Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
At least four members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are killed and three others are injured in an airstrike on a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Qa'im, Al Anbar Governorate. A PMF official attributes the strike to the United States. (AFP via LBCI)
Eight police officers, including the police chief of the Deir al-Balah Governorate, are killed by an Israeli attack on a police vehicle in Az-Zawayda, Palestine. (AFP via Business Recorder)
Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
Four people are killed and two others are injured when Israel Defense Forces soldiers open fire on a civilian car in northern Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Hindustan Times)
The Israeli Air Force strikes and completely destroys the Iranian Space Research Center in central Tehran, stating that it was being used for potential space warfare activities against Israeli satellites. (Iran Wire)
Kata'ib Hezbollah senior commander Abu Ali al-Askari is killed in an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq. (Jerusalem Post)
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad is reportedly attacked by two suicide drones, causing a powerful explosion. (Ynet)
The Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel in the Green Zone in Baghdad is struck by a drone. (Al Jazeera)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Russia is actively sharing military intelligence with Iran, including satellite images of United States military bases and locations of potential targets, as well as improved drone technology. (Reuters) (The Wall Street Journal)
Kata'ib Hezbollah says that it will cease attacks in Iraq if certain conditions are met including for Israel to halt their military operations in Beirut, making it the first time an Iranian-backed militia group said it is open to ceasing attacks since the US-Israel strikes began on February 28. (Jerusalem Post)
The U.S. Air Force uses GBU-72 bunker buster bombs for the first time in combat to destroy underground Iranian anti-ship cruise missile sites used to target ships in the Strait of Hormuz. (TWZ)
Israel assassinates Iranian intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib in an overnight airstrike in Tehran. (AP) (Reuters)
Four Palestinians are killed and six others are injured when falling Iranian missile fragments strike a beauty salon in Beit Awwa, West Bank, Palestine. (Wafa) (AFP via The Times of Israel)
The Foreign Ministers from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, met in Riyadh, issue a joint statement calling on Iran "to immediately halt its attacks". (Arab News)
U.S. president Donald Trump says that the United States is considering "winding down" military operations in Iran as "we are getting very close to meeting our objectives" and urges the countries that "use" Hormuz to safeguard the Strait. (The Guardian)
Iran confirms the death of IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
An Italian MQ-9 Reaper is destroyed in an Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. (ANSA)
Several NATO allies of the United States, including Germany, Italy, and Spain, rule out sending warships to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following a request from U.S. president Donald Trump. (Reuters)
Australia rules out sending warships to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. (Nine News Australia)
A Pakistan-bound oil tanker with its Automatic Identification System activated, the Karachi, gets safe passage and crosses Hormuz following negotiations between the Pakistani and Iranian governments. According to Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Pakistan agreed to pay the oil shipment, purchased from Abu Dhabi, in Chinese yuan instead of in US dollars. (AAJ News)
An oil tanker near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, is struck by an unknown projectile. (Forbes)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer allows the United States to use British bases to strike Iranian targets near the strait to lift the blockade. (BBC)
Belgium says that it will consider participating in securing the Strait of Hormuz if a ceasefire is in place and if the operation is conducted within a clear international framework. (Anadolu Agency)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran is ready to help the passage of vessels from Japan in the Strait of Hormuz. (Kyodo News)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran is not seeking a ceasefire but also called for the war to end. (Iran International)
2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
Iran launches drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates, killing a Palestinian man in Abu Dhabi and forcing the temporary closure of Dubai International Airport. The port of Fujairah, in the Emirate of Fujairah, already attacked two days ago, is also hit. (The Telegraph) (BBC)
2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
An Iranian Khorramshahr missile strikes Ramat Gan in central Israel, killing two people. (The Times of Israel) (Ynet News)
A foreign worker from Thailand is killed by an Iranian cluster bomb in Moshav Adanim, central Israel. (The Times of Israel)
The Islamic Republic of Iran Army launches strikes against strategic aerial refueling aircraft stationed at the Ben Gurion Airport. (Shafaq)
Israeli forces assassinate both Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in two separate airstrikes in Tehran. Iran later confirms their deaths. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Israel strikes the Iranian South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf and its neighboring refineries in Asaluyeh. Iran announces it will retaliate against regional energy infrastructure. (The Guardian) (Oil Price)
Iran launches a missile attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, the world's largest LNG export facility, causing "extensive damage" according to QatarEnergy. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercept and destroy multiple drones targeting gas and energy facilities in the Eastern Province, with no damage reported. In Riyadh, a refinery is attacked by ballistic missiles. (Saudi Gazette) (The Wall Street Journal)
2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
A second Marine Expeditionary Unit of 2,200 Marines is being sent to the region. (CBS)
At least seven people, including four children, are injured by Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel. (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
The Israeli military's 91st Division launches a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, expanding a buffer zone along the border. (Israel Hayom) (The Times of Israel)
Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and four more are injured during Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon. (L'Orient Today)
At least 20 people are killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Three people, including a child, are killed and 14 more are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Mawasi, Gaza. (Reuters) (The Times of Israel)
