US-Iran war highlights: Blasts heard in Jerusalem; Netanyahu says seeing 'cracks' in Iran leadership
US Iran war highlights: Saudi Arabia has not ruled out military action in response to repeated missile and drone attacks from Iran, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday. Prince Faisal accused Iran of attempting to pressure neighbouring countries through such attacks.
US Iran war highlights: As the US-Iran war entered its 20th day, strikes intensified across the region even as diplomatic calls to curb the violence grew. However, amid the conflict, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not considering “putting troops anywhere.”...Read More
Iran on Thursday renewed warning regarding energy facilities of US and its allies, while threatening that they were “not yet finished.” This came even as Iran attacked an oil refinery in Israel's Haifa, after it struck a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea, and set Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze.
Israel had on Wednesday targeted facilities linked to the massive offshore South Pars natural gas field in Iran, which it shares with Qatar.
Saudi Arabia has not ruled out military action in response to repeated missile and drone attacks from Iran, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting in Riyadh with foreign ministers from across the region, Prince Faisal accused Iran of attempting to pressure neighbouring countries through such attacks.
"The kingdom is not going to succumb to pressure, and on the contrary, this pressure will backfire... and certainly, as we have stated quite clearly, we have reserved the right to take military actions if deemed necessary," he said.
Trump on LNG site attack
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that Iran’s key South Pars gas field could be destroyed if there are any further attacks targeting Qatar’s main gas facility.
The warning came as Qatar said Iranian missile strikes had caused extensive damage to additional LNG sites in the energy-rich Gulf nation.
Saudi defence ministry says it intercepted and destroyed eight drones over Riyadh and Eastern Province
Israeli defence minister on killing of intel minister
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said “significant surprises” are ahead after Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib was killed in an overnight strike. Iran condemned the attack on its South Pars gas field, with President Masoud Pezeshkian warning of “uncontrollable consequences” that could “engulf the entire world.”
A day earlier, Israel had killed senior security official Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, in a continued campaign against Iran’s top leadership.
Former US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said there was no “robust debate” before President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran, alleging that he and other senior officials with reservations about the war were prevented from presenting their concerns to the president.
French President speaks to Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron said on X that he had spoken with US President Donald Trump and the Qatari emir following attacks on energy sites in Iran and Qatar.
“It is in the common interest to implement without delay a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water infrastructure,” Macron said.
Iraq's conditions to halt attacks
Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah, an influential pro-Iran armed group, said it would halt attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad for five days, subject to certain conditions. The group called for Israel to stop bombing Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, and demanded that US-Israeli operations not target residential areas in Iraq.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent said three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile strike in the occupied West Bank late Wednesday, marking the first deadly Iranian attack there, and the first to kill Palestinians, since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
Gas prices jump up to 35% after Gulf energy strikes
European natural gas prices surged after Iran intensified attacks on energy infrastructure in the Gulf, damaging the world’s largest liquefied natural gas export plant, Bloomberg reported
Benchmark futures rose as much as 35% on Thursday.
This happened as QatarEnergy’s Ras Laffan facility suffered “extensive damage” following a series of strikes that triggered major fires, the company said.
Key highlights:
• Trump warns Iran’s South Pars gas field could be destroyed if attacks on Qatar continue
• Qatar says Iranian strikes caused ‘extensive damage’ to LNG sites
• Saudi Arabia signals it may take military action over repeated Iran attacks
• Israel’s Katz says “significant surprises” ahead after intel minister killing
• Iran warns of “uncontrollable consequences” that could “engulf the entire world”
• Israel killed Ali Larijani and General Gholam Reza Soleimani a day earlier
• Joe Kent alleges no “robust debate” before Trump’s Iran strike decision
• Macron urges halt to strikes on civilian infrastructure after speaking to Trump, Qatar emir
• Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah offers 5-day pause on US embassy attacks under conditions
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- 20 Mar 2026, 06:49:46 AM IST
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- 20 Mar 2026, 06:34:08 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Air raid sirens triggered in Israel
Local broadcaster Channel 12 has reported that Iranian missile attacks on Israel have triggered air raid sirens in northern Israel.
This comes as the Israeli military again reported incoming missile fire from Iran.
- 20 Mar 2026, 05:43:32 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel says it will hold off striking key Iranian natural gas field
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel pledged to refrain from more strikes on a key Iranian gas field after Iran intensified attacks Thursday on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf, raising the stakes in a war that has sent shock waves through energy markets and the global economy.
