US offensive on Iran burned through an estimated $779M on first day
US forces spent an estimated $779 million, or about 0.1% of the entire 2026 US defense budget, during the opening 24 hours of its offensive against Iran, according to...
March 2, 2026
US forces spent an estimated $779 million, or about 0.1% of the entire 2026 US defense budget, during the opening 24 hours of its offensive against Iran, according to...
March 2, 2026
Kuwait reported its first military death on Monday amid the Mideast’s regional escalation that began with the US-Israeli offensive on Iran, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Kuwaiti Armed...
March 2, 2026
At least 52 people were killed and 154 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese authorities, Anadolu reports. In a...
March 2, 2026
Two US Defense Department employees were wounded when an Iranian drone hit a hotel in Bahrain’s capital Manama, The Washington Post reported Monday, Anadolu reports. “Two U.S. DOW personnel...
March 2, 2026
The wife of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died Monday of wounds sustained in a US-Israeli attack, Iranian media reported, Anadolu reports. Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, 79, had...
March 2, 2026
Israeli warplanes on Monday carried out airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs amid escalating cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, Anadolu reports. Israeli warplanes carried out four airstrikes targeting Beirut’s...
March 2, 2026
The Netherlands has temporarily suspended the repatriation of its citizens from countries in the Middle East, citing security risks, authorities said Monday, Anadolu reports. Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said...
March 2, 2026
Spain’s government on Monday said the US has neither used nor will use Spanish military bases to conduct attacks against Iran, insisting Madrid maintains full control over its sovereign...
March 2, 2026
For three days now, Iran has been under sustained bombardment. American and Israeli military power — long rehearsed through sanctions, covert strikes, assassinations, and proxy wars — has moved...
March 2, 2026
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday operation against Iran is not intended to topple the country’s leadership, even as he acknowledged the sweeping impact of the operation, Anadolu...