Iran announces new waves of missile, drone attacks on Israel, U.S. regional bases

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Iran announces new waves of missile, drone attacks on Israel, U.S. regional bases

2026-03-01 10:22 Last Updated At：12:57

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday announced the launch of its latest waves of large-scale missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. bases in the region.

In its third statement issued on Sunday morning, the IRGC confirmed it had launched the "third wave" and "fourth wave" of its drone and missile operations against Israel and U.S. bases in the region. According to the Corps, this phase of the operation involved more advanced missiles than those used in previous strikes. The statement characterized the attack as "stronger and more fierce".

According to the announcement, the IRGC is ready to use missiles and drones to attack the enemy's fixed and moving targets in the region.

Later on Sunday morning, the IRGC issued a fourth statement claiming it had conducted a "fifth wave" of attacks. According to the statement, the strike targeted a U.S. warship transporting ammunition at Jebel Ali Port in the UAE, leaving the vessel completely disabled and causing it to explode.

Additionally, they claimed to have attacked a U.S. naval base in Kuwait with four ballistic missiles and 12 drones. According to the report, the strike destroyed all infrastructure at the facility and inflicted significant casualties on U.S. personnel. Furthermore, they stated that their missiles hit a U.S. MST combat support vessel transporting fuel in the Indian Ocean region.

In addition, the Public Relations Department of the IRGC announced that Iranian missiles and drones had precisely struck Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Airbase. The Corps also stated that a U.S. military base in Harir, northern Iraq where U.S. special forces and commandos are stationed was hit by missiles.

Additionally, the IRGC sent high-frequency messages on Saturday, declaring that no ships are permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

On Saturday morning, Israel and the United States carried out joint strikes on Tehran and several other Iranian cities.

Russia claims seizing control of 2 settlements, Ukraine reports repelling Russian offensives

Russia announced on Saturday that its forces had taken control two settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours, while Ukraine reported repelling waves of Russian offensives along multiple fronts.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report that Russian forces struck energy infrastructure facilities supporting Ukraine's military-industrial complex in the previous day.

The ministry also reported that Russian air defense system had destroyed eight guided aerial bombs, one Flamingo long-range cruise missile, 10 U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, and shot down 315 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones.

On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 148 clashes took place along the front lines over the past day, and Ukrainian forces successfully repelled Russian attacks in multiple directions.

According to the General Staff, Ukraine's Air Force, missile units, and artillery struck Russian command posts, troop and equipment concentration areas, and logistics supply points.

It also claimed that more than 1,000 Russian drones were shot down.