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Iran\u2019s president rejected a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender on Saturday and apologized for Iran\u2019s attacks on regional countries, as Israel and the United States kept up their airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n
Gulf countries say they have intercepted more ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran. <\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia said it stopped four drones attacking the country\u2019s massive Shaybah oil field, the second attack within hours. Flights in and out of Dubai International Airport were interrupted after passengers were ushered down into train tunnels as several blasts were heard and the alert sounded.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes hammered Beirut and Tehran<\/a>. Death toll continued to rise Saturday with at least 1,230 people killed in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials. Six U.S. troops<\/a> were reported killed.<\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration approved a new $151 million arms sale to Israel after Trump said he would not negotiate with Iran<\/a> without its \u201cunconditional surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n Here is the latest:<\/p>\n Qatar Airways says it will operate six flights into Doha on Sunday through a \u201csafe corridor,\u201d as the country\u2019s airspace remains closed.<\/p>\n The state-owned airline said the flights will come from five European cities as well as Bangkok.<\/p>\n The latest wave of Israeli airstrikes included targets in Lebanon\u2019s eastern Bekaa Valley, the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n The Lebanese Health Ministry said earlier that overnight airstrikes in that area killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.<\/p>\n The Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with an Israeli force that landed there late Friday. Israel hasn\u2019t commented on the fighting in the Bekaa Valley.<\/p>\n The military also said its Saturday strikes hit rocket launchers, weapons storage facilities and two command centers of Hezbollah\u2019s Radwan Force in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n Bahrain\u2019s military intercepted two missiles and a drone on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said.<\/p>\n That brought to 86 missiles and 148 drones that have been intercepted over Bahrain since the U.S. and Israel launched war against Iran last weekend.<\/p>\n India\u2019s foreign minister said Saturday that an Iranian naval vessel has docked in India, after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship and another vessel sought assistance from Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the IRIS Lavan is docked in southern Kochi city, after India granted permission when the vessel reported \u201chaving problems\u201d on March 1. \u201cI think it was the humane thing to do,\u201d Jaishankar said.<\/p>\n A U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Another vessel, the IRIS Bushehr, requested assistance from Sri Lanka and more than 200 sailors were brought ashore. Both ships had previously taken part in naval exercises hosted by India, but Jaishankar said they got \u201ccaught on the wrong side of events\u201d once the war began.<\/p>\n Dubai and its long-haul carrier Emirates said Saturday the airline would resume operations after temporarily halting them following an Iranian attack on the city-state.<\/p>\n The news brought cheers in Dubai International Airport, where passengers had been sheltering after hearing a large boom overhead.<\/p>\n Authorities have not explained if there was an interception or damage at the airport, which is the world\u2019s busiest for international travel.<\/p>\n An Israeli airstrike flattened a residential building in southern Lebanon, killing at least six people early Saturday, the country\u2019s state-run news agency reported.<\/p>\n The dead from the strike in Jibchit town included four from the same family, the National News Agency said.<\/p>\n The Lebanese Health Ministry earlier reported at least 16 killed and 35 wounded in overnight Israeli airstrikes in the mountain town of Nabi Chit.<\/p>\n Sirens sounded in Bahrain ahead of a potential attack for the fifth time Saturday, the interior ministry said, urging people to head to the nearest safe location.<\/p>\n The Lebanese Health Ministry said Saturday that Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others in overnight Israeli airstrikes in the mountain town of Nabi Chit.<\/p>\n The Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with an Israeli force that landed late Friday in the mountains of eastern Lebanon.<\/p>\n Israel has yet to comment on the fighting there.<\/p>\n The Dubai Media Office issued a statement on behalf of the city-state, saying: \u201cFor the safety of passengers, airport staff, and airline crew, operations at Dubai International (DXB) have been temporarily suspended.\u201d <\/p>\n It did not give a reason for the suspension, which came after passengers there heard a loud boom while sheltering.<\/p>\n Masoud Pezeshkian said the country\u2019s three-man leadership council had been in touch with the armed forces over the attacks.<\/p>\n \u201cI should apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran, on my own behalf,\u201d the president said. \u201cFrom now on, they should not attack neighboring countries or fire missiles at them, unless we are attacked by those countries. I think we should solve this through diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n He also suggested miscommunication in the ranks caused it. However, his statement aired after repeated attacks Saturday morning on Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which has been at the forefront of the war, answers only to the country\u2019s supreme leader. However, an Israeli airstrike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, at the start of the war on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n Pezeshkian, in his comments, specifically blamed the killing of Khamenei and other top leaders for what sounded like a loss of command and control in the armed forces for days.<\/p>\n It remained unclear just what command Pezeshkian and the leadership council could exert over the armed forces. <\/p>\n Iranian state television, after airing his speech, immediately went back to praising the country\u2019s ongoing attacks across the region.<\/p>\n Passengers at Dubai International Airport, the world\u2019s busiest for international travel, heard a boom while sheltering in train tunnels at the massive facility.<\/p>\n Emirates has been trying to get its sprawling travel network up and running after several days of halting flights due to the war.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a \u201cdream that they should take to their grave.\u201d<\/p>\n President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a prerecorded address aired by state television.<\/p>\n Pakistan cited a surge in global oil prices due to the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced the 55-rupee-per-liter (about $0.20) increase overnight, saying the government had little choice but to pass on the impact of rising international prices.<\/p>\n Pakistan relies heavily on imported oil, mainly from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.<\/p>\n The Israeli military said the Imam Hussein University in Tehran was used for the training of Revolutionary Guard officers and contained \u201cmultiple military assets\u201d used by the Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n It said over 80 fighter jets participated in the latest wave of strikes on Saturday, which also targeted an underground compound used for storing ballistic missiles and housing command centers from where the army said \u201csenior officials of the Iranian regime\u201d were operating.<\/p>\n Targets also included launch sites in central and western Iran, the army said.<\/p>\n Explosions echoed across Iran\u2019s capital, Tehran, Saturday morning as new airstrikes hit the city.<\/p>\n The strikes appeared to target downtown Tehran and government buildings there.<\/p>\n Passengers waiting for flights at Dubai International Airport, the world\u2019s busiest for international travel, found themselves ushered down into train tunnels at the sprawling airfield after missile alert sounded.<\/p>\n Mobile phone alerts sounded Saturday morning in Dubai over \u201cpotential missile threats.\u201d Emirati authorities urged the public to seek immediate shelter.<\/p>\n Emirati air defenses had activated over the missile threat, the government added.<\/p>\n Trump berated a reporter for raising the matter when the president opened the floor to questions from the media at the end of a White House meeting about how paying student-athletes has recalibrated college sports.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI have a lot of respect for you, you\u2019ve always been very nice to me,\u201d Trump said to Peter Doocy, the Fox News reporter. \u201cWhat a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We\u2019re talking about something else.\u201d<\/p>\n People headed to bomb shelters across Israel early Saturday after hearing loud booms as Iranian missiles attacked more targets. <\/p>\n There were no immediate reports of casualties by Israel\u2019s emergency services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n