March 16 (Reuters) – At least 2,000 people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with Gulf states hosting U.S. military bases and personnel, as well as Lebanon, quickly drawn into the conflict.
Here are the death tolls reported by Monday, over two weeks into the conflict. Reuters has not independently verified the figures.
* IRAN – The most recent death toll, reported by state mediaon Monday, was at least 1,270 people. But Iran’s ambassador tothe U.N. said on March 6 that at least 1,332 people had beenkilled since the war began. Iranian Foreign Minister AbbasAraqchi said at least 200 children were killed. There has beenno clarification of the discrepancy.It was not clear if thosefigures include at least 104 people that the Iranian militarysaid were killed in a U.S. attack on an Iranian warship off SriLanka’s coast on March 4. * LEBANON – At least 886 people have been killed in Israelistrikes, according to Lebanese authorities. The World HealthOrganization said at least 98 of those killed were children. * IRAQ – At least 30 people have been killed, according toIraqi health authorities. Most of those were members of theShi’ite Popular Mobilisation Forces. One foreign crew member waskilled in an attack on tankers near an Iraqi port, according toport security officials. * ISRAEL – Twelve people have been killed, including ninepeople in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh nearJerusalem on March 1, according to Israel’s ambulance service.The Israeli military said two of its soldiers were killed insouthern Lebanon. * UNITED STATES – Thirteen service members have been killed.Six were confirmed dead after a U.S. military refuellingaircraft crashed over Iraq, the U.S. military said, while sevenothers have been killed in action during operations againstIran. * UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Seven people have been killed inIranian attacks, including two army soldiers, according to theUAE defence ministry. * KUWAIT – Authorities have reported six deaths – includingtwo people killed in Iranian attacks, two interior ministryofficers and two army soldiers. * SYRIA – Four people were killed when an Iranian missilestruck a building in the southern Syrian city of Sweida onFebruary 28, state news agency SANA said. * OMAN – Two people were killed in a drone strike on anindustrial zone in Sohar province, marking the first fatalitiesinside the country, which has been hosting mediation talksbetween the U.S. and Iran. One person died earlier when aprojectile hit a tanker off the coast of Muscat, the vessel’smanager said. * SAUDI ARABIA – Two people were killed when a projectilefell on a residential location in Al-Kharj city, southeast ofthe capital Riyadh. * BAHRAIN – Two people were killed in two separate Iranianattacks, with the most recent hitting a residential building inthe capital Manama, according to the interior ministry. * FRANCE – One French soldier was killed and six others werewounded after a drone attack in northern Iraq, where they wereproviding counterterrorism training.
(Compiled by Nayera Abdallah, Jonathan Allen, Jana Choukeir, Menna Alaa El Din, Maayan Lubell, Pesha Magid and Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Ros Russell and Joe Bavier)
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