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Middle East war: the latest developments

Auteur: AFP

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Guerre au Moyen-Orient: les derniers développements

- Iran: Four oil depots struck in and around Tehran overnight

Four oil depots and a logistics site were struck overnight by the United States and Israel in Tehran and its surroundings, an executive of the national distribution company Keramat Veyskarami said Sunday, killing four people, including two tanker truck drivers.

This is the first reported attack against Iranian oil infrastructure.

"Today, Iran will be hit very hard!" Donald Trump warned on Saturday, referring to "areas and groups of people that had never before been considered targets."

- Bahrain: A water desalination plant damaged

A seawater desalination plant was damaged Sunday by an Iranian drone attack, authorities in the small Gulf archipelago said in a statement.

According to Bahrain's Interior Ministry, three people were also "injured and material damage was caused to a university building in the Muharraq area after missile fragments fell following Iran's blatant aggression".

- Israel targets Iranian military sites

The Israeli army announced that it launched a wave of strikes targeting military sites "across Iran" on Sunday morning, according to a statement.

- Iran ready for "at least six months of intense war"

"The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least six months of intense warfare at the current pace of operations," said Revolutionary Guard spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini, as quoted by the Fars news agency.

The Revolutionary Guards have claimed to have already struck more than 200 American and Israeli targets in the region since the start of the conflict.

- Lebanon: Israel strikes a hotel in downtown Beirut

An Israeli strike against a beachfront hotel in the center of Beirut left at least four dead and ten wounded, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced Sunday, with Israel claiming to have targeted leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and carried out a "precision strike".

In addition to the four deaths at the Beirut hotel, 12 people were killed in Israeli strikes overnight, the official news agency ANI reported.

The attack in Beirut targeted the Ramada hotel in the Raouche district, a tourist area besieged by people displaced by the war and so far spared from Israeli strikes targeting the pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah.

On Sunday morning, bombings continued in the southern suburbs of Beirut - a stronghold of the pro-Iranian movement Hezbollah, according to images from AFPTV.

- Attacks in the Gulf, warning from the Iranian president

Gulf countries reported further missile and drone attacks overnight Sunday, particularly Kuwait, which was still being targeted Sunday morning, after denouncing the targeting of fuel tanks at its international airport.

Attacks were also reported by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose authorities announced on Saturday the death of one person after debris fell in Dubai.

"We have repeatedly stated that we are brothers with neighboring countries and that we wish to maintain good relations with them," Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said in a message on national television Sunday.

"However, if the enemy attempts to use the territory of a country to launch an aggression against our territory, we will be forced to retaliate," he warned.

- Israelis take shelter due to missiles fired from Iran

Air raid sirens sounded Sunday morning in northern and southern Israel, warning of incoming missiles from Iran, but no damage or casualties were reported. Air defenses responded to at least four waves of missiles launched from Iran, according to military statements released within five hours.

- Beijing says the war "should never have happened"

"Faced with a Middle East engulfed in the flames of war, what I want to say is that this is a war that should never have taken place, and a war that brings no benefit to either side," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

"The world cannot return to the law of the jungle," he added.

- Trump does not want a Kurdish offensive

During a press briefing aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump said he "did not want" Iranian Kurdish militias to launch an offensive against the government in Tehran, contrary to the view expressed two days earlier.

"I don't want the Kurds to go there. We don't intend for the Kurds to go there. (...) We don't want to make this war more complicated than it already is."

- Netanyahu has a "methodical plan"

"We have a methodical plan, with many surprises, to eradicate the Iranian regime and enable change," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address.

With the United States firmly in "near-total control of the airspace over Tehran", Israel will continue to strike Iran with "all" its "force", it warns.

- Turkey warns against attempts to trigger a civil war in Iran

"We oppose all scenarios aimed at triggering a civil war in Iran, by exploiting ethnic or religious divisions," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said at a press conference in Istanbul, calling it an "extremely dangerous" game, as he said several American media outlets reported that Washington was considering arming Kurdish guerrillas to infiltrate Iran.

