Worst day of war for US as Iran shows real power: warplane crash, bases damaged, troops dead| Israel

Iran’s March 2 escalation rippled across multiple theaters, with new reports of drone attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq—including Erbil and the Victoria Base near Baghdad’s international airport—alongside a suspected drone strike that impacted the airfield at Britain’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus. The UK government said force protection is at the highest level and that personnel are responding, calling it a live situation. As the strikes spread, the U.S. and key Gulf partners issued a joint statement condemning what they called Iran’s “indiscriminate and reckless” missile-and-drone attacks and reaffirmed coordinated regional defense and the right to self-defense.