A series of incidents have unfolded across the Middle East. The US consulate in Dubai was struck by a suspected Iranian drone, Saudi Arabia intercepted drones, Kuwait intercepted aerial targets leading to casualties, and three paramedics were killed in Lebanon amid rising regional conflict.
The grounds of the US consulate in Dubai have also been struck by a suspected Iranian drone, a source says, as three US embassies in the region have closed.traveling through the Gulf and suggested the navy would escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “if necessary.
” The price of gasoline in the US had itsSaudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed nine drones that entered its airspace, state media reporrted early Wednesday local time. The report from the Saudi Press Agency, which was attributed to the defense ministry spokesman, said the drones were destroyed “immediately” upon entering the kingdom’s airspace.Three paramedics were killed in Lebanon Tuesday, the head of the World Health Organization said, adding that the widening conflict in the Middle East is “increasingly impacting health services throughout the region.” “I am saddened by the developments in Lebanon today where three paramedics were killed and another six injured while recovering people injured by explosions in the southern Tyre district,” WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said in a post on X. “The risk that more health workers will count among the casualties is high,” Tedros said, adding that paramedics, doctors and nurses must be allowed to carry out their “life-saving work.”Kuwait intercepted “several hostile aerial targets” early Wednesday morning, with debris landing on a home and causing injuries, according to state-run Kuwait News Agency, citing the country’s defense ministry. The aerial targets were “detected and intercepted within Kuwaiti airspace early this morning,” and destroyed, according to the news agency. Debris then fell on a residential building, causing injuries and property damage. In a later post, the news agency cited the country’s health ministry as saying an 11-year-old girl had “died from injuries sustained when shrapnel fell on a residential area,” and that four of her family members were undergoing “medical evaluation.” Kuwait has fended off hundreds of drones and missiles since the latest conflict began, with strikes targeting energy infrastructure and the US embasst. Three US F-15 fighter jets were accidentally shot down on Monday by Kuwaiti air defenses, according to US Central Command .Air raid sirens were heard in Tel Aviv as Israel launched interceptors against incoming missiles. CNN’s Erin Burnett was forced to take cover.Air raid sirens were heard in Tel Aviv as Israel launched interceptors against incoming missiles. Watch as CNN's Erin Burnett takes cover.The war in Iran has caused maritime traffic through the critical Strait of Hormuz to crawl to a near halt. Just two oil and chemical tankers transited through the waterway on Monday, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea data shared with CNN. That’s down from five oil and chemical vessels that went through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, following the start of the war on Saturday. Normally, about 60 oil and chemical vessels flow through the Strait of Hormuz, carrying about a fifth of the oil the world consumes each day. Iranian forces have threatened to attack ships near the Strait of Hormuz and insurers have canceled war coverage for vessels in the waters near Iran. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz has helped send world oil prices skyrocketing this week and analysts warn of further spikes if traffic does not resume soon. “The war between the United States and Israel against Iran has the potential to be the largest oil supply disruption in history if oil flows via the narrow Strait of Hormuz remain low or come to a halt,” Jim Burkhard, head of crude oil research at S&P Global Energy, wrote in a report on Monday. Beyond oil and chemical vessels, S&P said seven other vessels went through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. That’s down from 20 on Sunday and about 75 on a normal day.From an underground command center, Israel’s emergency medical services are prepared to respond to Iranian ballistic missile attacks. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports.From an underground command center, Israel’s emergency medical services are prepared to respond to Iranian ballistic missile attacks. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond visited the Magen David Adom dispatch center as Iran fired more missiles at Israel.The CIA station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was also hit in Monday’s suspected Iranian drone strike on the US Embassy there, according to a source familiar with the matter. There were no casualties, though there was significant damage to the building, which is in the same complex as the embassy, the source said.that two suspected Iranian drones had struck the embassy, which the Saudi defense minister said caused “limited fire and minor material damages.” No injuries were initially reported, a source familiar with the matter told CNN at the time. An additional two suspected Iranian drones struck “at or near” the embassy, another source familiar with the matter said Monday. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps later said it had begun efforts to destroy “American political centers” in the region. “The explosion at the Washington embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is a move in this direction,” the IRGC posted on Telegram.