At least three ships were hit in and around the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, according to a British maritime monitoring group. Iran appeared to claim responsibility for the attack on the Mayuree Naree.
GCC condemns drone attack on Oman’s Salalah port The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned a drone attack on fuel storage tanks at Oman’s Salalah port. Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi said the GCC stands firmly with Oman and supports its efforts to safeguard its security, stability and territorial integrity. Omani authorities said drones struck fuel tanks at the port earlier on Wednesday, while other drones were intercepted.
It’s a crucial election year and economic and political costs of the war are rising. It might be a safe bet that the president will declare victory and walk away.
Qatar warns UN Security Council inaction sends ‘dangerous signal’ Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations urged the Security Council to act to halt the US-Israeli assault on Iran, which has escalated into a war across the Middle East. Speaking to reporters in New York, Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani said continued Iranian attacks on Qatari territory were damaging relations between the two countries. “The Security Council must act and fulfil its responsibility,” she said.
WHO says 54 of health facilities shut in Lebanon amid Israeli attacks The World Health Organization said 49 primary healthcare centres and five hospitals in Lebanon have shut down as the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider spillover in the region intensifies. In a post on X, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the closures followed evacuation orders and were severely limiting access to medical care. He warned that health systems across the region are under heavy strain more than 10 days into the escalation.
Trump says he's unaware of evidence indicating US bombed girls' school in Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 17:58 This comes four days after the president insisted that Iran targeted the school, killing mostly children US President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters before boarding Marine One from the White House in Washington, DC, on 11 March 2026 (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Off Four days after US President Donald Trump put the blame on Tehran for the bombing of a girls' school in Minab, Iran, he told reporters he's unaware of the mounting evidence that it was likely the result of a US air strike. At least 165 people died in that air strike. Most were children.
A judge granted a request for a 90-day pause in the pending criminal case against Halkbank. Now it must pass an independent review to prove that it is no longer evading U. S.
Israeli strikes kill 6 in southern Lebanon refugee camp At least six people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli air raids on the Burj al-Shamali camp in southern Lebanon, the country’s National News Agency reported. Two more people were killed in a separate strike on the town of Deir Antar, according to the report.
Thousands of Iranians crowded the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to mourn military commanders killed by U. S. and Israeli strikes.
Nearly every Senate Democrat urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to open a swift investigation into a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children, as new reporting raised questions about whether outdated US targeting data contributed to the attack.
UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding Iran halt attacks on Gulf states The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution backed by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries calling on Iran to stop its attacks on Gulf nations. The measure passed with 13 votes in favour, with Russia and China abstaining. No countries voted against it.
Interceptor shortage could force Gulf states to be selective in their targets: Report Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 19:15 Gulf pleas for restocking interceptors have been 'stonewalled' by the Trump administration, as it deals with global shortage, MEE revealed Explosions from the interception of an Iranian projectile are seen in the sky over Dubai in the UAE, on 1 March 2026 (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP) Off The Trump administration has been informed that its Gulf partners are running so low on missile and drone interceptors that they now need to be selective about which projectiles to target amid the war on Iran. The report by CBS published on Wednesday follows Middle East Eye’s exclusive report on 2 March about how the US was “stonewalling” requests by Gulf states to replenish their interceptors as early as the first week of the war on Iran. “Whatever munitions were produced in the last couple of months, we have shot several years' worth of production in the last few days,” a former US official familiar with the requests told MEE at the time.
Washington DC [US], March 12 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) avoided directly answering whether the United States could declare victory in its conflict with Iran if late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, continues to hold influence in the country's leadership.
The health crisis in Iran and across the Middle East is "escalating rapidly," reported Hanan Balkhy, WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. She was speaking at a WHO press conference on March 5, 2026, convened to discuss the latest developments in the war initiated on Feb 28 by the US and Israel against Iran.
Israel says 200 munitions used in strikes on Beirut The Israeli military said it has carried out large-scale air and sea strikes on Beirut, using about 200 munitions. In a statement, the army said around 70 sites across the Lebanese capital have been targeted so far, including about 50 high-rise buildings. Lebanon’s death toll from Israeli attacks has risen to 634, including 91 children, according to earlier figures from Lebanese authorities.
Thousands of Americans decline evacuation flights from UAE The US State Department said it offered nearly 9,000 Americans and their family members seats on evacuation flights from the UAE. Officials said around 300 seats were available on Wednesday’s flights but some remained empty after passengers boarded. At least one charter flight scheduled over the weekend was cancelled after no passengers arrived.
From Jewish street-corner preachers, to Christian high-ranking officials, many believe the conflict has been prophesized The war between Israel, the US and Iran is raging.
From Jewish street-corner preachers, to Christian high-ranking officials, many believe the conflict has been prophesized The war between Israel, the US and Iran is raging. Throughout these days I'm woken to the sounds of emergency alerts on my phone, air raid sirens ringing, or the boom-boom in the skies above me as missiles are being intercepted.
PM Albanese's decision to send troops to the Middle East is "embarassing," Nick McKim has said Australia has been "hitched at the hip" to the US and Israel's "catastrophic" war with Iran, Senator Nick McKim has warned, after dozens of Australian troops departed for the Middle East.
Según la indagación en curso, el ataque del 28 de febrero a la escuela primaria Shajarah Tayyebeh fue consecuencia de un error de fijación de objetivos del ejército estadounidense.
