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The broadening Iran-U.S.-Israel war has rippled through the region and beyond, as nearly every country in the Middle East reported damage from missile hits, drone strikes or shrapnel and moved to close airspace and restrict travel. With many governments urging citizens to leave and major airlines canceling flights, key passageways and embassies have also been shut down. Airspace information for commercial flights was tracked via the real-time flight-tracking service Flightradar 24 and national authorities as of Friday.
On the seventh day of war, Israeli warplanes struck Beirut and Tehran after Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes, according to the report’s timeline of events. U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to rule out negotiations with Iran and called for “unconditional surrender,” according to the same reporting. Foreign governments, meanwhile, pressed citizens to depart on any available commercial flight as airspaces closed.
Since the war began with a joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, the movement of people and goods has been disrupted across multiple corridors. The report said airspaces were closed, cruise ships and tankers were unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and major airlines canceled flights. Countries around the world have scrambled to organize repatriation flights to get their citizens out of the region.
Country-by-country impacts and travel disruptions
In Iran, the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs put the death toll at at least 1,230, while the report noted it was unknown how many were civilians. The account said the figure did not include the latest Israeli strikes on Tehran, and that witnesses described the airstrikes as particularly intense, with homes shaking in the affected area. It also cited reports of explosions around Kermanshah, in an area described as home to multiple missile bases.
Israel’s military said it also pummeled an underground bunker Iranian leaders had planned to use in emergencies, deploying more than 50 fighter jets and 100 munitions, according to the report. In discussing damage, the account said state TV and Iran’s Red Crescent Society reported strikes hitting hospitals, pharmacies, schools, police stations, gyms, missile launchers, government buildings in Tehran and leadership compounds. It added that Israel said it is targeting nuclear infrastructure, and that the Red Crescent Society said strikes hit 174 cities. For air travel, the report said Iran’s airspace was closed.
In the Israel and Palestinian territories, Israeli authorities said 11 civilians were killed, including three siblings aged 16, 15 and 13, a Filipina caretaker killed while escorting the woman in her charge to a shelter, and a mother of three who was described as a volunteer medic. The report described a strike in Beit Shemesh leaving nine dead, and said the account included Iranian missile strikes hitting locations such as a synagogue and public shelter in Beit Shemesh, an apartment building in Tel Aviv, and a road in Jerusalem.
The report also said Israeli police reported an Iranian warhead landed close to Jerusalem’s Old City, near many holy sites, while the extent of damage to Israeli military bases and other sensitive locations was unknown because the military does not reveal that information. For flights, it said airspace was closed.
Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes had killed 217 people and wounded 798 by Friday, while it said it was unclear how many were civilians. The report said Israel launched strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut after ordering residents of the densely populated area to evacuate, and that Israel said it struck only Hezbollah-linked targets. It added that the strikes were described as the heaviest since a 2024 ceasefire ended the last war between Israel and Hezbollah, which had fired rockets at Israel in the opening days of the latest conflict, and that Israel had sent ground troops into southern Lebanon border areas.
The report said hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon had been displaced, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. On air travel, the report said Lebanon’s airspace was not fully closed: flights were coming and going, but many airlines had canceled flights.
In Kuwait, the report said at least 10 people died. It also said six American soldiers were killed at an operations center located at a civilian port in Kuwait more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the main Army base, citing satellite images and a U.S. official. The account said the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait was struck on Monday, and that on Thursday its operations were fully shut down; it described a satellite image from Monday reviewed by AP showing the main building destroyed with black smoke rising from it.
For aviation and missile threats, the report said missiles were shot toward Kuwait on Thursday evening, activating air defense systems, and that Kuwait’s airspace was closed. It also said Bahrain reported that one civilian was killed in a fire set by a strike Monday, and described an oil refinery in Maameer being hit by an Iranian missile, with Bahrain saying the fire was extinguished and the refinery continued working.
The United Arab Emirates reported three civilian deaths, the report said, describing the victims as foreign workers from Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, with at least 68 injured. It said the UAE reported that three drones hit the country but did not elaborate on where they fell. It also said the UAE’s defense ministry reported destroying nine ballistic missiles and intercepting 109 drones on Friday, and that officials said 205 ballistic missiles and 1,184 drones had been detected in UAE territory since the start of the war, with most destroyed.
As for air travel, the report said UAE airspace was technically open but that there was no flight activity due to restrictions. It said Dubai had sustained damage to its international airport and, according to U.S. Central Command, hotels along its coastline.
The report’s remaining country entries also described impacts tied to missile debris, interceptions, attacks on ports and changes to commercial routes. In Syria, it said some people, including children, suffered minor injuries from Iranian missile debris in the countryside outside Damascus, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA. In Iraq, it said strikes on Iranian proxy sites by the U.S. or Israel had killed militia members but that it was unclear how many, and it described drone and missile attacks intercepted over Irbil with debris causing fires and property damage. The account also said Iraq’s Ministry of Oil would stop production in a key oil field because of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Jordan’s police said five people were injured by falling shrapnel after Iranian projectiles were intercepted in the kingdom’s airspace. Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry reported drone destructions and interceptions, and said it had earlier described a strike on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh with two drones, causing “limited fire” and minor damage. It also said Ras Tanura’s refinery had come under attack from drones and that defenses downed aircraft, with the refinery described as having a capacity of over half a million barrels of crude oil a day. For air travel, the report said Saudi Arabia’s airspace was partially closed in the area bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf.
In Egypt, the report described economic ripple effects as global shipping firms rerouted vessel fleets away from the Suez Canal, noting the canal’s role as a major source of foreign currency. It said commercial flights were leaving Egypt, with cancellations and most countries recommending travel through Taba and Sharm el-Sheikh instead of Cairo. In Qatar, it said the Ministry of Defense reported ballistic missiles and drone launches, with air defenses intercepting all drones and 13 of the missiles, while the 14th fell in the sea.
Elsewhere, the report described a fatal attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz area involving a bomb-carrying drone boat off Muscat in Oman and additional injuries reported Sunday. It said airspace was open but that many commercial flights were canceled, and that Muscat airport had become a base for evacuation flights. In Cyprus, it said a Shahed drone damaged a hangar at a British air base on the island’s southern coastline and that Cyprus said the drone was launched from Beirut. In Turkey, it said NATO defense systems intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran as it headed toward Turkey’s airspace, with debris falling into Hatay province and no casualties reported.
In Sri Lanka, the report said a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters Wednesday, and that Sri Lankan officials reported recovering 87 bodies and rescuing 32 people, with roughly 180 people believed to have been aboard the IRIS Dena. In Azerbaijan, it described an Iranian drone attack on Nakhchivan that Azerbaijan said injured four civilians and damaged an airport building, adding that Iran denied launching the drone and that Azerbaijan said it was evacuating diplomats from Iran. For aviation, the report said Azerbaijan’s southern sector was closed.
A full picture of casualties and damage remains incomplete as strikes continue and governments adjust evacuation and travel plans. But across the region, officials and state-backed agencies described the same operational pattern: closed or restricted airspace, disrupted shipping, repeated interceptions, and reported harm to civilians, infrastructure and military sites.