198 women killed in Iran, says health ministry Iran's health ministry has said that 198 women have been killed since the start of the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Officials said more than 1,300 people have been killed, with thousands more wounded.
Israel kills 19 in attack on southern Lebanese village The Israeli military has killed at least 19 people, including children, in a strike on a building in the village of Sir el Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon, according to the country's National News Agency (NNA). Rescue teams are working to find bodies in the rubble, NNA reported.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy launched a combined drone and ballistic missile strike early Sunday on the Udairi base, a facility used by US forces to host military helicopters, causing heavy damage to key installations.
Kuwait says two interior ministry officers killed 'while performing duties' Kuwait’s interior ministry said two officers were killed early on Sunday while performing national security duties. In a statement posted on X, the ministry said Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Emad al-Sharrah and Major Fahd Abdulaziz al-Mujamed, both from the General Directorate of Land Border Security, were killed while performing their duties. The statement did not provide further details about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict Brash and bellicose, he sounded more like a cartoon bully than a sombre statesman. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth, wearing a red, white and and blue tie and pocket square, bragged to reporters at the Pentagon near Washington. “This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight.
Pars Today – Iran’s Foreign Minister stated that the United States’ attack on Iran’s critical infrastructure is an extremely dangerous act that will have severe consequences.
Iran war: Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, Here are the latest updates from the US-Israeli war on Iran, now in its ninth day: Israeli air strikes hit Iranian oil storage facilities on Saturday, triggering fires and sending thick black smoke into the sky. Iran’s Red Crescent warned that rainfall could become toxic as a result, urging civilians to avoid going outside during rain and to seek shelter under concrete or metal roofs if caught outdoors. On Sunday morning, Israel threatened to bomb members of the council responsible for appointing a new leader.
Pars Today – Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced that it has targeted the Northern Command Headquarters of the Zionist regime’s army in Safed with missile strikes.
Iran Red Crescent warns of toxic rain after US-Israeli attacks on fuel depots Iran’s Red Crescent warned civilians that rainfall could become toxic following fuel tank explosions triggered by US and Israeli strikes on infrastructure. The agency said contaminated rain could cause chemical burns to the skin and damage to the lungs. In a statement posted on Telegram, the Red Crescent urged people not to go outside during rainfall after explosions and to seek shelter under concrete or metal roofs if caught outdoors.
New posts 09:18 Magic Bullet? Sci-Fi Laser Weapons Are Now An Anti-Drone Reality Shaky amateur footage showing rocketsapparently disappearing in bursts of sparksover Lebanon were shared online on March 2, along with claims the videos showed the results of a futuristic Israeli air defense weapon in action amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
New posts 11:37 Iran Targets Kuwait Airport, Bahrain Desalination Plant Iran continued its retaliatory attacks on Arab countries hosting US bases in the Persian Gulf on March 8, targeting Kuwait International Airport and a desalination plant in Bahrain.
ParsToday - The Guardian newspaper called the US President's dream of repeating the "Venezuela scenario" in Iran a delusion.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Highlighting Iran’s inherent right to self-defense in the face of US-Israeli military aggression, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned that silence on such flagrant violations will embolden future aggressors.
Video: Iranian attack drone hitting radar tower at US base in Gulf Footage filmed by US soldiers appears to show an Iranian attack drone flying directly into a radar tower at a US military base in the Gulf during the escalating US-Israeli war on Iran. The video shows the service members recording and waiting for the attack as the drone hits the base of the radar structure, triggering an explosion and a cloud of smoke as troops react in the background. The exact location of the base has not been officially confirmed, though it is widely believed to be Ali Al Salem Air Base, a major US-operated facility in Kuwait.
UN Humanitarian Affairs Lead Tom Fletcher speaks to the BBC about the conflict in the Middle East.
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Iranian strikes across the region appear to have degraded parts of the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) network after radar systems in several West Asia locations were hit, as per a CNN report.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman urged the international community to condemn the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, warning that silence in the face of such violations of international law could further erode the global legal order and embolden future acts of force.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 8 (ANI): The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its national air defences are currently engaged in responding to 'incoming missiles and drones from Iran', as reported by Al Jazeera. The military response follows a wave of aerial threats targeting the Gulf nation.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on regional countries to refrain from allowing their territory and facilities to be used for military aggression against the Islamic Republic, warning that states enabling such actions could bear international legal responsibility.
Israel says it destroyed Iranian fighter jets in Isfahan airport attack The Israeli military said its forces carried out air attacks on an airport in Iran’s Isfahan on Saturday, destroying a number of F-14 fighter jets. “Additionally, detection systems and air defence systems that posed a threat to Israeli Air Force aircraft were struck,” the statement published on Telegram said. “This strike is in addition to the strike which dismantled 16 ‘Quds Force’ aircraft two days ago [Friday] at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran,” it added.
