US-Israel-Iran War News: NATO Says Iran Missile Targeted Turkiye

Retired US general Mark Kimmitt told Al Jazeera that Iran's ballistic missile launch towards Türkiye was more serious than the US sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. He described the action as deliberate and said it was an intentional attempt by the Iranian military to fire out of their territory into a country not directly involved in the Gulf conflict. Kimmitt added that this poses “serious consequences” for Iran because Türkiye is a NATO partner.

NATO air defence systems intercepted and destroyed the missile on Wednesday. The alliance condemned the incident. Türkiye responded by summoning the Iranian envoy to protest.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart after the event. He said Iranian forces will continue their military response to the US and Israel until “the evil of the enemies” had been repelled.

-Al Jazeera

The Saudi Defence Ministry announced that it intercepted three drones east of al-Kharj Governorate.

Qatar’s Ministry of Interior has ordered residents living near the US embassy in Doha to evacuate as a precautionary measure.

Reporting from Doha, Aksel Zaimovic spoke to people in the area who said police officers are present and calmly asking residents to leave. They reported being provided with accommodation, and one person mentioned that some have been told to go to a nearby metro station.

There is no information yet on any imminent threat. The evacuation comes after the US State Department issued a warning to American citizens to immediately leave the Middle East, even if it means travelling to countries like Oman or Saudi Arabia when commercial flights are not available from their current location.

Iran’s Press TV reported that Iranian forces carried out an operation targeting “anti-Iran separatist forces” in the Kurdish region of neighbouring Iraq. Video clips posted on X by Press TV showed explosions lighting up the night sky during the operation. The outlet did not give the specific location of the strikes.

Earlier reports mentioned multiple blasts in Sulaimaniyah province in northern Iraq. Local sources said the attacks hit the headquarters of the Kurdistan Toilers Association, or Komala, an Iranian Kurdish armed group based in Iraq.

The strikes happened against the background of reports that Iranian Kurdish armed groups recently consulted with the US about whether and how to attack Iran’s security forces in the western part of the country. According to Reuters, the Iranian Kurdish coalition of groups along the Iran-Iraq border has been training to carry out such attacks in hopes of weakening Iran’s military.

Earlier, Iran’s Tasnim news agency denied reports of armed Kurdish fighters crossing into Iran from Iraq.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, who previously described the US and Israel’s strikes on Iran as “inconsistent with international law”, stated that Canada will “stand by our allies”.

Speaking alongside his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra, Carney said: “One can never categorically rule out participation.”

A US Marine veteran was forcibly removed from a congressional hearing after he protested against President Trump’s decision to launch military operations against Iran.

Brian McGinnis, who is running for a Senate seat in the upcoming elections as a Green Party candidate, shouted “No one wants to fight for Israel” as multiple security officers pushed him out of the room.

A video clip posted by CBS News journalist Alan He showed Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana, also a US veteran, assisting the Capitol Police by helping lift and push McGinnis out. Sheehy later told CBS that he “decided to help out and deescalate the situation”.

Footage obtained shows a series of explosions in the Iranian capital that sent fireballs into the sky. The attack took place near a highway north of Tehran. More details will follow soon.

-Al Jazeera

Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Rory Challands said Israeli forces are currently holding five points inside Lebanon, north of the Israeli-Lebanese border. It now appears they plan to advance beyond those points and move deeper into Lebanese territory.

The Israeli military explains that the operation aims to create a buffer zone and push back Hezbollah, which has been launching rockets and drones across the border into Israel in recent days.

Israel justifies the ground incursion as necessary to neutralise that threat. The Israeli military has issued various evacuation warnings for people in southern Lebanon and also in parts of Beirut.

Among the Lebanese population, there is fear that what the Israeli military is doing in southern Lebanon is not temporary. Many worry it could lead to long-term holding of territory or develop into something more like an invasion.

-Al Jazeera

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has launched its 19th wave of attacks against the US and Israel, according to Press TV and the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency.

Tasnim quoted the IRGC as saying that the latest attack includes missile and drone launches targeting both Israel and “American terrorist bases”.

The IRGC has called its operation “True Promise 4”.

Al Jazeera Arabic reported that a missile was spotted flying over the Jordanian city of Aqaba in the past hour, heading in the direction of Israel.

