Video. Iran war: Animated map tracks Middle East strikes since February 28
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“An animated map shows drone and missile attacks across the Middle East from February 28 to March 2, including strikes attributed to Iran, Hezbollah, Israel and the United States”
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All Wikipedia evidence is unrelated to animated maps, attack attributions, or specific dates (F4 Championship, Middle East geography, airline data). No sources confirm the claim about drone/missile attacks or actor attributions.
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— The 2025 F4 Middle East Championship is the inaugural season of the F4 Middle East Championship, the successor of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the Middle East regulated ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_F4_Middle_East_Championsh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_F4_Middle_East_Championsh…
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— The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey.
The term came into widespread usage by Western European nations in the early 20t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
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— Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L., more commonly known as Middle East Airlines (MEA), is the flag carrier of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut, near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airpo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Airlines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Airlines
“The data for the animated map's attack attributions is provided by the NGO Acled”
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Only one Wikipedia entry mentions ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data), but it does not explicitly state ACLED provides data for the animated map in question. Other sources are unrelated to data sources.
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— The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict…
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— (ACLED) Armed Conflict Location & Event Data is a non-profit organization registered in the United States that specializes in the real-time collection, analysis, and mapping of data on political viole…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Conflict_Location_and_Ev…
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— As of 21 February 2026, at least 75,227 people (73,188+ Palestinians and 2,039+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war
“Orange dots represent attacks by the US and Israel, green by Iran and its allies”
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Wikipedia evidence focuses on historical Iran-Israel relations and conflicts, but none mention color-coded maps, attack representations, or specific dot symbolism. No sources confirm the orange/green dot attribution system.
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— Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
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— Iran and Israel have not maintained a formal diplomatic relationship with each other since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict has grown to large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_relations
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— Israel supported Iran during the Iran–Iraq War. Israel was one of the main suppliers of military equipment to Iran during the war. Israel also provided military instructors during the war, and in turn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Iran_durin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Iran_durin…
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