A widening conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel has triggered escalating military strikes across the Middle East, disrupted shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz and raised concerns over global energy supplies. This live report tracks the latest developments.
Iran has issued another warning to civilians in the United Arab Emirates, urging residents to stay away from major ports that it says could be targeted in further retaliatory strikes.
A circular published by Iranian media outlets linked to the country’s security apparatus called for evacuations around Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi, and Mina Al-Fujairah.
The warning comes after Iranian missile and drone attacks over the past two weeks that UAE authorities say have killed six people and injured 141 others, most of them civilians.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 2,009 people have been wounded since the latest round of fighting began on 2 March.
The ministry added that the conflict has also killed civilians, including 106 children and 65 women, highlighting the growing humanitarian toll as clashes between Israel and Hezbollah continue to intensify.
Israeli and Lebanese representatives are expected to hold a round of talks in the coming days as diplomatic efforts intensify to curb the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, according to sources cited by Haaretz.
One source said former Israeli minister Ron Dermer, tasked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with handling the Lebanon portfolio, could lead direct negotiations with Lebanese representatives, with the United States involved in the initiative.
Talks may take place in Cyprus or Paris, while French President Emmanuel Macron has offered to host the discussions in Paris and urged both Israel and Hezbollah to halt their escalation and pursue a ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that five U.S. tanker planes were hit at a Saudi Arabian air base but sustained minimal or “virtually no” damage. In a post on Truth Social, Trump emphasized that none of the tankers were destroyed or seriously damaged.
Four of the aircraft are reportedly back in service, while a fifth, which suffered slightly more damage, is expected to return to operation shortly.
India says two of its tankers have safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz and are now heading toward the country.
Speaking at a press briefing, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, special secretary at India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said the two Indian-flagged vessels, Shivalik and Nanda Devi, carrying 92,700 metric tons of LPG, crossed the waterway earlier on Saturday without incident.
Both tankers are carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a key fuel used in Indian households and industry.
The crossing comes amid heightened tensions linked to the conflict involving Iran and Israel, which has raised fears over the security of shipping routes in the Gulf.
The head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, Ebrahim Azizi, has warned that Ukraine could become a target for Iranian military action over alleged drone support to Israel.
In a post on X, Azizi said that by providing drone-related assistance to Israel, Ukraine had “effectively become involved in the war,” adding that the entire country could now be considered a legitimate target for Iran.
The remarks come amid the widening regional conflict involving Iran and Israel. Iranian officials have accused Kyiv of supporting Israeli operations with drone technology and expertise, though Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed direct military involvement
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that the Hezbollah militant group is making “extensive military use” of ambulances and medical facilities in Lebanon. Army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee warned that such use must stop immediately, and Israel would respond under international law if the practice continues.
The statement follows an Israeli strike on a healthcare center in southern Lebanon on Friday (13 March), which Lebanon’s health ministry said killed at least 12 medical personnel.
Another strike reportedly killed two paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah and its ally Amal, highlighting the escalating risks to medical facilities amid the ongoing conflict.
The UAE Defence Ministry said its air defences intercepted nine ballistic missiles and 33 drones launched from Iran on Saturday.
According to the ministry, since the start of the conflict on 28 February, UAE forces have intercepted 294 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,600 drones.
The statement added that the attacks have so far killed at least 6 people and injured 141, highlighting the mounting threat to civilian and strategic sites in the Gulf amid escalating regional hostilities.
Some oil-loading operations have been suspended in the UAE’s Fujairah emirate, a key bunkering hub and crude export terminal, following a drone attack and fire on Saturday (14 March), industry and trade sources said.
The suspension comes hours after the U.S. struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared U.S. interests in the UAE, including ports, docks and military sites, as legitimate targets.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy chief, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, said Iranian naval forces launched “several consecutive waves” of attacks against U.S. forces at military bases in the region, according to Iranian media.
Tangsiri said the operations targeted installations, including Al Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi and Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. He claimed that Patriot radar systems, aircraft and aviation fuel storage tanks were among the intended targets.
Oil exports from Kharg Island, Iran’s main crude export terminal in the Persian Gulf, are continuing normally despite a reported U.S.–Israeli strike early Saturday, a provincial official said.
Ehsan Jahanian, deputy governor of Bushehr Province, said oil company operations, imports and exports on the island were unaffected despite a reported U.S.–Israeli strike early Saturday.
Jahanian also said that the attack caused no casualties among military personnel, workers, or residents and that daily life is continuing as normal.
On Friday, Donald Trump said the United States had destroyed military targets on Kharg Island and warned that oil infrastructure could be targeted if Iran continues to block shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Kharg Island handles about 90% of Iran’s crude exports, making it central to the country’s oil revenue.
The government of Fujairah, in the northwest of the United Arab Emirates, says they are working to contain a fire in the area.
In a Facebook post, authorities say the fire started as a result of "falling debris following the successful interception of a drone by air defenses," and no injuries have been reported.
