Military and conflict reporting on Iran — strikes, escalation with Israel and the United States, proxy forces across the region, and defence developments — collected from independent English-language outlets.
US Central Command said Wednesday it was looking into Iranian state media reports that a US strike hit a wedding in southern Iran, while rejecting allegations that American forces target civilians.
Israeli artillery shelling reported in southern Lebanon Lebanon’s National News Agency has reported heavy Israeli artillery shelling targeting Wadi al-Hujair and the town of Beit Leef in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Israeli attacks have continued in southern Lebanon on a near-daily basis despite a June agreement between the two countries.
Iran-backed armed group gives US troops deadline to withdraw from Iraq Akram al-Kaabi, head of the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iranian-backed paramilitary group in Iraq, has threatened US troops stationed in the country, giving them a deadline until the end of September to withdraw. “If an American soldier remains in Iraq after 30 September, we will not allow them to return home safely, and only their bodies will be taken out of Iraq,” al-Kaabi said in a statement, according to Iran’s IRIB news on Wednesday.
Trump says renewed US campaign against Iran won't last 'too long' US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the renewed US campaign against Iran would not continue for "too long". Trump also claimed that Washington has control over the Strait of Hormuz, saying “we are bringing lots of boats out every day with millions of barrels of oil. ” “We are, for the most part, doing it without trouble.
UAE condemns 'hostile' Iranian attacks The United Arab Emirates have condemned "hostile Iranian attacks" on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, the Kudistan Region of Irawq, and the Saudi carrier transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian attacks on Gulf states followed the latest round of US strikes on Iran, which killed 18 people and injured 108 others, according to Iran's health ministry on Wednesday. UAE Strongly Condemns Hostile Iranian Attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq https://t.
CAIRO,2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, strongly condemned the Iranian aggressive attacks and drone strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, warning of an escalation that threatens the security and stability of the region.
ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the hostile Iranian attack that targeted the Saudi carrier "Sidr" as it transited through the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the deaths of a number of crew members.
Palestinian killed in Israeli bombing of Khan Yunis At least one Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli bombing on Wednesday in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, Wafa news has reported. The Israeli attack targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons in the area, critically injuring a 39-year-old man, who was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Nasser Hospital, according to Wafa.
The kingdom condemns the targeting of Sidr, which was reportedly hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
18 killed and 108 injured in latest US strikes on Iran, says health minister Iranian Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi said that US attacks on Iran on Tuesday killed 18 people and wounded at least 108, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday. Among them, five people were killed, including a child, attending a wedding ceremony in Sirik.
A U. S. missile strike hit a wedding in southern Iran, videos verified by The New York Times show.
Iran has accused the US of a ‘war crime’ after a missile blast killed at least four people, including a young child, and injured 68 at a wedding at a private house in southern Iran. A month-long uneasy truce between the US and Iran appears to have collapsed again, after US strikes on Saturday on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded by launching drones and missiles on US bases across the Middle East, including the Gulf States.
ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the hostile attacks by Iran targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with missiles and drones.
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in northern and central Gaza A Palestinian youth was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli drone strike on al-Hawja in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, while a Palestinian woman succumbed to her injuries after being shot by Israeli forces in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wafa news reported, citing medical sources. Medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City reported the arrival of the body of a Palestinian youth and a wounded person following the Israeli strike on al-Hawja.
Iran seizes ship smuggling fuel in Gulf, state media reports Iranian border guards seized a vessel with 382,000 litres of smuggled fuel in the northern Gulf, and arrested its foreign crew of 11, Iran's IRIB news agency reported on Wesnesday, without specifying their nationalities. Saudi Arabia accused Iran of attacking a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to "fatalities" among the crew, earlier on Wednesday.
Iran has accused the US of a ‘war crime’ after a missile blast killed at least four people, including a young child, and injured 68 at a wedding at a private house in southern Iran. A month-long uneasy truce between the US and Iran appears to have collapsed again, after US strikes on Saturday on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded by launching drones and missiles on US bases across the Middle East, including the Gulf States.
TUNIS, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers Council has strongly condemned the Iranian aggression against the United Arab Emirates, stressing that it constitutes a blatant violation of international law and the principles of good-neighbourliness.
Iran has claimed that a US air strike hit a wedding party in the country's south, killing at least four civilians amid an uptick in attacks that has raised the prospect of renewed escalation in the 6-month-old conflict.
President Trump called on Iranians to “rise up and fight” on Tuesday as the United States seems increasingly bogged down after six months of conflict.
Netanyahu: 'We are not retreating' in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday visited troops in the Gaza Strip, where he vowed not to withdraw forces from their positions. "We control the area. We are not retreating.
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