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Sirens blare in Kuwait as air defenses intercept missiles and drones

In Baghdad, thousands of Iraqis gather in Tahrir Square to protest US & Israeli attacks on Iran. They carry signs denouncing the US & Israel. The protest was called for by Muqtada Sadr

Israeli air defenses activated over Haifa to intercept Iranian missiles

Iranian media: Explosion heard and fighter jets seen flying over the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran.

Iran's mission to the United Nations: US and Israeli targeting of petrochemical industries in Mahshahr and the B1 bridge is state terrorism.

UAE air defenses intercept 23 ballistic missiles and 56 drones on Saturday

Following phone calls with Turkish and Pakistani FMs, Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi had a phone conversation with Egypt's Foreign Minister Abdelatty to discuss the regional situation amid the ongoing war

Israel PM Netanyahu says the attack on Iran’s petrochemical plants was carried out by Israel

Kuwait: Air defenses intercept 19 Iranian drones and 8 ballistic missiles

Israeli army: Defense systems are working to counter missiles from Iran

Iran says Iraq exempt from any Strait of Hormuz restrictions

UAE air defenses engaged Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles and UAVs

UAE air defences engaged 23 Ballistic missiles and 56 UAV's. The UAE air defences on (4th April 2026) engaged 23 Ballistic missiles and 56 UAV's launched from Iran

Iran has approved the passage of ships carrying essential goods and humanitarian supplies through the Strait of Hormuz to Iranian ports or nearby waters, under specific protocols. Businesses are now allowed to resume sending these shipments. Source: Tasnim

The Israeli Air Force completed a wave of strikes against Iranian regime infrastructure sites in Tehran a short while ago, the Israeli army says

Israeli media: Extensive damage to residential buildings in the cities of Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan in central Israel as a result of Iranian missile fragments.

Targeting the Mahshahr Petrochemical Complex in the city of Mahshahr in Ahvaz, one of the most vital centers for the oil and petrochemical industries in Iran

No increase in radiation levels was reported after a projectile struck close to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. The UN nuclear watchdog said Iran had informed it that the incident was the fourth such case involving the plant in recent weeks. Iran also told the agency that a member of the site’s physical protection staff was killed by a projectile fragment and that a building on the site was affected by shockwaves and fragments. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said nuclear power plant sites and nearby areas must never be attacked and warned that auxiliary buildings could contain vital safety equipment

Iranian media reports that strikes hit a cement factory in southern Iran. No casualties were caused by the "American-Israeli attack on the Bandar Khamir cement factory," the Tasnim news agency reports, citing a Hormozgan Province security official. The report also says that "no disruption has occurred in the production chain" at the factory.

Iraq closes Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after airstrikes kill an Iraqi

US, Israeli attack Bushehr nuclear power plant vicinity again. On Saturday morning, a projectile belonging to the American-Israeli coalition hit near the Bushehr nuclear power plant area (the plant's fence)

Bahrain Defence Force General Command:  188 missiles, 453 drones intercepted since start of Iranian attacks

Mahshahr Petrochemical hit by an airstrike earlier today

One person killed in the bombing of the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran

Khuzestan Governor's Deputy for Security Affairs Announces Targeting of Bu Ali Petrochemical Plant

LPG vessel Sea Bird carrying around 44 TMT Iranian LPG berthed at Mangalore, India on April 2 and is currently discharging: India's energy ministry

India confirms it is souring energy from Iran "Amid Middle East supply disruptions, Indian refiners have secured their crude oil requirements, including from Iran; and there is no payment hurdle for Iranian crude imports", says India's energy ministry

University classes across Iran will be held online until further notice, the Science Ministry says

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard: We deny targeting the US embassy in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and condemn this act. Air defenses shot down a US MQ-1 drone over Isfahan province.

Israeli military: We targeted a ballistic missile storage site in Iran and other weapons production and development sites.

Dubai Authorities confirm that they responded to a minor incident caused by debris from an aerial interception that fell on the facade of the Oracle building in Dubai Internet City. No injuries were reported

Air Defense is active in Southern Israel

Iranian state media (Tasnim) claims Iran may have shot down another U.S. or Israeli fighter jet, possibly an F-16. The claim is based on images of debris, but it has not been officially confirmed

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf: What share of global oil, LNG, wheat, rice, and fertilizer shipments transits the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. Which countries and companies account for the highest transit volumes through the strait?

A ship was targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, and a fire broke out inside it.

The Pentagon has informed the House Armed Services Committee that the status of a second service member is unknown after an F-15 was shot down over Iran. One crew member has been recovered, while the other is missing, a congressional aide says

The sound of American helicopters are audible in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari as a fresh round of flights has started in western Iran

Airstrikes in the western Iranian city of Abadan

Airstrikes in Northern Tehran

Airstrikes in Karaj, Iran

UN Security Council vote on the watered down Bahrain resolution to open Strait of Hormuz has been rescheduled from tomorrow to next week as they struggle to find consensus — avoid Russia/China veto. This comes after a week of high-level negotiations and revisions

A senior White House official tells the President’s national security team is gathered at the White House. Trump has been working in the Oval Office or Oval Dining Room all day receiving updates, the official adds.No public comments from Trump outside of social media posts

Massive airstrikes in Tehran

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Araqchi and his Turkish counterpart discussed the repercussions of continued US-Israeli attacks on Iran

So far today in the Middle East: An F-15 was shot down over Iran, with one of the two pilots rescued so far; an A-10 Warthog crashed in the Persian Gulf with the lone pilot rescued' and a Black Hawk helicopter hit while conducting S&R for the F-15, with the crew fully accounted for

Two U.S. aircraft down in the past hours. An F-15E shot down inside iran, one crew member rescued, another missing, and an A-10 also hit by Iran near Hormuz with its pilot recovered. During the rescue mission, a U.S. Black Hawk was hit by Iranian fire but its crew escaped via Iraq. The air war is escalating, the narrative of open skies is now challenged with fire

An Egyptian national was killed and four others were injured in Abu Dhabi when shrapnel fell during the interception of an Iranian attack, authorities in Abu Dhabi announced. The incident occurred at the Habshan gas facilities after air defenses intercepted an Iranian attack, according to the Emirates News Agency.

