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Portal:Current events/2026 March 3
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Middle Eastern crisis
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2026 Iran conflict
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2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
- An Iranian drone strike damages Al Minhad Air Base, the headquarters of the Australian military's Joint Task Force 633. Australian defence minister Richard Marles confirms that there were no casualties in the strike. (Reuters)
- A large fire is reported at an oil terminal in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, following an Iranian Shahed drone attack. (Sky News)
- France deploys Rafale fighter jets to the UAE in response to Iranian attacks, according to French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot. (France 24)
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2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
- Explosions and fires are reported at the United States embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following a series of Iranian drone strikes. (YnetNews)
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2026 Hezbollah–Israel strikes
- Following a series of drone and rocket attacks by Hezbollah, the Israeli military launch a ground offensive into Lebanon, capturing several positions along the Israel—Lebanon border. (7 Israel)(Turkiye Today)
- The Iranian Red Crescent Society says the death toll from Israeli and American airstrikes in Iran has risen to 787 with thousands more wounded. (AP)
- The Israeli Air Force strikes the presidential administration and Supreme National Security Council buildings in Tehran, Iran, with "multiple munitions". (BBC News)
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discloses that the initial U.S. attack on Iran was due to an Israeli intention to attack Iranian leadership, which would have jeopardized U.S. forces in the region. (DW)
- The International Atomic Energy Agency confirms the entrances to the underground Natanz Nuclear Facility in Iran have been bombed. However, there are no signs of any increase in radiation at the facility. (Reuters)
- Airstrikes hit the Assembly of Experts in Qom, Iran, as a meeting was being held to elect a new supreme leader. The building appears to have been severely damaged in the attack. (Al Arabiya)
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2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
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2026 Iran conflict
- Two people are killed and three others are critically injured after a helicopter crashes in Pililla, Rizal, Philippines. (AFP via The Straits Times)
- Trinidad and Tobago declares a new state of emergency in response to a wave of violent crime in the country. (AP)
- March 2026 lunar eclipse
- A total lunar eclipse occurs in eastern Asia, Oceania, Pacific, and the Americas; the next one will not occur until December 2028. (EclipseWise)