Middle East Conflict LIVE: 'War Could End Very Soon', Says Trump

March 10, 2026 - Middle East Conflict LIVE

4:20 pm: The IRGC announces that it has successfully intercepted a Heron TP drone near Tehran even as Iran has rejected possibility of talks. Iran's Foreign Minister says will continue missile attacks for as long as necessary

Incoming missile sirens sounded early in the morning in Dubai and Bahrain as Iran kept up pressure on the Gulf nations.

Saudi Arabia has said it has destroyed two drones over its oil-rich eastern region while Kuwait's National Guard said it had shot down six drones.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews LPG supply situation with oil, foreign ministers.

4:00 pm: ⁠According to the ⁠United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), it has received a report of an incident 36 ‌nautical miles north of Abu Dhabi, ⁠with the master ⁠of a ship reporting a splash ⁠and a ⁠loud bang ⁠in close proximity to a ‌bulk carrier.

Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Iraq should not be used as a launch pad for attacks in the Middle East war.

A member of Iran’s parliamentary health committee has sad that nine hospitals in the country are no longer operational because of the US and Israeli attacks.

The Israeli military has launched a strike in the Abbassiyeh area near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, according to reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered specific options for mediation and various ways to reduce tensions regarding the conflict in Iran. The Kremlin says that Putin, who yesterday held a call with Trump, has offered different options to mediate ⁠and reduce tensions in ⁠the war.

3:00 pm: Iran's Education department says four students in Lorestan province have been killed in the US and Israeli air strikes; 52 schools in the province have been damaged in the attacks.

China has safely repatriated more than 10,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia,UAE, Oman and other countries in the Middle East.

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority has announced the extension of the closure of the country’s airspace to all arriving, departing and overflying aircraft for 72 hours.

2:00 pm: Iran government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani has said that any mediation “must be in a condition where there is not only ceasefire, but also a complete halt to attacks and an assurance that this will not happen again”.

“This is an issue seriously demanded by our people today and they need this assurance. We did not start the war but we will finish it,” she was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

'We're not done yet in Iran,' says Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

1:30 pm: Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi has called the US-Israel war on Iran a failure.“Plan A was a failure, and now they are trying other plans, but all of them have failed as well,” Araghchi said.

Saudi Arabia has said the country’s military has intercepted and destroyed a drone east of al-Kharj governorate.

The IRGC said they had targeted a US base in Iraq's Kurdistan region as the war with the United States and Israel continues. 

Israel army warns of imminent strikes on south Lebanon's Tyre and Sidon.

Turkey has said it has deployed Patriot defences in central Turkey after latest Iran missile.

11:30 am: At least 40 civilians were killed after a wave of deadly air strikes across Tehran on Monday night, reports Al Jazeera.  The attacks were not on military headquarters but residential areas.

Australia has said it will deploy a long-range reconnaissance aircraft and send air-to-air missiles to help countries in the Gulf region defend against Iranian attacks, to “protect and secure airspace above the Gulf” for the next four weeks, according to reports.
UAE is to get advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles from Australia.

10:30 am: A 29-year-old Bahraini woman was killed and eight people were injured in a strike on a residential building in Manama by Iran, said the country's Interior Ministry.

10:00 am: US President Donald Trump has warned of striking Iran “twenty times harder” if oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz are stopped by the latter. This threat comes just hours after he said that the war could end “very soon”.

Speaking to CBS News on Monday (March 9), Trump said, "I think the war is very complete, pretty much,.... (Iran has) no navy, no communications, they've got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones."

Iran has ruled out any deals with the US with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying, “I don’t think that question of talking or negotiating with Americans will be on table”. Large crowds have come out onto the streets across the country in support of its new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.   

Retaliatory strikes continued on day 11 with both sides continuing to trade fire.

Iran keeps up its strikes on US military assets in Bahrain, UAE, Saudi, Kuwait and Qatar. 

The UAE authorities have cautioned residents to “remain in a safe place” and heed “warnings and updates” on official websites as air defences work to neutralise threats from Iranian drones and missiles.