As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says

Event Overview

Iran live updates: US ramps up strikes as American death toll rises

Updated 2 months ago
Associated Press
ABC News
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Summary

The U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on Saturday, officials said. This cluster currently includes 4 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 4 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include ABC News, Associated Press.

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Smoke engulfs a street after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohsen Ganji)
Associated Press3/3/2026

As Mideast conflict widens, US says attacks on Iran will last weeks and intensify - AP News

With no sign of the conflict abating anytime soon, President Donald Trump says that the military operations are likely to last four to five weeks but that he was prepared “to go far longer than that.” He said Iran “posed a very clear, colossal threat.” Strikes across Iran’s capital Tehran on Monday hit several areas.

A man holds an Iranian flag as he looks at the damaged façade of Gandhi Hospital, which was hit Sunday when a strike also struck a state TV communications tower and nearby buildings across the street during the ongoing joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Associated Press3/2/2026

Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran - AP News

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into confrontation with Israel and the United States over its nuclear program while crushing democracy protesters at home, has died, Iranian state media.

People watch from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Associated Press3/2/2026

What to know about the latest US-Israeli attacks on Iran - AP News

The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and U.S. President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. The strikes opened a stunning new chapter in U.S. intervention in Iran and.

As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says
ABC News
ABC News
Lean Left
3/3/2026

Iran live updates: US ramps up strikes as American death toll rises

No one was injured, according to the Qatari Ministry of Defense. President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that.