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.

ByJon Haworth, Jack Moore, Nadine El-Bawab, David Brennan, Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, and Leah Sarnoff

Last Updated: March 3, 2026, 10:02 PM EST

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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Here's how the news is developing.

Mar 03, 2026, 1:15 PM EST

Trump on stranded Americans: 'It happened to all very quickly'

Thousands of Americans are stranded in the Middle East because of the severe restrictions on commercial air travel.

Asked by ABC News why there wasn't a plan to evacuate Americans, President Donald Trump said, "Well, because it happened to all very quickly.”

President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House, March 3, 2026 in Washington.
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“We thought, and I thought maybe more so than most, I could ask [Secretary of State] Marco [Rubio], but I thought we were going to have a situation where we were going to be attacked,” he said. “They were getting ready to attack Israel. They were getting ready to attack others. You're seeing that right now. And a lot of those missiles that are hitting in those are stationary. Those were aimed there for a long period of time at these other countries."

-ABC News’ Karen Travers

Mar 03, 2026, 12:52 PM EST

Trump slams Spain, UK over Iran cooperation

President Donald Trump slammed Spain and the United Kingdom on Tuesday over their cooperation with the Iran war during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain," Trump said. "We don't want anything to do with Spain ... By the way, I'm not happy with the U.K. either."

He called the countries uncooperative.

He said his administration may enact embargoes on Spain. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Trump during the meeting that the Supreme Court "reaffirmed your ability to implement an embargo."

"Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott (Bessent) to cut all dealings with Spain ... Spain has absolutely nothing that we need other than great people," Trump said.