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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Mar 01, 2026, 4:16 AM EST

Larijani says US 'will never achieve their goals'

Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, appeared in a television interview on Sunday to mourn killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and vow retaliation against the U.S.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks at an event in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 13, 2025.
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"The passing of a great personality has wounded the hearts of all of us," Larijani said, adding that, "Americans should know that by stabbing the hearts of the Iranian nation, their hearts will be stabbed."

"What they did in a cruel way towards the Iranian leadership has angered the people so much that they will never achieve their goals," he said.

Larijani added that a temporary leadership council would be formed consisting of the president, the head of the judiciary and one of the jurists of the Guardian Council.

Larijani also posted to X on Sunday morning saying that Saturday's attacks on Iran "did hurt" but that Iran would hit the U.S. and Israel "with a force they have never experienced before."

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Mar 01, 2026, 3:59 AM EST

2 people injured by drone debris in Dubai, government says

The Dubai Media Office in the United Arab Emirates said in a post to X on Sunday that two people were injured in Dubai by "debris from drones intercepted by air defenses," which fell into the courtyards of two homes.

Explosions from the interception of Iranian projectiles are seen in the sky over Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 1, 2026.
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"The injured have received the necessary medical care," the post said. "Authorities also clarified that the sounds heard across the emirate were the result of successful interception operations."

In neighboring Abu Dhabi, the emirate's official media office said on Sunday two people -- including a child -- were also injured by drone debris that struck "the facade of one of the buildings at Etihad Towers."

Mar 01, 2026, 3:52 AM EST

Oil tanker attacked off coast of Oman, maritime body says

Oman’s Maritime Security Center said in a statement on Sunday morning that the Palau-flagged Skylight oil tanker was attacked while around 5 nautical miles north of the country’s Khasab Port.

All 20 crewmembers -- 15 Indians and five Iranians -- were evacuated, the center said. "Preliminary information" indicated that crewmembers were injured, the statement added.

The center did not attribute responsibility for the attack on the tanker. The Skylight was located in the Strait of Hormuz when attacked, maritime tracking websites suggested.

Mar 01, 2026, 3:26 AM EST

IDF announces fresh strikes in 'heart' of Tehran

The Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning that it had launched new airstrikes "in the heart of Tehran."

People watches from rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026.
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"Over the past day, the Israeli Air force conducted large-scale strikes in order to establish aerial superiority and to pave the path to Tehran," the IDF said in a post to X.

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