Sources have reported that some oil loading operations at the port of Fujairah, which is located just off the Strait of Hormuz, have been suspended after a drone attack and a fire, but this is yet to be confirmed by the Fujairah authorities.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that U.S. interests in the United Arab Emirates (including ports, docks and military sites) are now legitimate targets after U.S. forces struck Iranian islands, Iranian state media reported.
In its statement, the IRGC urged residents in the UAE to evacuate areas around ports, docks and U.S. military shelters to avoid civilian casualties, underscoring the expanding scope of regional threats linked to the ongoing conflict.
The announcement comes against the backdrop of broader warnings from Iranian military officials that all ports and docks in the region would be considered legitimate targets if Iran’s own facilities are threatened.
Iranian authorities have arrested 54 supporters of exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi over an alleged plot to incite riots, state-aligned Fars News Agency reported. Eleven individuals described as part of a “monarchist faction” were reportedly “neutralized” during the operations.
In addition, two suspects accused of spying for Israel and the United States and photographing “important sites” were also detained, according to the report.
Iranian authorities say 54 people were detained over attacks on private and public property aimed at creating chaos in the past 72 hours.
The operation, reported by Fars News Agency, targeted alleged “monarchists” and “spies” and resulted in the seizure of three firearms, 76 cold weapons, a hand grenade, and a large cache of ammunition.
Pakistan’s military says it has shot down several drones allegedly sent from Afghanistan in three regions. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the drones failed to reach their targets, but debris injured four civilians, including two children, in Quetta.
The incidents follow escalating tensions: Pakistan struck several border locations on 22 February, citing attacks by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), while Afghanistan responded with strikes on Pakistani military sites. Pakistan says recent operations killed 663 armed fighters. Previous attempts at a ceasefire, including talks in Istanbul in November 2025, failed. Islamabad accuses the TTP of operating from Afghan territory, a claim Kabul denies.
According to Iranian state media, six members of the same family, including a 6‑month‑old baby, were killed in an Israeli‑U.S. strike on a residential building in the city of Eyvan in western Iran’s Ilam province, state outlets reported early Saturday.
Rescue workers remained at the scene, clearing rubble following the attack, a local official reported.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas urged the Gulf countries to “cooperate and stop” the U.S. and Israeli assault on Iran, while affirming Tehran’s right to respond to the attacks in accordance with international law.
“While affirming the right of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to this aggression by all available means in accordance with international norms and laws, the movement calls on the brothers in Iran to avoid targeting neighboring countries,” Hamas said in its first statement since the war began on 28 February.
The group, which maintains close ties with Iran and Qatar, is part of the so-called Axis of Resistance, a coalition of Iranian-backed militant groups in the Middle East.
An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early Saturday (13 March) in what Mayor Femke Halsema described as a deliberate attack against the city’s Jewish community, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
The explosion in an upscale residential neighborhood on Amsterdam’s south side caused only limited damage, Halsema said in a press release.
Police and firefighters responded quickly to the scene, and no injuries were reported. Authorities continue to investigate the incident as a potential attack on the city’s Jewish community.
Smoke was seen rising from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad early Saturday (14 March) after the diplomatic compound was reportedly struck in an attack.
Iraqi security officials told Associated Press that a helipad was hit inside the heavily fortified Green Zone. Initial accounts differed on the weapon used, with some officials saying a missile struck the site while other reports suggested a drone may have been involved.
More information will be reported as available.
Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted and destroyed at least 8 drones since early Saturday (14 March), according to the Defense Ministry, which reported multiple interceptions in the country’s eastern region.
The developments come as The Wall Street Journal reported that five U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft were damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base during a recent Iranian missile strike.
The WSJ cited U.S. officials who said the tankers were hit but not destroyed and are currently being repaired with no casualties reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump said military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island had been “totally obliterated” in what he described as one of the most powerful U.S. bombing raids in the Middle East.
Writing on Truth Social, Trump said Washington had deliberately avoided striking the island’s oil infrastructure but warned the decision could change if Iran or others interfere with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters responded by warning that any attack on energy facilities or ports would trigger a “crushing and devastating response.”
Khatan al-Anbiya also threatened to target oil and gas infrastructure linked to the United States and its Western allies across the region.
The United States said it had struck military targets on Iran’s main oil export hub, Kharg Island, on Friday (13 March). U.S. President Donald Trump warned that further attacks on oil infrastructure could follow if Tehran continues actions that have effectively halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump later posted surveillance footage on his Truth Social platform that appeared to show the strikes on the island.
While the footage carried no caption, the location was verified as Kharg Island by matching visible features such as the airport runway, road layout, buildings and vegetation with satellite imagery, though the date of the recording could not be independently confirmed.
Kharg Island, located about 26 km off Iran’s coast and roughly 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, handles around 90% of Iran’s oil exports.
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