Key Highlights
- Iran has retaliated to these strikes by launching ballistic missiles and drones, hitting not only Israel but also military bases of the US in the region as well as the airports of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Manama, according to some media sources.
- The conflict has become so wide that it has become a daunting task to cover everything in one article.
- Several new developments have been taking place with each passing minute.
- One of the most consequential developments that has taken place by the time of writing this article has been the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the joint US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, causing widespread protests not just in Iran but around the world.
- The attack on Khamenei, who took the helm in Iran in 1989, following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the charismatic leader who had spearheaded the Islamic revolution a decade earlier, occurred during the holy month of Ramadan.