Global fuel supplies were already under pressure because of Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil is transported.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 05:17:22 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's attack on Qatar a ‘dangerous escalation,’ says PM Al-Thani
US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar on Thursday (local time) condemned Iran's strike on its territory, calling it a "dangerous escalation" and an "unacceptable violation" amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States, that threatens regional stability.
In a post shared on X, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote that Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said the attack, which targeted the Ras Laffan energy complex, marked a serious escalation in tensions.
- 20 Mar 2026, 04:58:57 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran calls on regional countries to prevent US from using ‘military aggression’
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran on Thursday (local time) called on countries in West Asia to prevent the United States from using military bases in their own territories.
These bases are the "root cause" of the current crisis and are being used for operations against Tehran, claimed Iran. The government has warned that such actions would amount to complicity in aggression.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 04:42:04 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: UAE says it dismantled 'terrorist network' funded by Iran and Hezbollah
US Iran war LIVE updates: United Arab Emirates authorities said on Friday they had dismantled a "terrorist network" funded and operated by Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran, and arrested its members.
According to the state news agency, the network was involved in "money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security."
- 20 Mar 2026, 04:29:01 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel PM says 'we are winning and Iran is being decimated'
US Iran war LIVE updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel and the United States were "winning" the war against Iran, with the Islamic republic "decimated" and unable to enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles.
In an English-language press conference, Netanyahu insisted Israel had "acted alone" in striking Iran's massive South Pars gas field, while confirming that US President Donald Trump had asked Israeli forces to "hold off" on such attacks moving forward.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 04:13:25 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Seven nations condemn Iran attacks on vessels, energy sites
US Iran war LIVE updates: Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and the United Kingdom condemened Iran "in the strongest terms" for attacks on "unarmed commercial vessels" and civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas facilities, as well as what they described as the "de facto closure" of the Strait of Hormuz, Al Jazeera reported.
- 20 Mar 2026, 03:53:24 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Blasts heard over Jerusalem after Israel detects Iran missile launch: AFP
US Iran war LIVE updates: Multiple loud blasts were heard over Jerusalem late Thursday after Israel reported another round of Iranian missile fire and air raid sirens rang out in the city, AFP reporters said.
Israel has detected multiple Iranian launches on Thursday, including one shortly before midnight (2200 GMT), followed by the explosions over Jerusalem.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 03:41:08 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: EU asks for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and no more strikes on energy
US Iran war LIVE updates: European leaders have demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a moratorium on strikes on water and energy infrastructure in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising energy prices caused by the war.
All heads of the 27 European Union nations known collectively as the European Council issued a joint statement Thursday calling for the stabilization of energy shipments and “de-escalation and maximum restraint” from warring parties.
- 20 Mar 2026, 03:28:51 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran not letting citizens cross into Turkey, says minister
US Iran war LIVE updates: The number of Iranians crossing into Turkey has dropped by about a third since the war began, with Tehran now restricting them from crossing the frontier, Turkey's interior minister said late Thursday.
"Since the start of the war, our citizens have been able to cross into Iran without restriction, however Iran has imposed restrictions on its own citizens and is not letting them cross to our side," Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci told journalists.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 03:12:28 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: EU calls for immediate moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure
US Iran war LIVE updates: EU leaders have called for an immediate moratorium on strikes targeting critical civilian infrastructure such as energy and water facilities amid the escalating Iran conflict, stressing the need to protect essential services and avoid further humanitarian fallout.
They also warned that the conflict is already triggering migratory pressures towards Europe, urging member states to remain highly vigilant and prepared for potential spillover effects, including security and economic disruptions.
- 20 Mar 2026, 02:59:25 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Russia issues fresh call to end hostilities in Gulf
US Iran war LIVE updates: Russia issued a fresh call on Thursday for an end to hostilities in the Gulf, starting with a halt to US and Israeli attacks, and made a new offer to use its diplomatic leverage to help end the fighting.
"We call for the fastest possible cessation of hostilities, which resulted from the unprovoked aggression of the US and Israel," the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 02:46:49 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu wants oil, gas to flow through Israel post-Iran war
US Iran war LIVE updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he believes pipelines should be built to transport Middle East oil and gas across the Arabian Peninsula and up to Israeli ports to avoid threats by Iran in the Hormuz Strait and other Gulf waters.
