Latest Gulf countries report new attacks after Iran warns major UAE ports to evacuate

Dubai, Mar 15 (AP) Gulf countries reported new attacks Sunday morning, a day after Iran called for the evacuation of three major ports in the United Arab Emirates, threatening for the first time a neighbouring country's non-US assets.
     Tehran accused the United States of using “ports, docks and hideouts” in the UAE to launch strikes on Kharg Island, home to the main terminal handling Iran's oil exports, without providing evidence, as the war showed no signs of ending.
     US President Donald Trump said he hoped allies would send warships to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
     Meanwhile, Israeli strikes have deepened Lebanon's humanitarian crisis, with more than 800 people killed and over 850,000 displaced.
     Here is the latest:
    
     Iran says 425 women and children have been killed in airstrikes
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     Iran's Health Ministry says US and Israeli strikes have killed 223 women and 202 children since the start of the war on Feb. 28, according to Mizan, the official Iranian judiciary news agency.
     The Iranian Red Crescent has said that more than 1,300 people have been killed.
    
     An airstrike hit housing units in Shiraz, media in Iran say
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     A US-Israeli attack early Sunday morning targeted an impoverished residential neighbourhood in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran's state-run news agency IRNA said.
     The strike, which occurred southeast of the city, destroyed several housing units belonging to workers and people supported by the state welfare organisation, the report said. It said a number of homes were destroyed and several people were injured. There were no reports of fatalities.
     There was no immediate comment from Israel or the US On Friday, Israel said it targeted a missile facility in Shiraz. It has also gone after what it says are checkpoints erected by Iran's paramilitary Basij force.
    
     Switzerland refused permission for 2 US military overflights
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     Neutral Switzerland says it refused permission for two overflights by US reconnaissance planes “in the context of the war in Iran.”
     The government said late Saturday that Switzerland's neutrality law forbids overflights by parties to a conflict that have a military purpose in connection with that conflict. But it does allow humanitarian and medical transit, as well as flights unconnected with the conflict.
     Switzerland said it gave clearance for two US transport aircraft to fly over the country on Sunday and for a newly serviced plane to transit on Tuesday.
    
     Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows to kill Netanyahu
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     Iran's Revolutionary Guard vowed Sunday to hunt down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
     “If the criminal Zionist prime minister is still alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force,” the IRGC said in a statement.
    
     Israel says Iran has launched more missiles
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     The Israeli military says Iran has launched a new barrage of missiles toward Israel.
     It says sirens are alerting residents in areas under attack, and air defences have been activated. (AP) SKS
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