West Asia War Day 15 LIVE: US Embassy Baghdad Bombed; Trump Says 'Totally Obliterated' Kharg

March 14, 2026: West Asia Conflict LIVE Updates:

5:30 pm: IRGC’s Nvy chief, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, has been quoted as saying that Iranian naval forces launched “several consecutive waves” of attacks against US forces in three military bases in the region - Abu Dhabi’s al-Dhafra and Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa. The targets, Tangsiri claimed, included patriot radar systems, planes and aircraft fuel storage tanks.

US Central Command has described US attacks on Iran’s Kharg Island as a “large-scale precision strike”.

Israeli military has said it carried out several waves of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and southern Lebanon on Friday, including multiple command centres.

Reports say that US is sending 2,500 more Marines, amphibious assault ship to Middle East.

4:00 pm: Two Indian-flagged vessels carrying 92,700 tonnes of LPG have crossed Strait of Hormuz Saturday morning. Shivalik and Nandadevi will dock at Mundra and Kanda ports on March 16 and 17. All Indian crew in Persian Gulf are safe, says the government.

Iran’s Defence Ministry has warned that the country will deploy ballistic missiles and other types of weapons with greater destructive power and precision in ongoing military operations, signalling an escalation in the conflict, according to a Reuters report.

Bahrain says it has intercepted 124 missiles, 203 drones since Iran war began.

Smoke seen rising from direction of UAE energy facility. Iran military urges UAE residents to stay away from ports, reports AFP.

2:00 pm: Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi of Iran's Armed Forces has called on the leaders of Muslim states for unity against the influence of the US and the Zionists.

Amir Hatami, commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, has warned that the killing of the crew members of one of Iran’s newest warships IRIS Dena “will not go unanswered."

India has repatriated the non-essential crew members of another Iranian warship that docked in Kochi on March 4, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

Fire breaks out after Iranian drones strike UAE's Fujairah oil terminal. Reports say that multiple drones struck the oil storage facilities setting off a fire at the strategic oil terminal.

Indian-flagged LPG tanker Shivalik has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz and the second LPG vessel Nanda Devi has also safely exited the key oil route.

12:00 pm: An Israeli strike hit an apartment building in a northern Beirut suburb for the second time in two days, according to Lebanon media on Saturday.

Iran media reported on Satuarday that no oil infrastructure was damaged in US strikes on Kharg Island.

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas urges Iran to stop targetting neighbouring countries.

Sri Lanka has repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who died when their frigate was sunk by a US submarine, according to reports.

Israel’s military has warned people to evacuate an industrial area west of Tabriz, a city in northwestern Iran, in a post on its social media account.

10:00 am: The war in West Asia continues to rage on the 15th day with 1,450 casualties in Iran in the US-Israeli strikes since the war began on February 28. The toll in Israeli strikes in Lebanon has risen to 773, including 103 children.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran had been “defeated” and wants a deal but “not the one I would accept”.

He also said his forces had heavily bombed military targets on Kharg Island, which is Iran’s oil hub, and claimed to have “totally obliterated” them in “one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East”. However, Iran’s Fars news agency said that Iranian military were still operating from the island.

Kharg Island is a highly restricted area and is Iran's economic lifeline through which 90% of its oil exports flow.

The US Embassy in Baghdad has come under attack from Iran; its helipad was struck, according to Iraqi officials. Smoke was seen rising from the building.

Saudi Arabia intercepted drones from Iran as the latter continues to strike US assets in the Gulf.

An Iranian military spokesperson has warned that if Iranian oil infrastructure was attacked, Iran would strike all the US-linked oil facilities in the area.

Qatar has issued a temporary precautionary evacuation of residents in specified areas. The country said that it had intercepted two missiles; explosions were heard in Doha.

Air Canada has suspended its Toronto-Dubai flights till May 1.

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