US-Irael Attack Iran LIVE Updates: US Jets Crash in Kuwait

March 2, 2026 - The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is not seeing any let up with the crisis now spilling on to Lebanon and Cyprus. Loud explosions were  reported across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Manama and Doha on Monday (March 2) morning. As Iran continues to strike US military bases in the Middle East region, at least 35 people were reported killed in the southern Iran’s Fars province. 

3:40 pm:  Etihad Airways has announced that all flights to and from Abu Dhabi are suspended until 10:00am GMT on March 3; Israel’s army says two senior Iranian intelligence officials were killed in Iran in the first wave of attacks on February 28.

3:25 pm: France says it is ready to defend Gulf countries and Jordan against Iran if required; debris falls on Abu Dhabi warehouse, commercial facility after drones intercepted; China’s foreign ministry spokesperson says a Chinese citizen has been killed in Tehran, China asks its citizens in Iran to leave as soon as possible.

2:50 pm: Fire breaks out at Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery because of debris falling from two drones that were intercepted; Israel says Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim ‌Qassem was now a “target for elimination” and that now "all options on table" in response to question about possibe ground invasion of Lebanon.

Kuwait’s Defence Ministry has reported crash of “several” US warplanes in the country on Monday morning. All the pilots are believed to have bailed out safely. The reason for the crash is not yet clear.

According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, at least 555 people have been killed in US-Israeli strikes across the country.

Israel has carried out strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon, after it was hit by missiles and drones by the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah. At least 31 people have been killed in the Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Cyprus reported a drone attack on RAF Akrotiri, a British base on the island.