Washington claims early gains in its Iran offensive as Tehran empties, Gulf shipping is threatened, and global markets brace for further instability. TheUS assault on Iran was ahead of schedule, said

US-Israeli war on Iran enters fifth day, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in east of Tehran

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - Terrified residents of Iran's capital described it as a ghost town on Tuesday, its streets largely emptied by a U.S.-Israeli missile barrage apart from security checkpoints and Revolutionary Guards patrols that rove the city.

Israel hacked nearly all of Tehran’s traffic cameras to spy on Ali Khamenei before launching an attack to kill Iran’s supreme leader.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has ruled out talking, sending a clear message that the remaining leadership in Iran is prepared to fight, rather than take instructions from Washington.

A drone attack caused a fire at the US consulate in Dubai, while a missile hit a US base in Qatar. In Iran, the reported number of civilians killed since Saturday passes 1,000.

New strikes were reported Tuesday across the Middle East, including Israeli bombardment on Lebanon and a drone attack on the US embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.