This follows Iran’s announcement that it has launched a volley of missiles towards Israel.

More details will follow when available.

-Al Jazeera

Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that several explosions were heard in Tehran over the past hour. The country has activated its air defences in response.

This is the latest in a series of explosion reports in the Iranian capital this morning. There have also been reports of blasts in the western city of Sanandaj in Iran’s Kurdistan Province.

The Lebanese National News Agency reported that a drone targeted an attack on the Tyre-Naqoura road, near the town of Qalila.

At least three people were killed in the incident, it said.

An Israeli strike hit the Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, near the city of Tripoli.

The camp is located far from the main areas where Israeli attacks have been concentrated in Lebanon.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed that the attack killed at least two people.

This follows an earlier report of the strike on Beddawi camp.

Iranians are waking up to a sixth day of continued attacks by the US and Israel. Starting from midnight, another wave of strikes began.

An hour ago, massive blasts were heard from the eastern part of the capital, with shockwaves felt in the area where he is located.

It is not yet clear what the targets are.

Overnight, attacks also hit the Kurdish cities of Sanandaj, Saqqez, and Bukan.

In total, more than 150 cities in Iran have been attacked since Saturday.

The IRGC is continuing to launch retaliatory attacks and just announced a 19th wave of attacks targeting Israel and US bases in the region.

-Al Jazeera

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported an Israeli strike on a house in the Al Shahabiya district of southern Tyre.

The agency also reported strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, specifically the districts of Ghobeiri, Haret Hreik, and Bir al-Abed.

Al Jazeera Arabic reported Israeli air attacks on Nabatieh in the past hour.

There were no immediate reports on casualties from those strikes.

Israel has repeatedly bombarded the Nabatieh area, claiming a strong presence of Hezbollah there.

More than 50 people have already been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since Monday.

-Al Jazeera

Global energy trade faces major disruption as the war around the Persian Gulf blocks oil and natural gas shipments, driving prices higher.

Asia faces the greatest risk because it depends heavily on imported fuel, with much of it passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz serves as the narrow route for a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade.

Since the war with Iran started, Brent crude—the international benchmark—has risen 15% to around $84 per barrel, the highest level since July 2024.

-AP

Gunfire has been heard throughout the night in Lebanon, coming from the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The shots serve as a warning to residents about imminent Israeli strikes.

Normally, forced evacuation orders are issued by an Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli military, who posts them on X.

These warnings often come in the middle of the night, when most city residents are not checking X.

Once people become aware of the warnings, they start firing in the air across the southern suburbs of Beirut to alert others that the Israeli military has issued an imminent threat to their homes and lives.

This has happened a number of times throughout the evening.

Strikes were also reported this evening in the southern city of Tyre.

A strike reached as far as Tripoli, which local sources described as a targeted assassination.

In a Palestinian refugee camp there, sources said a Hamas official was killed.

The Saudi Defense Ministry said it destroyed a drone in the kingdom’s al-Jawf province.

The province borders Jordan.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva spoke about the Middle East conflict at the “Asia in 2050” conference in Bangkok.

“This conflict, if proven to be more prolonged, has obvious potential to affect global energy prices, market sentiment, growth and inflation, and place new demands on the shoulders of policymakers everywhere,” she said, according to the AFP news agency.

Iran has postponed the farewell ceremony for Supreme Leader Khamenei.

One main reason is the continuous wave of attacks, with fears that any large gathering or ceremony could become a target for US and Israeli strikes.

The Iranian leadership is also in the process of selecting a new supreme leader.

There are constitutional processes for this selection, but the appointment is not expected soon.

A member of the Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for choosing the new leader, said time is needed for the necessary consultations.

This is a highly significant decision because the supreme leader holds enormous power and has the final say on both domestic and foreign policies, so the process is being handled carefully and meticulously.

The constitution requires this to happen as soon as possible, but it remains unclear how soon it will occur given the current uncertainty in the country.

The Saudi Ministry of Defense said it shot down a drone near the Al Jowf region in the north of the country.

This follows the ministry’s earlier announcement that it intercepted three drones east of al-Kharj Governorate.

Iranian sailors who survived a U.S. submarine strike in the Indian Ocean are recovering at a hospital in the Sri Lankan port city of Galle, authorities said on Thursday (March 5, 2026).

