Our business reporter Peter Eavis looks at the global implications of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway to the south of Iran. He analyzes ship activity in the strait, comparing it before and after the United States and Israel initiated attacks on Iran.
Firings, resignations and diversions to the president’s priorities have left elite counterterrorism and counterintelligence units stretched thin, current and former officials say.
UK to provide Saudi Arabia more fighter jets, helicopters UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spoken with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the Israeli-US war on Iran and its wider spillover in the region. Starmer said that additional British fighter jets, helicopters and a destroyer are being sent to the Middle East, adding that the UK is "ready to support" the defence of Saudi Arabia. The two leaders also discussed expanding intelligence sharing.
Moscow [Russia], March 7 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Friday and conveyed his condolences on the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei. He reaffirmed Russia's stance of immediate cessation of hostilities and said that he was in constant contact with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states.
Malachy Browne of our Visual Investigations team describes what satellite imagery and other evidence tell us about who might be responsible for an airstrike on an elementary school in southern Iran. The strike killed at least 175 people, according to health officials and Iranian state media.
Trump says US defence firms will quadruple production of weapons US President Donald Trump said American defence companies have agreed to "quadruple production" of what he described as "exquisite class" weaponry following a meeting at the White House. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said expansion of production facilities had already begun three months ago and that new plants are being built. He added that the US wants to reach the "highest levels of quantity" as quickly as possible.
The information has included satellite imagery showing the locations of military personnel. But some officials played down the significance of the partnership.
WASHINGTON -- US officials on March 6 told RFE/RL that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack US troops and military assets in the Middle East, confirming aWashington Post reportthat suggested Moscow is playing a substantial if indirect part in the widening regional conflict.
Israel’s air forces shifted their focus back to Iran on Friday after a night of heavy bombardment in Lebanon, which was quickly becoming one of the largest fronts in the regional conflict.
In first week of war on Iran, Gulf states shutter energy production and oil soars Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 22:02 Brent crude rose nearly 30 percent after the US and Israel attacked Iran, with production in Kuwait and Qatar grinding to a halt A plume of black smoke rises from an ongoing fire near fuel depots at the port of Fujairah in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah, on 4 March 2026 (Fadel Senna/AFP) Off Oil prices made a historic surge during the first week of the US-Israeli war on Iran as Gulf states shuttered energy facilities. Brent, the international oil benchmark, has surged 28 percent in the first week of the war, trading at $92. 66 per barrel on Friday.
Members of President Trump’s cabinet see their jobs as “total obedience to the president’s will,” the columnist Jamelle Bouie argues, and that means we should all be very worried about how the war in Iran could unfold.
A federal jury in Brooklyn found Asif Merchant guilty on Friday of plotting to kill American politicians, in a scheme backed by the Iranian government.
Russia likely behind Iran's increased precision in hitting Gulf targets Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 18:33 The damage to US assets may be far worse than what the Trump administration is willing to acknowledge Smoke rises from an explosion in the direction of the Ali al-Salem air base after a likely Iranian strike, in Al Jahra, Kuwait, on 6 March 2026 (Social media video obtained by Reuters) Off Despite the US secretary of war rebuffing a question about Russia's involvement in the US-Israeli war with Iran this week, it appears Moscow's intelligence could be helping to refine Iran's targeting of American assets in the region. The Washington Post, citing unnamed US officials, reported that Iran is now better able to track US warships and aircraft because of assistance from its longtime ally. Middle East Eye has reached out to the State Department for confirmation, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
MANAMA,7th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) General Command announced that air defence systems continue to intercept successive waves of Iranian aggression. Since the onset of these attacks, 84 missiles and 147 drones targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain have been intercepted and destroyed.
Israel’s air forces shifted their focus back to Iran on Friday after a night of heavy bombardment in Lebanon, which was quickly becoming one of the largest fronts in the regional conflict.
Washington DC [US], March 7 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) held a meeting with the largest American defence manufacturing companies, and said that they have agreed to quadruple the production of 'exquisite class' weaponry.
Washington DC [US], March 7 (ANI): As the conflict in West Asia further intensifies, the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told media on Friday (US local time) that the achievable objectives of Operation Epic Fury are expected to last about four to six weeks and further added that the US has enough ammunition and stockpile to achieve the objectives of the Operation and beyond.
Azerbaijani media reported that the country’s security service has placed several operatives of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) under pursuit for allegedly preparing “terrorist acts” and has foiled their plots.
Satellite firm delays release of images over Gulf states US satellite company Planet Labs PBC said it will delay the release of new imagery covering Gulf states and nearby areas impacted by the Israeli-US war on Iran. The company said all new images taken over the Gulf states and neighbouring countries, excluding Iran, will face a mandatory 96-hour delay before being added to its archive. Planet Labs said the move is meant to prevent adversarial actors from using the images in ways that could endanger allied and NATO-partner personnel and civilians in the region.
KUWAIT, 7th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The State of Kuwait announced that the Kuwait Armed Forces intercepted and destroyed on Friday 12 drones and 14 missiles fired from Iran.
