Latest developments in Middle East war

The United States and Israel traded air strikes with Iran across ​the Middle East on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, as the besieged Tehran government warned its state security forces were ready with “fingers on the trigger” to confront any anti-government protests.

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war:

Dubai airport drones

Four people were injured after two drones fell near Dubai’s airport, the government said, with air traffic operating as normal.

G7 ‘ready’ on oil reserves

G7 energy ministers said they “stand ready” to take “all necessary measures” in coordination with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to tackle the rise in crude oil prices.

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that the IEA had proposed its largest-ever release of oil reserves to counter soaring crude prices.

Asian stocks extended gains and crude prices fell following the WSJ report.

150 US troops wounded

As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old ​war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday.

The casualty figure has not been previously reported. Prior to Reuters’ publication of the figure, the Pentagon had only disclosed eight U.S. personnel seriously injured.

Another ship hit off UAE

A second container ship was hit off the coast of the UAE by an unidentified projectile, a British maritime security agency said. All crew were safe in both incidents.

Supreme leader ‘safe’

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe and sound” despite reported injuries, the son of Iran’s president said on Telegram.

“I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound,” said Yousef Pezeshkian, who is also a government adviser.

State television had called Khamenei a “wounded veteran of the Ramadan war” but never specified his injury.

Ship hit in Hormuz

An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz abutting Iran, causing a fire and forcing the crew to evacuate, a maritime security agency said.

Doha explosions

Several blasts rang out across the Qatari capital Doha, AFP correspondents said.

Israel hits Beirut

An Israeli strike hit an apartment in central Beirut, state media reported, the second targeting the heart of the Lebanese capital since the start of the latest war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Fresh Israeli strikes had earlier hit Beirut’s southern suburbs and south Lebanon after the Israeli army warned people to evacuate, with Lebanese authorities saying nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced.

Oil prices rebound as markets weigh IEA reserves release

Protester ‘enemies’

Iranian protesters will be treated as enemies if they support Tehran’s foes, the country’s top police officer warned.

“If anyone comes forward in line with the wishes of the enemy, we will no longer see them as merely a protester, we will see them as an enemy,” national police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan, in comments aired by state broadcaster IRIB.

New strikes on Israel

Israel’s military said it had detected a new round of missiles heading towards the country from Iran and had activated air defences.

The barrage was “the most intense and heaviest since the start of the war”, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said, citing a statement from Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.

Saudi intercepts missiles, drones

Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted six ballistic missiles launched toward Prince Sultan Air Base and a seventh missile headed towards the country’s east.

It said it had also intercepted seven drones heading towards an oil field in the southeast of the country and eight more in the country’s east.

Iran targets US base in Kuwait

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that at least two missiles targeted a United States base in Kuwait, according to Iranian news agencies Fars and Mehr.

Kuwaiti authorities have not yet commented on the reports.

Iranian diplomats killed in Beirut

Iran accused Israel of killing four of its diplomats in a weekend strike on a seafront Beirut hotel in what it called a “terrorist attack”.

The Israeli military previously said it had “conducted a precise strike targeting key commanders” in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, its foreign operations arm.

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