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Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon aboriginal Friday (March 6, 2026) arsenic the U.S. seemingly struck an Iranian drone bearer astatine oversea successful its unrelenting run against the Islamic Republic's fleet of warships.
Iran launched caller retaliatory attacks successful West Asia astatine the extremity of a full week of bombardment, which U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned was “about to surge dramatically.” Israel's subject said Friday (March 6) greeting it had begun “a broad-scale question of strikes” connected Tehran, Iran's capital. Witnesses described the Israeli airstrikes arsenic peculiarly intense, shaking homes successful the area. Others reported explosions astir the Iranian metropolis of Kermanshah successful an country that is location to aggregate rocket bases.
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The Israeli subject said strikes person already destroyed astir of Iran's aerial defences and rocket launchers. The warfare has escalated to impact countries crossed West Asia and beyond. Early Friday (March 6), Iran fired rocket and drone attacks into Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, each countries that big U.S. forces. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.
In Lebanon, wherever the warfare has rekindled warring betwixt Israel and Iran-allied Hezbollah militants, Israel launched a bid of airstrikes precocious Thursday (March 5, 2026) into Friday (March 6) successful the confederate suburbs of Beirut and different areas. Motorists jammed roads trying to fly oregon question shelter.
The U.S. and Israel person battered Iran with nationwide strikes, targeting their subject capabilities, enactment and atomic program.
In summation to Israel, Iran's attacks person targeted their Arab neighbours, disrupted lipid supplies and snarled planetary aerial travel. The warfare has killed astatine slightest 1,230 radical successful Iran, much than 120 successful Lebanon and astir a twelve successful Israel, according to officials successful those countries. Six US troops person been killed.
U.S. says it struck an Iranian drone carrier
The U.S. subject said aboriginal Friday (March 6, 2026) that it struck an Iranian drone carrier, mounting it ablaze. The U.S. military's Central Command released black-and-white footage of the burning carrier. The Iranian subject did not instantly admit the attack.
The drone carrier, the IRIS Shahid Bagheri, is simply a converted instrumentality vessel with a 180-metre-long (yard) runway for drones. The vas tin question up to 22,000 nautical miles without needing to refuel successful ports, reports said astatine the clip of its 2005 inauguration.
Adm. Brad Cooper, caput of U.S. Central Command, described the bearer arsenic “roughly the size of a World War II craft carrier.” “And arsenic we speak, it's connected fire,” Mr. Cooper told reporters.
Under the screen of acheronian connected Friday (March ) morning, B-2 stealth bombers dropped dozens of 2,000-pound “penetrator” bombs connected profoundly buried ballistic rocket launchers wrong Iran, Mr. Cooper said.
“We've besides struck Iran's equivalent of Space Command, which degrades their quality to endanger Americans,” Mr. Cooper said. Speaking alongside Mr. Cooper, U.S. Defence Secretary Hegseth gave fewer details erstwhile helium promised an upcoming surge.
“It's much combatant squadrons, it's much capabilities, it's much antiaircraft capabilities,” Mr. Hegseth said. “And it's much bomber pulses much frequently.”
Iran targets country's hosting U.S. forces
Qatar's Defence Ministry reported aboriginal Friday (March 6) that it intercepted a drone onslaught targeting Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts the guardant office of the U.S. Central Command.
Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed 3 ballistic missiles fired aboriginal Friday (March 6) toward Prince Sultan Air Base southbound of Riyadh, which hosts U.S. forces, said a spokesperson for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defence.
Air raid sirens sounded successful Bahrain, wherever the Interior Ministry said Iranian strikes targeted 2 hotels and a residential building. It said determination were nary casualties. In Kuwait, wherever the six U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday (March 6), the Kuwaiti service said its aerial defences were activated erstwhile rocket and drone attacks breached Kuwait's airspace.
Mr. Cooper said Iranian attacks had present deed a twelve countries, which would beryllium invited to play a much progressive relation successful the conflict. “Those 12 countries are nary excessively happy, and I look guardant to moving with each the partners who are consenting to articulation us,” helium said.
Mr. Trump again urges Iranians to “take back” their country
In little remarks astatine the White House, U.S President Donald Trump again urged the Iranian radical to “help instrumentality backmost your country.” This time, helium promised the U.S. would assistance them “immunity” amid the warfare and ongoing dangers nether the existent Iranian regime.
“So you'll beryllium perfectly harmless with full immunity,” Mr. Trump said, without giving immoderate details astir what that meant. “Or you'll look perfectly guaranteed death.” Mr. Cooper and Mr. Hegseth cautioned Iranians not to instrumentality to the streets portion the struggle is inactive raging, however.
“It's communal sense, don't spell retired and protestation portion bombs are dropping,” Mr. Hegseth said. “The champion happening for them to bash present is conscionable to laic low,” Mr. Cooper added.
In an interrogation with the quality website Axios, Mr. Trump said helium should beryllium progressive successful choosing Iran's caller ultimate person to regenerate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed successful the opening strikes of the war. Mr. Trump spoke dismissively of Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, being a front-runner to regenerate his father, calling him “a lightweight.” “We privation idiosyncratic who volition bring harmony and bid to Iran,” Mr. Trump said.
Iranian authoritative says there's nary spot to resume talks with U.S.
Iran has not requested talks with the U.S. to bring an extremity to the widening war, Iran's ambassador to Egypt told the Associated Press connected Thursday (March 6). Ambassador Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour denied comments by Mr. Trump that Iran wants to negotiate.
He said a deficiency of spot makes specified engagement intolerable aft talks for a imaginable atomic woody doubly failed and ended with war. “There volition beryllium nary spot successful Mr. Trump,” Mr. Ferdousi Pour said.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the U.S. Navy of committing “an atrocity astatine sea” for sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena successful the Indian Ocean, sidesplitting astatine slightest 87 unit members.
The Iranian vessel was returning from an workout hosted by the Indian navy that the U.S. besides joined. Sri Lankan authorities said 32 unit members were rescued.
Israel hits Lebanon with aggregate airstrikes astir Beirut
Israel carried retired astatine slightest 11 airstrikes precocious Thursday (March 5, 2026) and aboriginal Friday (March 5), targeting the confederate suburbs of Beirut. Fires broke retired adjacent a state station.
The Israeli service issued a informing Thursday evening (March 5), urging residents to “save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately.” Two hospitals evacuated patients and staff. No casualties were instantly reported.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said the decease toll has risen to 123 since the resurgence of hostilities betwixt Israel and Hezbollah, which struck Israel successful the opening days of the war.
A spokesperson for the UN peacekeeping unit successful confederate Lebanon, Tilak Pokharel, said Thursday (March 5) that peacekeepers had seen and heard clashes, including crushed combat, successful confederate Lebanon arsenic much Israeli forces person moved crossed the border.
