Morning recap

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are some of the latest key updates from the Iran war:

  • Saudi Arabia says a drone was shot down while attempting to approach the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh.

  • The Israeli army has claimed to hit “more than 200 targets in western and central Iran” in the past day.

  • More than 30 people were reported injured in an attack in Israel’s northern Zarzir.

  • Drone hits residential apartment in Beirut's Burj Hammoud.

  • Sirens were heard at Incirlik Nato base in southern Turkey, according to the state news agency.

  • President Emanuel Macron said a French soldier was killed and several others injured in an attack in Iraq’s Erbil.

  • An Israeli airstrike on a residential compound in the western Iranian city of Arak killed two and wounded 35 others, according to local officials.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, on 13 March, 2026. (Fadel Itani / AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, on 13 March, 2026. (Fadel Itani / AFP)

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