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said top Trump administration officials offered “no explanation” for their strategy in Iran and indicated that the war could drag on for weeks. “There’s no explanation as to what actually prompted the decision to pursue this war of choice, in the absence of any evidence that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America or American interests in the region,” Jeffries told CNN when asked about the end game. He told reporters that officials in the administration indicated the US military action could go on in Iran for “several weeks” and didn’t rule out putting American troops on the ground. “Well, the president has indicated that he hasn’t ruled that out unfortunately, the American people would strongly oppose it,” he said. Jeffries sidestepped a question about if he’d back a request from the administration for supplemental defense funding, saying, “right now, what’s in front of us is the resolution to reassert congressional authority because of the failure of the administration to seek support from Congress for this endless war.” Pressed by CNN on the argument by some Republicans that then-President Obama authorized US military intervention in Libya without the approval of Congress, Jeffries asked, “why are the Republicans always obsessed with trying to look back at prior Democratic administrations?” He noted he was not in Congress at the time and told Raju “you should talk to them” when asked about the Democratic lawmakers who had qualms about Obama’s actions.The account by the Chinese military has been criticizing the US since the military operations over the weekend, using cartoons and videos. In one published just hours after the post about the “five lessons”, ita military man carrying a machete and chains with a broken United Nations emblem on the ground and children dying in the background. It came with this caption: “Destroyer of peace.”More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency . The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children.The Trump administration on Tuesday found support for its military campaign in Iran in a surprising source: a House Democrat. Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman told reporters that he supported the administration’s initial strikes in Iran and would oppose a bipartisan resolution to curb the president’s use of force in the country absent congressional approval. That resolution could come up for a vote in the House on Thursday. “It would mean that everyone would have to leave and they wouldn’t be able to finish the job,” Landsman said of the resolution offered by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna. “The job is, very simply, to get rid of the missiles, the launchers, the military assets that this regime has, that could do and has done enormous damage.” Asked by CNN about Democratic leaders urging their members to support it, Landsman explained that the Trump administration’s actions in Iran were a “no-brainer.” “I’m more of a country-first guy, so whatever I think is best for the country and for my constituents, for the district, in this case, national security. To me, this was a no brainer. They had a window of opportunity to take out very specific military assets in order to defang the Iranian regime. We will be safer as a result,” he said. The Democrat said if the Iranian conflict “goes beyond that,” however, the administration would need to seek congressional approval. Asked again by CNN if he supports the Trump administration’s military campaign, Landsman reiterated, “Yeah, I support the targeted strikes.”A ship was struck by an “unknown projectile” off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, the UK Maritime Trade Operations said. The strike damaged the vessel’s steel plating but did not cause a fire or water intake, UKMTO said. All crew members were reported safe. It’s the latest ship to be struck in or around the Persian Gulf since Saturday. Officials are urging ships operating in the region to exercise extreme caution and report any suspicious activity.The US military has destroyed 17 Iranian ships in its campaign against Iran, which involves tens of thousands of US service members, the commander of US forces in the Middle East said in a video Tuesday. “In simple terms, we’re focused on shooting all the things that can shoot at us,” Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, said in the “We are also sinking the Iranian navy — the entire navy,” he added. “Thus far, we’ve destroyed 17 Iranian ships, including the most operational Iranian submarine that now has a hole in its side.” “For decades, the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping. Today, there is not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman,” Cooper said. “And we will not stop.” Cooper’s comments come four days into the US military operation against Iran, called Operation Epic Fury. Defense Department officials have said destroying Iran’s navy is a primary target for the operation. There are more than 50,000 US troops and more than 200 fighter aircraft involved in the mission, Cooper said, and strikes are ongoing 24/7. In retaliation to the US’ and Israel’s bombardment, Iran has launched more than 500 ballistic missiles and more than 2,000 drones, Cooper said. Still, he said Tehran’s “ability to hit us is declining.”