The attack occurred the day before, killing at least 87.

Authorities at the National Hospital in Galle and navy sources said 87 bodies were brought in by military rescuers responding to an early-morning distress call from the IRIS Dena on Wednesday (March 4, 2026).

Search and rescue operations for an estimated 60 people still unaccounted for would continue on Thursday, authorities said.

-Reuters

Iran said on Thursday (March 5, 2026) it had targeted headquarters of Kurdish forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Iranian state media.

This follows strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq.

“We targeted the headquarters of Kurdish groups opposed to the revolution in Iraqi Kurdistan with three missiles,” Iran’s official IRNA news agency posted on Telegram, quoting a military statement.

-AFP

Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior stated that an explosion on an oil tanker happened outside the country’s territorial waters, more than 60 kilometres from the Mubarak al-Kabeer port.

The UKMTO earlier reported that the master of a tanker at anchor heard and saw a large explosion on the vessel’s port side.

The master then observed a small craft leaving the area.

All crew were reported safe.

The vessel had taken on water, and oil was seen in the water from a cargo tank, which could cause environmental impact.

The Pentagon has now identified the last two U.S. soldiers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait on Sunday.

They are Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, from Sacramento, and Major Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, from Indianola, Iowa.

The Pentagon previously identified the first four soldiers killed on Tuesday.

The strike took place on Sunday, and all six service members were killed in the attack.

The ambassadors of Iran and Israel held separate press conferences in Seoul on Thursday, trading sharp accusations amid the ongoing escalation of conflict between their countries in the Middle East.

Iran’s Ambassador to South Korea, Saeed Koozechi, speaking through an interpreter, urged Seoul—as a key U.S. ally—to speak out more strongly against what he described as illegal aggression by U.S. and Israeli forces. He said the attacks came despite active negotiations.

He warned that “many coffins would return to the United States” if it deploys ground forces, and described Iranian strikes on Gulf states hosting U.S. military bases as unavoidable.

Israel’s ambassador in Seoul, Raphael Harpaz, said the joint U.S.-Israeli military operations are intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear development facilities and ballistic missile sites, while also helping to free the Iranian people from oppression.

South Korea has backed U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program but has not openly supported the U.S.-Israeli attacks. Instead, it has called for the quick restoration of dialogue.

-AP

The US House of Representatives plans to vote Thursday on its version of a Democratic resolution aimed at restricting or ending the current military operation by the Trump administration.

Even if the House measure passes—with full Democratic support and enough Republican votes to secure a majority—the resolution would not take effect. The identical Senate version already failed earlier.

Reporting from Washington, DC, the effort reflects ongoing attempts by some members of Congress to address the issue through the constitutional process.

A lawsuit to challenge the operation is theoretically possible but considered a long shot at this stage, as lawmakers continue pursuing legislative channels.

-Al Jazeera

Qatar Airways says it will operate some relief flights for stranded passengers from Muscat and Riyadh starting today.

Flights from Doha remain suspended because Qatar’s airspace is still closed.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh visited the embassy in New Delhi on Thursday to sign a condolence book in memory of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Khatibzadeh’s tribute comes as Iranian state media reported that preparations are underway at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla for the placement of the body of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israel-led strike on Iran.

The Grand Mosalla, a massive prayer complex used for the city’s most significant state-religious gatherings, is serving as the centrepiece for a three-day farewell ceremony.

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Iran launched a new wave of attacks targeting Israeli territory and US military bases, while Israel carried out fresh strikes in Lebanon. Air raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as Israel reported multiple incoming missiles.

Iranian state television claimed the strikes also targeted US bases. In response, the Israeli military said it conducted targeted attacks in Beirut’s southern suburbs against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group.

-AP

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday said that "military assets" had been deployed to the West Asia as a contingency plan.

"I thank those Australians going into a dangerous situation in order to help their fellow Australians," Albanese told Australia’s Parliament.

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Iran’s air defence systems have reportedly shot down an Israeli Hermes drone over Hamedan province, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

The report comes as Israel announced a new wave of strikes targeting sites across Iran.

-Al Jazeera

Sirens warning of a suspected drone intrusion were heard in southern Israel near the border with Jordan, Israeli media reported.

