Headline Roundup • March 3rd, 2026
Where Has Iran Attacked US Bases and Embassies?
Middle East,Defense And Security,Iran,US Military,World,War,Drone Strikes,US Embassy,Marco Rubio,Saudi Arabia,United Arab Emirates,Public Safety
Summary from the AllSides News Team
"Our embassies and our diplomatic facilities are under direct attack from a terroristic regime," said Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday.
Kuwait: Six US troops were reportedly killed in an Iranian drone strike on Sunday in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. The troops, four of whom were identified as Capt. Cody A. Khork, Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, and Spc. Declan J. Coady, were all part of a "sustainment unit" based in Des Moines, Iowa. The other two have not been publicly identified at the time of this publishing.
Dubai: An Iranian kamikaze drone reportedly struck the parking lot of the US Consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday. The strike caused a fire – now extinguished – in the consulate's chancellery building. "All personnel are accounted for," according to Rubio.
Riyadh: Iran also launched a drone strike on the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, causing damage to the embassy's roof. No American casualties were reported, and the US State Department reportedly plans to evacuate Americans from Riyadh and across the Middle East. The embassy is indefinitely closed.
For Context: The US launched "Operation Epic Fury" on Iran early Saturday morning, reportedly killing Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. President Donald Trump described the operation as "massive and ongoing."
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The Department of War (DOW) on Tuesday identified four of the six U.S. service members killed in a drone attack in Kuwait earlier this week.
Officials said Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, died March 1 in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, during an unmanned aircraft system attack while supporting Operation Epic Fury.
All four soldiers...
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The four-day conflict in the Middle East escalated as Iranian missile and drone attacks threatened Gulf nations.
U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions are increasingly coming under fire in response to the American and Israeli military offensive.
A drone struck the parking lot of the U.S. consulate in Dubai, according to a U.S. official and Dubai's government media office.
The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, came under attack twice on Tuesday, causing part of the roof to collapse, according to people familiar with the matter.
U.S. military officials released the names of four American soldiers killed in the war with Iran as the State Department sought additional flights to get more than 1,000 U.S. citizens out of the Middle East as the war expands to neighboring countries, causing panic to the markets and oil prices to surge.
During a press conference on Capitol Hill, Rubio said 9,000 Americans have been able to leave the region, while another 1,500 people are still trying to get out. The federal government is looking at a combination of larger...
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