War within the Middle East: Mutual assaults proceed unabated | EUROtoday

As of: March 5, 2026 • 9:27 a.m

Israel and Iran continued their mutual shelling unabated on the sixth day of the struggle. Tehran threatened the US with retaliation after the sinking of a warship. And the Kurds in Iraq are additionally coming into focus.

The Israeli military says it has begun a brand new wave of assaults in Tehran. A army assertion spoke of large-scale assaults on the Iranian management’s infrastructure within the capital. Eyewitnesses reported the sounds of explosions in and round Tehran. The Iranian Fars information company reported an explosion in western Tehran, and two native newspapers reported at the least one detonation within the metropolis of Karaj, west of Tehran.

Israel’s air pressure additionally reportedly attacked a number of command facilities of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia within the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Iran speaks of “atrocity in the sea”

Iran additionally launched new assaults on Israel early this morning. The struggle entered its sixth day. For the primary time, the Iranian management additionally commented on the US assault on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka. Washington will “deeply regret the precedent it has set,” warned Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Platform X. “The United States has committed an atrocity in the sea, 2,000 miles from the coast of Iran.” The “IRIS Dena” with 130 crew members was touring in worldwide waters as a visitor of the Indian Navy and was attacked with out warning.

The Iranian ship sank off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. According to police reviews, over 80 our bodies of crew members have been recovered to date and round 60 persons are nonetheless lacking. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who calls himself secretary of struggle, introduced that the ship had been sunk “by a torpedo.” According to the Pentagon, the destruction of the Iranian navy is without doubt one of the objectives of the US-Israeli struggle towards Iran.

Kurdish models in Iraq below hearth

The battle can be increasing into Iraq. The Iranian armed forces attacked Kurdish models within the neighboring nation. Three rockets have been fired on the headquarters of opposition teams, the state information company Irna reported, citing the army management in Tehran. The pro-government broadcaster Press TV revealed movies exhibiting assaults on the positions of “anti-Iranian separatists”. US media not too long ago reported that President Donald Trump is contemplating arming Kurdish teams for an rebellion towards Iran’s authorities. The White House rejected this. However, authorities spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump had spoken to Kurdish leaders within the area with a view to the US base in northern Iraq.

The Kurds are an ethnic group with an estimated 30 million members who stay primarily in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. They have been preventing for their very own state for many years and have been persecuted and oppressed for a very long time. The autonomous Kurdish area of Iraq was created after the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.