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- The U.S. military said it struck dozens of Iranian Revolutionary Guard targets, including command centers, missile and drone facilities, and coastal defenses.
- The strikes followed Iranian attacks on a Jordanian base hosting U.S. troops, while Jordan said its forces intercepted five Iranian missiles.
- U.S. and Saudi forces struck Iran-backed militia sites in Iraq; the U.S. military said at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers were killed.
- Iraq’s National Security Council condemned Saudi-US strikes on PMF bases in seven provinces as a breach of sovereignty, according to a statement.
- Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancelled a planned Thursday visit to Saudi Arabia, which would have been his first trip there since taking office.
- Saudi Arabia and US Central Command said the strikes targeted Iran-backed groups accused of attacking American troops and Saudi energy facilities.
- Saudi Arabia acknowledged participating in U.S. strikes against Iran-backed militias in eastern Iraq, its Defence Ministry said.
- U.S. Central Command said all Iranian ballistic missiles launched at American forces in the Middle East were intercepted on Tuesday.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump held 90-minute talks that the White House described as positive and productive.
- Turkish Petroleum is to acquire a 15 percent interest in the BP-run Kirkuk oilfield, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
- Iraq offered Türkiye up to 1 million barrels per day, Erdogan said, as Ankara pursued a new energy framework instead of renewing the expired pact.
- Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s Ankara discussions covered energy, security, trade, transport and water management, according to the report.