Ceasefire mediators in Cairo give Hamas and all armed groups in the Gaza Strip 90 days to hand over their weapons in the coming months including their missiles and rocket launchers along with their tunnel network. (Times of Israel)
Druze insurgency in Southern Syria
Israeli forces strike Syrian military sites, including command and control centres and supply depots, in the south of the country, claiming to respond to alleged Syrian government attacks on the local Druze population. (BBC News)
Polish defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announces the withdrawal of Polish forces from Iraq, stationed there as part of the CJTF–OIR joint task force against the Islamic State, citing the regional threat from Iran. (Devdiscourse)
United States Air Force general Alexus Grynkewich announces that NATO has withdrawn troops from Iraq and will relocate from the Middle East to Europe amidst the Iran war. (Reuters)
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
Afghan forces launch mortars into Pakistan, with one hitting a residential property in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing four members of the same family and wounding two others. (The Guardian)
Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a temporary "pause" in hostilities during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr this week. (Al Jazeera)
Afghanistan claims Pakistani jets bombed a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing over 400 people. Pakistan denies the claim, saying it attacked military installations. AFP and BBC journalists confirm at least 30 dead as a result of the bombing. (BBC News) (The Washington Post)
Jonglei clashes
The South Sudan People's Defence Forces announces that they have deployed troops in Akobo, South Sudan to secure full control of the area for the first time since the outbreak of the civil war in the country after having previously recapturing the area from opposition forces. (Medafrica Times)
Russo-Ukrainian war
International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian war, International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The European Union imposes sanctions against nine Russian individuals over their role in the mass murder of civilians committed during Russia's occupation of Bucha during the initial 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
Prisoners of war in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Kenyan prime cabinet secretary Musalia Mudavadi says that the government has identified two prisoners of war from Kenya that have been detained by authorities in Ukraine after being involved in Russia's special military operations. (The Star Kenya)
2026 Maiduguri bombings
At least 23 people are killed and 108 others are injured in suspected suicide bombings at three locations, including the Monday Market and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. No group has claimed responsibility. (Reuters) (AP)
Nigerian bandit conflict, kidnapping in Nigeria
One person is killed and seven others are abducted, including children, in an attack on a community in Chikun, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (The Punch)
War on drugs
Colombian president Gustavo Petro accuses the Ecuadorian military of being the perpetrator of an airstrike two days ago inside Colombia, killing 27 people, and orders the deployment of its troops to the border in response. (Bloomberg News) (Al Jazeera)
The Ecuadorian government deploys 75,000 soldiers and police officers to four provinces to enforce a nightly curfew. Officials say 253 people have already been detained for breaking curfew, which lasts from 11 pm to 5 am local time. (AP)
Nigerian bandit conflict
At least 18 people are killed and several others are injured in an attack by armed bandits in a village in Jibia, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Channels TV) (The Punch)
Sudanese civil war
The Sudan Doctors Network says that 12 civilians were killed by the RSF in North Kordofan state. (Sudan Tribune)
The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have shot down a Bayraktar drone from Ethiopia near North Kordofan. (Ethiopanorama)
A drone strike from the Rapid Support Forces targets the Sudanese town of Al Dabbah including a local power station, causing a power outage in the area and injuring three people. (Sudan Tribune)
A drone strike attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) kills 17 people, including at a funeral, near the border town of Tine, Chad. (AFP via Arab News) (Al Jazeera)
In response to the drone strike, Chad president Mahamat Déby orders the military to retaliate against Sudanese belligerents, including the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces. (Sudan Tribune)
The Chadian government announces that 17 people have been killed at a funeral late Wednesday in the border town of Tiné following a drone attack orginating from Sudan. (The EastAfrican)
At least 64 people are killed, including staff, patients and children, in a strike on a hosptial in East Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)
Boko Haram insurgency
Over 60 Boko Haram and Islamic State insurgents are killed in an operation by the Nigerian Army in Abadam, Borno State, Nigeria. (The Punch)
Government forces arrest three men suspected of participating in the February attacks and mass abductions in two villages in Kaiama, Kwara State, Nigeria. The suspects are cooperating with authorities to locate the kidnapping victims. (The Punch)
2026 Iran war
A U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jet is hit in Iranian airspace forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing at a regional U.S. airbase. (The Independent)
The United States Central Command reports its forces have destroyed a factory in Karaj, Iran, which assembled surface-to-surface missiles for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (BBC News)
The United States approves $16.46 billion in military sales to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait amidst the Iran war. (Jordan Times)
2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
The BAZAN Group refinery in Haifa is struck in an Iranian missile attack, but with "no significant damage", according to Energy Minister Eli Cohen. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
A drone hits Aramco's SAMREF refinery in the Red Sea port of Yanbu. (Arab News)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Iranian Shahed drones strike the Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah oil refineries and cause large fires, according to the Kuwait National Petroleum Company. (The Telegraph)
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom issue a joint statement condemning the Iranian attacks on commercial vessels and expressing their "readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait". (Euronews)
Mexican drug war
A raid kills eleven Sinaloa Cartel members in Sinaloa, Mexico, with a senior cartel leader being captured along with many weapons. The daughter of El Mayo is initially detained and then released due to the lack of arrest warrants. (Reuters) (Heraldo USA)