Exclusive: US Marines opened fire on demonstrators during the storming of the Karachi consulate over the weekend, two US officials said — a rare use of force at a diplomatic post that could sharply escalate tensions in the country amid widespread protests over the killing of Iran’s leader reut.rs/4u6iscA
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Day: March 3, 2026
EU to convene gas supply meeting on Iran conflict impact reut.rs/3OLUWkX reut.rs/3OLUWkX
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According to CBS, citing 3 U.S. military officials with knowledge on the matter, the makeshift tactical operations center at Shuaiba port, where U.S. service members lost their lives in an Iranian drone strike, lacked adequate force protection measures and more were requested but never came. According to CBS’s sources, T-walls, shown below, were the only form of protection around the operations center. According to one source, while Kuwaiti batteries were in the vicinity, no U.S. counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) or counter-rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) had been dedicated to the vicinity and its unclear if Kuwaiti batteries engaged the incoming threats.
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The Israeli Defense Force states that combat aircraft are currently carrying out simultaneous strikes on Beirut and Tehran.
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