Places in this day's records
10 places · 2 events not on the map
Nabatieh · Bint Jbeil · Fujairah · Kuwait · Lebanon · Qatar · Strait of Hormuz · Tebnin · 2 more
17 March 2026
13 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
17 March 2026 in brief
Lebanese authorities said more than one million people had registered as displaced as Israel expanded ground operations in the south. [1] Israel said it killed Iran's security chief Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani, and Tehran confirmed Larijani's death. [1] An air strike on a house in Baghdad's Jadriya district killed four people, a security source told Al Jazeera, as drones and rockets targeted the US embassy, and missile debris killed a Pakistani man in Abu Dhabi, its media office said. [1][2] A drone attack set off a fire in Fujairah's oil industry zone, and EnterpriseAM reported Hormuz war-risk quotes of 7.5% to 10% of hull value for higher-risk ships. [1][2] Kuwait said it arrested 16 people over an alleged Hezbollah-linked sabotage plot, which Hezbollah denied, and US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigned in protest at the war. [1][2]
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President Masoud Pezeshkian defended Iran's right to self-defence, said Iran did not start the war and said it would not surrender to bullies.
Government of Iran
17 Mar · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
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Embassy · Iraq
A fixed site in this day's records.
Market
$108.39
Brent crude, per barrel
+53% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
17 Mar · US Energy Information Administration
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Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
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Government of Iran: President Masoud Pezeshkian defended Iran's right to self-defence, said Iran did not start the war and said it would not surrender to bullies.
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Government of the United States: President Trump pressed the UK and France in particular to help secure shipping in Hormuz and asked to delay his late-March trip to China by a month, saying the US had a war going on.
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Government of Israel: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said displaced Lebanese would not be allowed to return home until northern Israel was safe.