According to The Times of Israel, the alerts sounded across several communities in the region.

-Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka is attempting to "safeguard ⁠lives" on another ⁠Iranian ship off its coast, the country’s cabinet ‌spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa ‌said, adding that the vessel was in the ⁠economic zone beyond ⁠the South Asian island nation’s territorial ⁠waters.

“We are doing ⁠our ⁠utmost to safeguard lives.”

-Al Jazeera

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has rejected claims that the United States is using Indian ports to launch strikes against Iran, calling the allegations false and misleading.

-The Hindu

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry stated that several drones launched from Iran have struck its territory, with one hitting a terminal at Nakhchivan International Airport and another landing near a school in the village of Shakarabad.

In a statement, the ministry said, “We strongly condemn these drone attacks from the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which caused damage to the airport building and injured two civilians.”

Al Jazeera

Qatar’s Defence Ministry says its air defence systems are intercepting a missile attack.

The statement comes as multiple explosions are being heard in the skies above Doha.

An Israeli attack targeting a car on a highway near the town of Zahle in eastern Lebanon has killed two people, raising today’s death toll to eight, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports, citing the health ministry.

The latest attack also injured two people, according to the ministry.

Source: Aljazeera

Iran’s Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi has urged the public to be cautious about their water and electricity consumption as workers rush to repair facilities damaged by US-Israeli attacks.

In comments summarised by Iran’s Mehr news agency, Aliabadi asked people to watch their consumption “so that we can get through this situation without creating serious problems”.

“France has allowed U.S. aircraft on some of its bases in the Middle East during the conflict opposing the United States and Israel with Iran,” the French military said Thursday.

“As part of our relations with the United States, the presence of their aircraft has been temporarily authorised on our bases” in the region, a spokeswoman for the military general staff told AFP.

“These aircraft contribute to the protection of our partners in the Gulf.”-- AFP

With West Asia on the brink of a wider regional war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a “swift end” to the escalating conflict in the region saying no issue can be resolved through military confrontation.

Mr. Modi’s remarks following his wide-ranging talks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb came as the United States and Israel’s war with Iran entered the sixth day with both sides launching fresh strikes, significantly heightening tensions across the region.

Source: PTI

Iran accused Israel and the United States on Thursday of deliberately targeting civilian areas during their war on the Islamic republic, which began six days ago.

“Our people are being brutally slaughtered as the aggressors deliberately target civilian areas and any location they believe will inflict the maximum possible suffering and loss of life,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a post on X.

Source: AFP

Iran has not yet elected the successor of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike last week, a senior Iranian official said Thursday.

Ayatollah Abdul Majeed Hakeemelahi, the representative of Iran’s supreme leader in India, also said that the process to elect a new leader is still underway.

“This news is not true because, till now, they (the council) have not chosen or nominated anyone, and the process is still underway,” Hakeemelahi told PTI when asked about some media reports claiming that Ayatollah Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been elected as his successor.

Source: PTI

Israeli air strikes have targeted the towns of Harouf and Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon, our colleagues on the ground are reporting.

As we reported earlier, at least eight people have been killed by Israeli attacks across Lebanon today.

Tehran woke up this morning to huge blasts across the city, particularly at police stations and some government facilities.

A 12,000-seat sports stadium was also hit. It was empty understandably, but nobody knows what the target behind or under that stadium was.

It has been severely damaged.

Source: Aljazeera

Iran’s armed forces denied having launched a drone attack on Azerbaijan after Baku said at least two Iranian drones hit the country, wounding two people.

“The Islamic republic of Iran... denies its armed forces launched a drone toward the Republic of Azerbaijan,” the general staff of the armed forces said in a statement, according to state TV, which also blamed Israel.

“Such actions by the Zionist regime, aimed at disrupting relations between Muslim countries in various ways, are not unprecedented.”

Source: AFP

France ⁠has ⁠authorised a temporary presence of US ⁠aircraft on ”certain bases” ⁠in the country, an official with the French joint defence staff says.

The move comes as the US conducts its joint campaign with Israel against Iran.