A day after Israel attacked Iran's main gas field in a sharp escalation of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Netanyahu told a press conference that Tehran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium, a claim that has been contested by the UN's nuclear watchdog.
- 20 Mar 2026, 02:10:16 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says Iran decimated as Tehran warns of 'zero restraint' in energy attacks
US Iran war LIVE updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel's military attacks had "decimated" Iran and that the Middle East war could finish sooner than expected, even as the Islamic republic kept up attacks on Gulf oil and gas targets that have jolted global markets.
Nearly four weeks into the Middle East war launched by Israel and the United States, Netanyahu said he was no longer sure who runs Iran and that it was now unable to enrich uranium or build ballistic missiles.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 01:29:11 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says no leaders 'as coordinated as Trump and I'
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he was "seeing cracks" in the Iranian leadership, with the country's new supreme leader yet to make a public appearance.
"I'm not sure who's running Iran right now. Mojtaba the replacement Ayatollah, has not shown his face. What we see is that there is a lot of tensions inside the people who are edging for the top," Netanyahu said in a televised press conference.
- 20 Mar 2026, 01:00:09 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says Iran war could end 'faster than people think'
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he believed the war in Iran could finish sooner than "people think".
"I also see this war ending a lot faster than people think," Netanyahu said at a press conference.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 12:53:44 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says ‘need’ to create alternative routes avoiding Strait of Hormuz
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu on Thursday stressed the need to create alternative routes that avoid the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea checkpoints. He also said that Iran's blackmail over closing Strait of Hormuz will not work in the ongoing conflict.
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:49:40 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel clarifies about attack on Iran's South Pars facility
US Iran war LIVE updates: Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Israel acted alone on the attack on Iran's South Pars facility and added that Trump has now asked the country to hold off any future attacks.
Earlier in the same day, Trump posted on social media stating that he has asked Netanyahu to not repeat similar attacks. Trump also said that he had no knowledge of the attack
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- 20 Mar 2026, 12:44:02 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says Iran's 'blackmail' by closing Strait of Hormuz won't work
US Iran war LIVE updates: Benjamin Netanyahu, in a press conference, said that Iran's “blackmail” by closing the Strait of Hormuz won't work in the conflict with US, Israel.
Strait of Hormuz is an essential waterway used for shipping oil. Iran earlier claimed control over it, asserting that countries will need permission to cross it.
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:40:38 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli president says ‘possibilities of ground component’ in war with Iran
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that there are several possibilities for a “ground component” in the ongoing US, Israel and Iran war. “I won't share what they are,” he added.
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- 20 Mar 2026, 12:34:11 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says 'we are winning and Iran is being decimated'
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that the country is winning while Iran is “being decimated,” in the ongoing attacks by Israel and US.
Netanyahu also said that after 20 days of war, Iran has left “no capacity” to make ballistic missiles or have enrich uranium.
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:23:53 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu says Iran has no capacity to make missiles
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that Iran has no capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of war. His comments came after continues exchange of missiles between US, Israel and Iran,.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 11:52:56 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar, Saudi, UAE denounce Iranian attacks amid rising oil prices
US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE denounced the Iranian attacks. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called them a “dangerous escalation.”
Brent crude oil, the international standard, briefly surged above $119 a barrel, up more than 60% since Israel and the United States started the war. The European benchmark for natural gas prices also rose sharply and has roughly doubled in the past month.
- 19 Mar 2026, 11:51:15 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli FM discuss West Asia conflict with EAM Jaishankar
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli Foreign Minister Gidon Saar on Thursday emphasised Israel's appreciation for its "special strategic partnership" with India during a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
The discussion focused on the ongoing conflict in West Asia and its various implications for the region and beyond.
Saar also briefed the EAM on Israel's operations against what he described as the "Iranian terror regime," highlighting Tehran's acts of "naval terrorism" in the Strait of Hormuz.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 11:28:37 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian attack on Israel's Haifa oil refinery did not cause ‘significant damage’
US Iran war LIVE updates: An Iranian missile attack hit Israel's Oil Refineries in the northern port city of Haifa but did not cause "significant damage", Israel's Energy Ministry said on Thursday.
Energy Minister Eli Cohen said power was briefly disrupted, with electricity restored to most of those who were affected.
"The damage to the power grid in the north is localized and not significant," Cohen said. “Also, in the barrage towards the north, there was no significant damage to Israeli infrastructure sites,” he said.
- 19 Mar 2026, 11:17:26 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran intensified attacks on oil, natural gas facilities
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy.