Auteur: AFP
Publié le: Dimanche 08 Mars 2026

Commentaires (2)

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    Siley il y a 1 jour
    Tout cela à cause d’israël 🤦🏿
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    Yelis il y a 1 jour
    Dire “tout ça à cause d’Israël” est simpliste. L’Iran menace ouvertement l’existence d’Israël depuis des années, développe des capacités nucléaires et arme des groupes hostiles dans la région. Quand un pays comprend qu’une bombe atomique pourrait un jour tomber sur ses villes, il ne reste pas passif.
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    Verite il y a 1 jour
    @Yelis  Yelis, toi je PenSe que tu Fais partie Des hypocrites cites dans le coran. Et Israel comment il a fait pour avoir sa bombe atomique, pourquoi il tue les palestiniens meme Les enfants. Espece de criminel malhonnete
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    Yelis il y a 1 jour
    @Verite  Tu m'insultes mais tu ne réponds pas à mon argument. Si l’Iran menace l’existence d'Israël et développe des capacités nucléaires, que devrait faire Israël selon toi ? Attendre qu’une bombe atomique tombe ?
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    Citoyen il y a 1 jour
    @Yelis  Génocidaire Tais toi
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    Non il y a 1 jour
    Depuis Khomeiny l'Iran arme des groupes qui sèment la violence dans l'ensemble des pays de la régions dans l'intérêt de l'impérialisme chiite iranien. Les arabes et israéliens qui sont leurs ciblent se sont liés contre cette menace et ce sont les Palestiniens, contre partie accordée à Israël qui en font les frais.
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    Non il y a 1 jour
    La fin de ce régime c'est aussi la fin de l'épouvantail Iranien sur lequel repose l'hégémonie d'Israël dans la région. Sans ce régime, les arabes n'auront plus besoin d'Israël pour les protéger et plus besoins de se taire sur la Palestine.
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    Non il y a 1 jour
    Les pays n'ont que des intérêts. Israël et le régime Ayatollah/gardien de la Révolution sont comme les deux face d'une même pièce, l'hégémonie de l'un repose sur l'existence de l'autre. La fin du régime iranien sera la fin de l'hégémonie Israélienne.
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    Observation il y a 1 jour
    @yelis TU n as rien compris l Iran meme s ils avaient la Bombe nucleaire n allait jamais attaquer Israel sans une raison de self defense tres Claire c'est Israel qui a confisque Les terre palestienne Iran etant un pays Musulman comme pas Les autres a decide de Les defendre de Les proteger Les vrais bandit et terrorists CE sont Les zionistes et mes parents americains qui sans raison valable creent Des mensonges. Pour destabiliser un pays pour leur propre interets sans tenir compte du nombre de personne qui vont etre Tues Des deux cotes . TU verras jamais Baron Trump fils de Donald in the front line ou any billionnaires kids seul Les pauvre working classe qui seront Les victimes. Islam interdit de Tuer sans raison Les musulmans ne font que risposter a une attaque. C'est leur droit le plus absolu. Quiconque attaque sans raison valable ma famille et les tue JE TE rendrais la monnaie in the second et j utiliserai tout moyen possible pour me defendre jusqu a mon dernier souffle. Aussi simple que ca IRAN HAS THE RIGHT DEFEND ITSELF
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    Yelis il y a 1 jour
    Des dirigeants iraniens ont affirmé qu’Israël "n’existera plus dans 25 ans" et appellent ouvertement à sa disparition. Est-ce aussi votre souhait ? Ces menaces permanentes créent un climat d’insécurité et obligent Israël à se défendre. Ceux qui veulent vivre en paix avec Israël ne posent aucun problème, mais face à ceux qui appellent à sa destruction, Israël n’a pas d’autre choix. Ce ne sont pas des opinions, ce sont des faits vérifiables.

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