As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says

No one was injured, according to the Qatari Ministry of Defense.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed by airstrikes in Tehran on Saturday.

Iran is responding to the U.S.-Israeli operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and Gulf nations. American diplomatic facilities have also been attacked.

In Lebanon, Israel is intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iranian-aligned Hezbollah militia.

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Feb 28, 2026, 5:22 AM EST

IRGC claims it targeted US bases in region

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its missiles and drones targeted the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, other U.S. military bases in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, as well as "military and security centers in the heart of the occupied territories," according to Iran’s semiofficial Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC.

Feb 28, 2026, 4:55 AM EST

Bahrain says missile attack targeted US Navy fleet service center

Bahrain’s state-run news agency said Saturday that the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet’s service center was targeted in a missile attack Saturday.

Feb 28, 2026, 4:22 AM EST

IDF says strikes on dozens of military targets in Iran

The joint Israeli-U.S. strike on Iran "included an attack on dozens of military targets and was carried out as part of a broad, coordinated, and joint attack against the regime," a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

The IDF statement emphasized close cooperation with the U.S.

"In the months leading up to the attack, close joint planning was carried out between the IDF and the US Army, which enabled the broad attack to be carried out with maximum synchronization and coordination between the armies," the IDF statement said. "The IDF, across all its systems, has a rigorous and long-term preparation process for the operation, both in the defense systems and in the various attack plans."

Feb 28, 2026, 4:13 AM EST

Iran accuses US of violating 'all international laws and during negotiations'

The Iranian Ministry of Interior condemned the joint attack by U.S. and Israel on Saturday, saying in a statement released through Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB: "We would like to inform the great people of Islamic Iran that the criminal enemy has once again violated all international laws and during negotiations, once again violated our beloved homeland."

Earlier, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement via Iranian state broadcaster IRIB saying an attack on Israel had begun.

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026.
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"In response to the aggression of the hostile and criminal enemy against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the first wave of widespread missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the occupied territories has begun," the IRGC said.

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