The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring and risked drawing Iran’s Arab neighbors directly into the conflict. Iran's targeting of energy production further stressed global supplies already under pressure because of its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 10:09:36 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they struck Haifa, Ashdod refineries in Israel
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday said they had struck the Haifa and Ashdod refineries in Israel.
- 19 Mar 2026, 09:36:23 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: ‘Not putting troops anywhere,’ says Trump
US Iran war LIVE updates: Amid the conflict in West Asia, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not considering “putting troops anywhere,” Reuters news agency reported.
He was asked whether he was planning to send soldiers to the Middle East region.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 09:33:02 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Missile attack targets oil refinery in Israel's Haifa
US Iran war LIVE updates: The Bazan Group oil refinery was struck in a missile attack in Haifa, with Israel's national ambulance service Magen David Adom saying one person was lightly injured in the incident, Al Jazeera reported.
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said there was no significant damage to infrastructure sites, adding that power had been restored to most residences.
- 19 Mar 2026, 09:26:20 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran internet blackout continues for 20th day, according to NetBlock
US Iran war LIVE updates: The internet blackout in Iran has now entered its 20th day, according to monitoring group NetBlock.
“The incident is now the longest recorded shutdown in Iran’s history, surpassing the blackout imposed during protests in January,” it said.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 08:59:12 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar retains right to respond to attacks on LNG facilities, says PM Al Thani
US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar under international law retains the right to respond to Iranian attacks on LNG facilities, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said.
The Qatari Prime Minister said that diplomacy is based on mutual respect, while asserting that Iran had destroyed their trust with its “aggression.”
- 19 Mar 2026, 08:55:56 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar PM says gas hub strike ‘clear proof’ that Iran is not just targeting US interests
US Iran war LIVE updates: Reacting to the Iranian strikes on liquefied natural gas facilities, Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said that they were “clear proof” that Tehran is not just attacking US interests.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 08:06:34 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for Iran war, says report
US Iran war LIVE updates: The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war from Congress, a move which will likely be met with questions.
The department sent the request to the White House, according to a senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private information, according to the Associated Press.
- 19 Mar 2026, 06:57:17 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli attack on South Pars coordinated with US, won't be repeated, says Israeli officials
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli strike on facilities linked to South Pars natural gas field was coordinated with the US, three Israeli officials told Reuters news agency.
However, this is not likely to be repeated, the officials said.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 06:23:19 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: No definite time frame for ending conflict, says Pentagon chief Hegseth
US Iran war LIVE updates: Pentagon chief and US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Thursday did not give a time frame for an end to the conflict in Middle East.
Hegseth said it would be “Trump's choice” to decide whether US has achieved what it needs for security.
- 19 Mar 2026, 06:16:08 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's ability to make new ballistic missiles has probably been hit hardest, says US secretary of war
US Iran war LIVE updates: US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Thursday told reporters that Iran's ability to make new ballistic missiles was probably hit hardest in US strikes, Reuters news agency reported.
Hegseth further said that being a senior leader of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards was a “temporary job.”
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- 19 Mar 2026, 06:13:18 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: US objectives in Iran have not changed, says US secretary of war Hegseth
US Iran war LIVE updates: US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Thursday said America's objectives regarding Iran remain the same since the strikes started on February 28.
Hegseth said the objectives were to destroy Iran's missile launchers, its defense industrial base and navy as well as never allowing Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Reuters news agency reported.
- 19 Mar 2026, 06:11:20 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Each day we move deeper into Iranian territory, says US top general
US Iran war LIVE updates: Chairman of the US joint chief of staffs General Dan Caine Thursday said American forces were “moving deeper into” Iranian territory with its strikes, Reuters news agency reported.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 06:04:07 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: US attacking Iran-backed militia in Iraq, says Gen Dan Caine
US Iran war LIVE updates: Chairman of the US joint chief of staffs General Dan Caine on Thursday said the American forces were attacking Iran-backed militia in Iraq.
“AH-64s have been striking against Iranian-aligned militia groups to make sure that we suppress any threat in Iraq against US forces or US interests,” Reuters news agency cited Caine as saying.
- 19 Mar 2026, 05:57:09 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Explosion heard near Iraq's Erbil airport
US Iran war LIVE updates: An explosion was heard near Iraq's Erbil airport on Thursday, AFP reported citing its correspondents.
