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How have countries around the world responded to the US-Israel war on Iran?

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 3967 words · By Priyanka Shankar
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Al Jazeera reports: How have countries around the world responded to the US-Israel war on Iran?.

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What happened

Al Jazeera reports: How have countries around the world responded to the US-Israel war on Iran?.

Why it matters

The war, which has entered its 100th day, has upended global financial and energy markets, drawing concerns from world leaders.

Common ground

Sunday marks 100 days since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran – a conflict that has triggered a global energy crisis and darkened the global economic outlook.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 70% confidence
Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 25 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Israel had clandestinely built two military bases in Iraq.”
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Claim 2: “a ballistic missile fired from Iran headed into Turkish airspace after passing over Syria and Iraq... it had been destroyed by NATO air defence systems.”
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Claim 3: “A fuel tank at the port was also hit in a drone attack two days later.”
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Al Jazeera, Caliber.Az, and other web sources confirm a drone strike hit a fuel tank at Duqm port on March 3 (two days after the March 1 attack).
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web search NEUTRAL — The resulting damage at Duqm was contained and no casualties were recorded, Oman's news agency added. Duqm had also been targeted by two drones on Sunday, wounding one worker.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-03-03/drone-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sharjah24 - WAM: Several drones targeted fuel storage tanks at Oman’s Duqm commercial port, with one drone hitting a fuel tank, the Oman News Agency (ONA) reported on Tuesday, citing a security source…
https://sharjah24.ae/en/Articles/2026/03/03/kmr10
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web search NEUTRAL — Oman said a drone struck a fuel storage tank at its port in Duqm on March 3, in an incident that authorities confirmed caused no casualties. The state-run news agency...
https://caliber.az/en/post/oman-confirms-drone-attack-on-duq…
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Claim 4: “Trump threatened Oman with military force if it got involved in the dispute over access to the Strait of Hormuz”
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Both Al Jazeera and Flipboard report that President Donald Trump threatened Oman with military force regarding the dispute over shipping access to the Strait of Hormuz.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — United States President Donald Trump has threatened longtime ally Oman with military force if it gets involved in the dispute over shipping access to the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/why-has-trump-threa…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — United States President Donald Trump has threatened longtime ally Oman with military force if it gets involved in the dispute over shipping access to the Strait of Hormuz
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-s-deal-to-end-iran-wa…
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Claim 5: “Pakistan was behind the April 8 ceasefire signed between the US and Iran”
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Claim 6: “Bahrain’s efforts to pass a UN resolution to open the Strait of Hormuz failed due to vetoes from China and Russia last month.”
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Claim 7: “Sri Lanka’s navy also rescued 32 Iranian crew from the frigate IRIS Dena after it was torpedoed by a US submarine off the country’s coast, killing at least 84 people.”
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Claim 8: “Sunday marks 100 days since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran”
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Al Jazeera reports that Sunday marks 100 days since the war began. Wikipedia confirms the '2026 Iran war' started on February 28, 2026. Calculating 100 days from February 28 leads to early June, which aligns with the timeline of the reported events.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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Claim 9: “Sri Lanka evacuated more than 200 crew members from a second Iranian vessel, IRIS Bushehr”
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Claim 10: “Gulf states have been caught up in the war since it began on February 28”
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Wikipedia and multiple Al Jazeera cross-references explicitly state that the US-Israel war on Iran began on February 28, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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Claim 11: “Qatar expelled several Iranian military and diplomatic personnel from the country following an attack on QatarEnergy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Ras Laffan.”
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Claim 12: “The Duqm commercial port, located in Al Wusta governorate in central Oman, was struck by two drones on March 1.”
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Wikipedia, Al Jazeera, and Sharjah 24 all confirm that the Duqm commercial port was struck by two drones on March 1, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Port of Duqm, also known as Duqm Port, is a seaport and road terminal located at Duqm in the Al Wusta governorate of Oman. Duqm Port, integrated in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), and l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duqm_Port
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 28 February 2026, as part of the 2026 Iran war, Iran began launching a series of drone strikes on sites in Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, targeting the Port of Duqm and the Port of Salalah, which…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Oman
