Friday 6 March 2026

United States president Donald Trump calls for the "unconditional surrender" of Iran, saying there will be no deal or further talks. This comes after Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that several countries have initiated mediation efforts to end the war.

Demonstrators in Sanaa, Yemen, rally in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon amidst the conflict.

An Iranian ballistic missile strikes Prince Sultan Air Base in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi defense ministry says air defenses intercepted three missiles launched to the base, as well as four drones east of the province.

At least 41 people are killed, including three soldiers, and 40 more injured in Israeli air and ground raids on Al-Nabi Shayth, Beqaa Valley. The Israeli commandos tried unsuccessfully to locate and take away the remains of missing pilot Ron Arad.

U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters launch air-to-surface missiles at Popular Mobilization Forces positions near Mosul, Iraq.

The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority partially reopens the country's airspace through designated contingency routes with limited capacity. Operations initially included evacuation flights for stranded passengers and air cargo services.

Azerbaijan's State Security Service affirms it has thwarted a terror attack plotted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including possible strikes against the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

The Bahraini military announces that its air defence continue to intercept successive waves of Iranian attacks, with 84 missiles and 147 drones destroyed since the onset of hostilities.

The U.S. defense department says its military has carried out airstrikes on narcoterrorists in Ecuador at the request of the Ecuadorian government, targeting a camp belonging to a faction of the FARC dissidents at the border with Colombia.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports at least 100,000 civilians have now been displaced from their homes due to the fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan, while Afghan forces say they have destroyed 14 more Pakistani military outposts along the border and downed a drone.

The Sudanese military recaptures the town of Barah in North Kordofan, Sudan, following a ground assault backed by airstrikes against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reportedly inflicting heavy losses on the RSF and destroying 32 RSF combat vehicles.

The Qatari government announces that its military had intercepted nine Iranian drones, while one drone struck an uninhabited area.

Drones hit a hotel in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.

An Israeli IAI Heron UAV is shot down over Khuzestan province, Iran.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society reports the death toll from the Israeli and American air campaign in Iran has risen to 1,332.

Three Ghanaian peacekeepers are injured in an Israeli missile strike in southern Lebanon.

Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war, with 300 soldiers returned to each side.

Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the late former shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, says he is ready to lead a potential transition if the Iranian government falls.

A United States appeals court declines to allow Donald Trump's administration to end temporary protected status for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals, leaving in place a lower court order that blocks the policy while the case proceeds.

The Japanese agriculture ministry confirms a H5N1 bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in Abira, Hokkaido.