Israeli Home Front: Air raid sirens sound for the fifth time in Haifa and northern areas

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut said on Friday that Iran and its allied armed groups "may be targeting universities in Lebanon." In a security statement, the embassy urged U.S. citizens to leave Lebanon "while commercial flight options are still available."

Israeli Home Front Command: Sirens sound in Haifa, Acre, Nazareth and large areas of northern Israel

Wall Street Journal: The search and rescue mission for the crew of the American fighter jet is focused in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran.

U.S. President Trump has been briefed on the downing of an American fighter jet this morning over Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN, as search‑and‑rescue efforts continue for the aircraft's crew, a pilot and weapons officer, in Southern Iran

One of the American crew members has been successfully extracted following the fighter jet shootdown over Iran - Channel 12

Putin held a telephone conversation with Erdogan, according to the Kremlin. The conflict in the Middle East was discussed, as were further steps to expand Russian-Turkish political, trade, and economic ties.

Emirates Global Aluminium says it sustained significant damage in result to Iranian missile and drone attacks at Khalifa economic zone in Abu Dhabi

Tehran has been experiencing intense and widespread shelling for more than two hours.

MANPADS has been reportedly fired at a US helicopter in Ramhormoz, Khuzestan province.

The fire at Al-Ahmadi port in Kuwait is still ongoing and has not been brought under control.

Kuwaiti Army: Air defenses are currently intercepting missile and drone attacks

Kuwaiti Army: Air defenses are currently intercepting missile and drone attacks

Tasnim News Agency: Reports of a US airdrop in Ilam, western Iran, are false.

Airstrikes target Beheshti University north of Tehran

An Iranian missile attack targets central Israel

Tasnim News Agency reports, citing sources: US helicopters are conducting search operations for an American pilot whose plane was shot down by the Revolutionary Guard in Iran; one of the helicopters retreated after air defenses were activated.

Iranian media: Mohammad Hossein Soufi, a Revolutionary Guard commander, was killed in airstrikes on Lorestan.

Iranian media: Five loud explosions heard near Mehrabad in Tehran

Axios: Iran has shot down a U.S. fighter jet, per Iranian media and a source familiar with the incident, and a search and rescue effort is underway to locate two crew

A U.S. Air Force HC-130J “Combat King II” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Aircraft seen flying extremely low over the countryside of Southern Iran, as the search continues for the crew of a downed American F-15E Strike Eagle

Trump on Truth Social: With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A “GUSHER” FOR THE WORLD

Affiliate of Iran state TV claims a US fighter pilot ejected from an aircraft in southwest Iran

F-35 jets and MQ-9 drones were also spotted supporting U.S. helicopters over Iran, searching for the pilots of downed F-15E jet

A British government spokesperson: Starmer discussed with the Kuwaiti Crown Prince the deployment of a British air defense system in the Gulf states.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard: We targeted the Ramat David airbase southeast of Haifa with two ballistic missiles at dawn today.

Airstrike targets an Iranian Revolutionary Guard site in Alborz Province

UAE Ministry of Defense: UAE air defenses engaged Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles and drones this morning. - Saudi Ministry of Defense: Intercepted and destroyed 7 drones in the past few hours. - Qatari Ministry of Defense: Successfully repelled an Iranian drone attack. - Bahrain Defense Force: Engaged 188 ballistic missiles and 29 drones since the start of the Iranian aggression. - Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense: Repelled hostile missile and drone attacks since dawn today.

Reports of several crash sites in Haifa and Kiryat Ata following a cluster missile from Iran; MDA: Minor injury in Kiryat Ata

Abu Dhabi authorities are responding to an incident of falling debris at the Habshan gas facilities following an intercepted attack, the Abu Dhabi Media Office says, adding that operations have been suspended while authorities respond to a fire

Several missiles were fired from Iran at Haifa area in northern Israel

Kuwait says power and water plant hit in Iranian attack causing damage, crews responding - ministry

A container ship signaling French ownership has exited the Strait of Hormuz, in what appears to be the first known transit by a vessel linked to Western Europe since the war all but shuttered the vital waterway

Explosions reported in Dubai

A massive explosion rocked Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, and another occurred near a police station in the central city of Qom, the result of Israeli and American airstrikes

Grain, steel, fertiliser blocked by Hormuz closure. Overall volumes of crucial goods and raw materials moving through the strait have fallen 83%, according to data from maritime intelligence firm AXSMarine

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation: Fires broke out in several units at Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery after being targeted by drones; no injuries reported

Iranian Red Crescent: Our warehouse in Bushehr province, southern Iran, was attacked by drones at dawn today.

A drone attack on a refinery owned by Kuwait's national oil company on Friday has sparked fires at several of its units, state media says

Parts of the suspected American aircraft after it was targeted by Iranian air defenses

Fall of debris as result of missile strikes in Israel

Roughly half of Iran's missile launchers are still intact and 1000s of one-way attack drones remain in Iran's arsenal despite daily pounding by US and Israel over the past five weeks, according to recent US intel assessments, three sources familiar with the intel told