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Claim 13: “A radar for a US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defence system sustained significant damage in Iranian attacks.”
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Claim 14: “On Wednesday, Israel and Lebanon renewed the ceasefire agreed on April 16.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Israel and Lebanon agreed on a Wednesday to renew a fragile ceasefire, including the creation of security zones.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, with Israel invading parts of Lebanon. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezboll…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Israeli_attacks_o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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Claim 15: “Africa still imports more than 70 percent of its refined fuel, according to the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)”
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Claim 16: “The country also hosted US Vice President JD Vance on April 13 for talks”
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Claim 17: “Israel has continued its offensive in Lebanon, killing more than 3,000 people.”
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Multiple sources, including Anadolu Ajansı and a specific report on Israeli strikes in Natabieh, confirm deaths exceeding 3,000 (specifically citing 3,980). Wikipedia confirms the ongoing 2026 Lebanon war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, with Israel invading parts of Lebanon. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezboll…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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Claim 18: “Russia and China, the world’s second-largest economy, also pushed back against the war.”
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While the war itself is verified, the specific claim that Russia and China 'pushed back' against this specific US-Israeli war on Iran is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence; the search results discuss general Russian/Chinese stances on Israel-Hamas or the existence of the war, but not a specific joint pushback against the 2026 Iran war.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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web search NEUTRAL — In the war between Israel and Hamas, Kremlin-linked accounts have depicted Israeli officials as war criminals, argued that Western states inflamed and are benefitting from the fighting, and claimed th…
https://securingdemocracy.org/an-autocratic-opening-russian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay on top of US-Israel war on Iran latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/israel-iran-conflict/
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Claim 19: “Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicised strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the war.”
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Claim 20: “the UAE also carried out dozens of air strikes against Iran during the Israeli-US war on Iran.”
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Claim 21: “Indian ships in the strait have been attacked by Iran”
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Claim 22: “the AFC warned that the continent is on course for an 86 million-tonne fuel shortfall by 2040”
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Claim 23: “Two foreigners were killed in a drone attack in Sohar province on March 13.”
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Al Jazeera, SANA, and Democracy Now! all report that two foreign nationals were killed in a drone attack in Oman's Sohar province on March 13.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two drones target Oman’s Sohar province, killing two foreign nationals and injuring others, state news agency reports.On Wednesday, Oman’s state media reported that drones struck fuel tanks in the cou…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/13/two-killed-in-oman-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Muscat, March 13 (SANA) Two people were killed and several others injured Friday after two drones crashed in the northern Omani Province of Sohar. According to the Oman News Agency, one drone fell in …
https://sana.sy/en/international/2302291/
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web search NEUTRAL — In Oman, two foreign nationals were killed and several others injured after Iranian drones struck Oman’s northern Sohar province. Of 14 civilians killed so far in Gulf nations, all but one were immigr…
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/13/headlines/iranian_str…
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Claim 24: “A long-range US AN/FPS-132 missile early-warning radar in Qatar was also damaged by Iranian missiles.”
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Claim 25: “A fragile ceasefire has been in place since April 8”
DISPUTED
While AP News mentions a ceasefire agreement on April 7, 2026, Wikipedia explicitly states that on April 8, 2026, Israel launched 'most powerful attacks' on Lebanon shortly after a ceasefire announcement, suggesting the ceasefire was either not in place or immediately violated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ceasefires may be intended to meet short-term limited needs (such as providing humanitarian aid), manage a conflict to make it less devastating, or advance ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceasefire
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web search NEUTRAL — Humanitarian Cease Fire Agreement on the Conflict in Darfur (8 April 2004). Memorandum of Understanding on Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of ...
https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:epil/97801992316…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 7, 2026 ... At least 1,530 people have been killed in the latest war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group. ... “We also urge all warring parties to ...
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-07-2026
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