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War in the Middle East: casualty figures from across the region Dubai, March 15 (AFP) Mar 15, 2026 Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the region and casualties have been reported in countries around the Middle East. AFP has not been able to independently verify all of the following tolls. The figures are based on numbers released by governments, militaries, health authorities and rescue organisations in the affected countries.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on March 11 that at least 1,825 people had been killed, including 1,276 civilians -- among them at least 200 children -- as well as 197 military personnel and 352 people whose status had not been classified. Due to reporting restrictions, AFP is not able to access the sites of strikes or independently verify tolls in Iran.
First responders and local authorities say Iranian missile fire has killed 12 people inside the country, including four minors, since the start of the war, according to an AFP tally based on their announcements. The Israeli military has separately announced the deaths of two soldiers in combat in southern Lebanon.
A ministry statement said 31 paramedics were among the dead. The Lebanese army has said three of its soldiers have been killed. Hezbollah has not announced its losses.
The rest of those killed were military or security personnel, including seven US service members. Kuwait's military and health ministry have reported six deaths: two soldiers, two border guards and two civilians, one of them an 11-year-old girl. The United Arab Emirates' defence ministry has reported six deaths: four civilians and two military personnel who died as a result of a helicopter crash blamed on a technical malfunction. Saudi Arabia's civil defence agency has reported two civilian deaths. Bahrain's interior ministry has also logged two deaths. Oman's maritime security centre reported the death of a mariner at sea and two other people in a drone attack on an industrial area. Qatar's ministry of interior, meanwhile, has reported 16 injuries and no fatalities. CENTCOM has confirmed six US service personnel killed in Kuwait and one killed in Saudi Arabia.
France said an Iranian drone killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. The US military said a refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members, in an incident not caused by hostile or friendly fire. Pro-Iran armed factions and security sources say 35 Iran-backed fighters were killed in strikes they blame on the United States and Israel. Kurdish rebel groups said at least five Iranian Kurdish militants were killed in strikes attributed to Iran on their positions in the north. Kurdish security sources said one airport guard was killed in a drone attack on Erbil airport. Officials said one civilian was killed by rocket shrapnel following a strike southeast of Baghdad.
No deaths have been recorded so far.
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