan.

A sweep of the area revealed a piece of shrapnel causing minor damage to a water pipeline. No other damage occurred, and reports of additional harm are false.

Iran launches new salvo of missiles toward 'Israel'

Iraqi authorities announced early Thursday that they rescued the crew of a foreign oil tanker that was “attacked” in the country’s territorial waters off the southern coast, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Farhan Al-Fartousi, Director General of the Iraqi Ports Company, told the Iraqi News Agency that “Iraqi port crews managed to rescue the crew of a foreign oil tanker that was attacked in territorial waters, numbering more than 20 people.”

This comes as the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warned that Iran and Iran-backed armed Iraqi factions may be “planning” to target U.S. energy facilities in Iraq.