Iran Launches More Attacks on Gulf States as Israel Targets Caspian Sea, Southern Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military would hold off on any more attacks on South Pars at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Mesaieed Industrial City, south of Doha, Qatar, on March 4, 2026. Getty Images

Israel and Iran launched fresh strikes on March 20, a day after the Iranian military struck an Israeli oil refinery, and a major oil site in Kuwait was one of Iran’s targets.

In the early hours of the morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a post on X that it had begun a “wave of strikes” on Tehran, targeting the regime’s infrastructure.