Iran launches fresh attacks against Israel, U.S.
INTERNATIONAL – ASIA
6 MARCH 2026
- Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region, even as Israel and the U.S. hammered the Islamic Republic for a sixth day.
- Bahrain said an Iranian missile hit a state-run oil refinery.
- It said the fire was extinguished and the refinery was still working.
- The war keeps escalating each day, affecting additional 14 countries across West Asia and beyond.
- Azerbaijan accused Iran of attacking it with drones — though Tehran denied that.
- U.S. said it sank an Iranian frigate in the waters off Sri Lanka.
- Israel, meanwhile, issued a mass evacuation warning for all of Beirut’s southern suburbs as the fighting escalated with Lebanon’s Iran-allied Hezbollah militants.
- UN peacekeepers reported ground combat in southern Lebanon as more Israeli troops crossed the border.
- Israeli and American leaders have also suggested that toppling the government was a goal.
- Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks and air sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