“I think it’s an operation,” he said when asked by CNN’s Manu Raju if he would call it a war. “It’s a dangerous operation and an important one. We had to act because there was an imminent threat, but there’s not a declaration of war,” he added. Congress hasn’t voted to authorize war with Iran, prompting sharp criticism from Democrats and some Republicans who compare the conflict to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars where lawmakers voted to authorize it. Republican defenders of Trump’s action say the Iran campaign is like President Obama’s intervention into Libya where he did not seek congressional approval. The Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on a resolution to require Trump get congressional approval to continue the military campaign. The House will vote on a similar measure on Thursday. Both are expected to fail. Qatar says it has arrested 10 people suspected of links to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps . State news agency QNA said authorities arrested two cells thought to be “operating on behalf” of the IRGC in Qatar. Seven of the 10 suspects were tasked with spying on Qatar’s military installations, QNA said, while the other three were assigned to carry out “acts of sabotage” and were trained in the use of drones. “Locations and coordinates of sensitive facilities and installations, communication devices, and technological equipment were also found in their possession,” QNA reported.Qatar says an Iranian ballistic missile has struck Al Udeid Air Base, the largest US military installation in the Middle East, but did not cause any casualties. The Qatari Defense Ministry said it had successfully intercepted another ballistic missile launched toward the country from Iran.Sen. Mark Kelly arrives ahead of Congressional briefings on Iran at the US Capitol on Tuesday, March 3, in Washington, DC.Democrats are growing increasingly uneasy about the amount of munitions that have now been used in the conflict in Iran and what it could mean for US defense in the Middle East and beyond. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, warned that “we do not have an unlimited supply.” “The Iranians do have the ability to make a lot of Shahed drones, ballistic missiles, medium range, short range and they’ve got a huge stockpile. So at some point … this becomes a math problem and how can we resupply air defense munitions. Where are they going to come from?” Kelly said.Democrats believe the ongoing conflict raises the stakes that sooner rather than later, the administration will need to come to Congress to ask for supplemental funding. Kelly suggested he could back one but warned Democrats will need to examine any request closely given concerns about an open-ended conflict. Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat from New Jersey, specifically asked about depleted US stockpiles during the briefing. “He is not raising alarms himself but from what I am hearing from others, this is something we have to be very careful about,” Kim said of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine. “This is obviously weakening Iran but this is also very much weakening and drawing down our readiness around the world,” he said. “It always takes us a long time to resupply and restock after these kinds of operations. I don’t have a sense of what the timeline is for us to get to rebuild this stock and this is what we should be hearing, These are kinds of the details that I think the Congress deserves to know.” The Israeli military says it has launched what it described as a new “broad wave” of strikes against Iran.The soldiers are Capt. Cody Khork, 35; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20. All four were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, an Army Reserve sustainment unit out of Iowa.that the suspected drone strike hit a temporary tactical operations center at the port of Shuaiba in Kuwait on Sunday. At the time of their deaths the soldiers were serving with 1st Theater Sustainment Command. A source familiar with the situation described the operation center as a triple wide trailer with office space inside; the building was surrounded by concrete barriers that are typically used to protect military structures overseas from things like car bombs and improvised explosive devices. There was nothing overhead that could shield the building from drones or missiles. There was no siren or warning ahead of the strike to give the troops time to take cover in a bunker, the source familiar said. 1st Theater Sustainment Command is a stand-alone group based out of Fort Knox, Kentucky, composed of troops from units around the country who are assigned to support roles overseas in nine-month rotations. The command oversees the resupply and support of US forces around the Middle East, bringing in ammunition, water, fuel, food, repair parts and more. It also manages ports and flights, according to the command’s website.Syria has reinforced its borders with Iraq and Lebanon to avoid the conflict in the Middle East spilling over into its territory.“The deployed units belong to the Border Guard forces and reconnaissance battalions, tasked with monitoring border activity and combating smuggling,” the army said. The Israeli military has been striking Hezbollah in Lebanon since Monday, after the Iran-back militant group sent a “swarm of drones” toward an Israeli military base in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes killing Iran’s supreme leader.
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