The airport, which serves as a US base, has been a target of Iranian drone strikes since the beginning of the conflict.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 05:54:09 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: UK PM Starmer condemns Iranian strikes on Qatar's main gas hub
US Iran war LIVE updates: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday condemned the strikes on Qatar's main gas hub, which is the world's largest liquefied natural gas facility. “I condemn in the strongest terms the overnight Iranian strike on a Qatari gas facility,” Starmer said in a post on X.
“We are working towards a swift resolution to the situation in the Middle East, in the best interests of the British people – because there is no question that ending the war is the quickest way to reduce the cost of living,” the UK PM added.
- 19 Mar 2026, 05:51:41 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Strikes hit Iraqi popular mobilization forces headquarters, one killed
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iraqi popular mobilization forces headquarters located south of Kirkuk were targeted on Thursday, with smoke seen rising from the premises, security forces said, Reuters news agency reported.
According to security forces, the strikes killed one and wounded three others.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 05:49:29 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli forces say they have begun strikes on north Iran for the first time since conflict started
US Iran war LIVE updates: The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had launched airstrikes in northern Iran for the first time since the war began on February 28.
"The Israeli Air Force, acting on navy and IDF intelligence, began striking targets in northern Iran for the first time during Operation Roaring Lion," the military said, AFP reported.
- 19 Mar 2026, 05:43:33 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: UAE ministry says air defences intercepted seven missiles, 15 drones today
US Iran war LIVE updates: UAE's ministry of defence on Thursday said it has shot down seven missiles and intercepted 15 drones.
It said that air defences have intercepted 334 ballistic missiles and 1,714 drones since the start of the conflict, and also downed 15 cruise missiles.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 05:40:46 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Fourth Palestinian woman killed after Iranian missile attack in West Bank
US Iran war LIVE updates: Another Palestinian woman dies from shrapnel wounds after an Iranian missile attack on West Bank, bringing the death toll from the incident to four, Al Jazeera reported.
Palestinian authorities could not confirm if the shrapnel that caused the casualties came from an Iranian missile or an Israeli interceptor used to shoot it down.
- 19 Mar 2026, 05:30:17 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's intelligence ministry said 97 people arrested for being ‘soldiers of Israel’
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian intelligence ministry on Thursday said 97 individuals had been arrested for being what it called “soldiers of Israel,” Reuters news agency cited state media as reporting.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 04:56:41 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran FM calls for vigilance, regional coordination in talks with Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran’s foreign minister has called for vigilance and greater regional coordination in separate conversations with counterparts in Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan.
According to state media, foreign minister Abbas Araqchi described the recent US and Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure as attempts to escalate tensions and destabilise the region, reported AFP.
“In the calls to foreign counterparts, Araqchi assessed the U.S. and Zionist regime's (Israel) attack on Iranian infrastructure as an act aimed at escalating tensions and destabilising the region, and urged for vigilance and coordination among regional countries in response to these threats,” the report said.
- 19 Mar 2026, 04:28:21 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran warns of ‘complete destruction’ if energy facilities attacked again
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran on Thursday renewed warning regarding energy facilities of US and its allies, while threatening “complete destruction.”
“We warn the enemy that you made a major mistake in attacking the energy infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the response is underway and not yet finished,” Iran military's operational command Khatam Al-Anbiya said in a statement carried by Fars news agency. “If it is repeated, subsequent attacks against your energy infrastructure and that of your allies will not stop until their complete destruction, and our response will be far more severe than” last night's strikes, the military warned.
Iran attacked multiple energy facilities in Gulf countries after Israeli strikes on its South Pars natural gas field.
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- 19 Mar 2026, 04:21:06 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran MPs propose tolls on ships passing through Strait of Hormuz
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian lawmakers have proposed tolls and taxes on ships passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, local media reported on Thursday.
“We in parliament are pursuing a plan under which countries will pay tolls and taxes to the Islamic republic if the Strait of Hormuz is used as a secure route for transit, energy and food security,” ISNA news agency cited Tehran lawmaker Somayeh Rafiei as saying.
- 19 Mar 2026, 03:55:47 PM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Oman condemns attacks on energy facilities in UAE, Qatar Saudi
US Iran war LIVE updates: Oman condemned Iranian attacks on energy facilities in UAE, Qatar and Saudi, its state news agency reported.
The country, which was earlier mediating talks between US and Iran, has urged countries to refrain from targeting civilian infrastructure and stressed on the necessity to adhere to international law, Reuters news agency reported.
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