Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran confirms the death of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in an attack yesterday in Tehran by Israel and the United States. Forty days of mourning are declared. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-the-leader-who-shaped-irans-defiance

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran launches two ballistic missiles towards Cyprus, not far from the British military bases on the island. They were both intercepted before reaching Cyprus. Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides states that the country is not a target of Iran. (Cyprus Mail)

• https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/01/iran-missiles-fired-towards-uk-bases-in-cyprus

Armed conflicts and attacks

British Royal Air Force base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus is hit by a drone after declaring a security threat. No casualties are reported. (Cyprus Mail)

• https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/security-threat-declared-at-uk-cyprus-bases

Armed conflicts and attacks

Multiple Iranian Shahed drones strike French naval air station Camp de la Paix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (MENA via The New Arab)

• https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-drone-attack-caused-fire-base-hosting-french-forces-uae

Armed conflicts and attacks

Key Iranian officials Abdolrahim Mousavi, Aziz Nasirzadeh, Mohammad Pakpour and Ali Shamkhani are confirmed killed after an airstrike during a meeting yesterday in Tehran. (The Hill)

• https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-trump-warns-iran-not-to-escalate-attacks-saying-us-will-strike-back-with-force/mlite/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is allegedly killed along with his bodyguards in an Israeli targeted killing strike on his home in Narmak. (The Times of Israel)

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/reports-emerge-that-ahmadinejad-killed-as-state-media-says-it-cannot-confirm-his-fate/

Armed conflicts and attacks

High-ranking clerics in Iran declare jihad against Israel and the U.S., issuing a fatwa against them. (The Telegraph)

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/01/iran-declares-jihad-anti-us-riots-spread-middle-east/

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israeli Air Force launches a new wave of airstrikes across Tehran, targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij facilities with multiple explosions reported. (AA)

• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/explosions-heard-in-tehran-as-new-israeli-airstrikes-hit-iranian-capital/3844811

Armed conflicts and attacks

A person is injured in a drone strike on Duqm port in Oman. (AA)

• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-injured-in-drone-strike-on-oman-s-duqm-port-amid-us-israeli-confrontation-with-iran/3844783

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Palau-flagged tanker is struck by a missile in the Gulf of Oman, injuring four crew members. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-tanker-hit-off-oman-coast-after-drones-strike-duqm-port-2026-03-01/

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Iranian drone strikes the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama, Bahrain, which houses American embassy personnel. No casualties are reported. (Egypt Independent)

• https://www.egyptindependent.com/iranian-strike-on-hotel-in-bahrain-forces-us-embassy-personnel-evacuation/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Nine people are killed and 49 others are wounded in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem District, Israel. (The Times of Israel) (CNN)

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/beit-shemesh-missile-strike-death-toll-rises-to-8/
• https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-attack-02-28-26-hnk-intl

Armed conflicts and attacks

The IRGC says it has launched missiles at the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three U.S. service members are killed and five others are seriously wounded in an Iranian missile strike, according to the United States Central Command. (LBC)

• https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/three-service-members-killed-five-injured-iran-uss-abraham-lincoln-5HjdTgC_2/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Four Popular Mobilization Forces members are killed in an unidentified airstrike targeting one of their headquarters in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. (Al Arabiya)

• https://www.alarabiya.net/arab-and-world/iraq/2026/03/01/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-4-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy's lead Moudge-class frigate IRIS Jamaran is sunk by U.S forces off Chabahar Port. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-says-it-sinks-iranian-warship-2026-03-01/

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed and seven others are injured when a coach bus collides with a truck near Kyakabuga, Kyankwanzi District, Uganda. (Monitor)

• https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/six-dead-seven-injured-as-bus-collides-with-truck-in-kyankwanzi-5375836

Disasters and accidents

Two Canadian nationals are killed and 18 others are injured in a bus crash near Cumayasa, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic. (CTV)

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/sunwing-guests-in-fatal-bus-crash-in-dominican-republic/

Politics and elections

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado says she will return to the country in the coming weeks. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-says-she-will-return-venezuela-coming-2026-03-01/