“Considering the context, France demanded that the concerned resources do ⁠not participate in ⁠any way in operations conducted by the United ⁠States in Iran ⁠but strictly ⁠for the support of the defence of our partners ‌in the region,” the official ‌said.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claim to have shot down a US F-15E strike fighter near the country’s southwest borders, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency is reporting. The US military has denied such reports.

Three ships from Iran were scheduled to participate in MILAN but later only one ship participated (IRIS Dena, the one attacked by the U.S.). There is no information on the other two other ships.

Source: The Hindu

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has applauded the US-Israeli attack on Iran, suggesting the world is a better place after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an air strike.

“The mothership of terrorism is sinking. The captain is dead. The largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is close to collapsing. The leader of the largest state sponsor of terrorism and his inner team are dead,” said Graham.

Following the US-Israeli strikes that killed Khamenei and other leaders, Iran’s counterattacks struck US bases in Bahrain and the UAE.

The US military denied Iranian claims that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was struck with ballistic missiles, saying the “missiles launched didn’t even come close”.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened to launch its “most intense offensive operation” ever on Israeli and US military installations.

NATO stands by the assertion that a ballistic missile launched from Iran was targeting Turkey before being shot down, an alliance spokesperson told AFP today, contradicting a Turkish official’s claim it was headed for a military base in Cyprus.

Asked whether the missile deliberately targeted locations in Turkiye, spokesman Martin O’Donnell replied “yes” -- and referred to the alliance’s formal response to the incident yesterday (March 4, 2026).

In an initial statement, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said the alliance condemns “Iran’s targeting of Turkiye”.

Mr. O’Donnell declined to provide further details on the missile’s target, citing security concerns.

“I will refrain from revealing any additional information that could impact security or force protection,” he said.

Earlier today, Turkiye’s Defence Ministry said NATO’s defence systems had intercepted and neutralised “a ballistic missile fired from Iran and detected heading towards Turkiye” but added no further detail.

Source:  AFP

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the “special relationship” between Britain and the US remains intact despite criticism from President Donald Trump over the country’s contribution to the war against Iran.

“The special relationship is in operation right now,” Starmer said at a press conference Thursday.

“We are working together in the region, we’re sharing intelligence on a 24/7 basis in the usual way. That is the special relationship,” he said.

President Trump lashed out at Starmer on Monday for denying the US permission to use British military airbases in the Chagos Islands for offensive strikes against Iran.

“This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” said Trump.

But Starmer played down any suggestion of a rift between the two leaders.

“Clearly it’s for the president to take decisions that he considers in the national interest the right decisions for the US,” he said.

“Equally, it’s for me as the British Prime Minister, to take decisions that I consider to be in the best interest of the United Kingdom. There’s nothing controversial about that,” added Starmer.

Source: CNN

The West Asia war has forced the World Health Organization (WHO) to suspend operations at its global emergency logistics hub in Dubai, the agency’s chief said.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced alarm at the conflict which erupted with U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, and warned that the “impact goes beyond the immediately affected countries”.

“Operations at WHO’s logistics hub for global health emergencies in Dubai are currently on hold due to insecurity,” he told a press conference.

Last year, the logistics Dubai hub processed more than 500 emergency orders for 75 countries around the world, Hanan Balkhy, the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean regional director, told reporters.

“Humanitarian health supply chains are now being jeopardised,” she warned.

Ms. Balkhy explained that “the hub’s operations are temporarily on hold due to insecurity, airspace closures and restrictions affecting access to the Strait of Hormuz”.

The disruption, she said, was “preventing access to $18 million in humanitarian health supplies while another $8 million in shipments cannot reach the hub”.

It was affecting more than 50 emergency supply requests from 25 countries, as well as some $6 million in medicines destined for the Gaza Strip.

And, she cautioned, $1.6 million in polio laboratory supplies were being held up, which could have dire impacts for Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the disease is endemic.

Source: AFP

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says his country has started the offloading of Iranian crew off a ship off Sri Lanka. “A total of 208 crew are on the ship from which Sri Lanka has started offloading Iranian crew. After the crew is safely off boarded Iranian vessel will be moved to the Trincomalee harbour,” Mr. Dissanayake says.

“We ask all parties to be committed to peace and we will assist them in this endeavour. After detailed discussions with all parties, Sri Lanka has decided to assist the Iranian vessel,” he says.

Source: Reuters