Azerbaijan says Iran's drones hit school, airport as war spreads on day 6
#Iran-Azerbaijan conflict#Middle East war#Drone attacks#U.S.-Iran tensions#Israeli strikes#Evacuation efforts#War powers
📌 Key Takeaways
Iranian drones hit Azerbaijan airport and school, injuring civilians
Iran threatens 'more intense and widespread' attacks
Conflict spreads beyond initial participants to neighboring countries
U.S. begins assisting evacuation of Americans from Middle East
Senate rejects attempt to limit Trump's war powers
📖 Full Retelling
Azerbaijan reported Thursday that Iranian drones struck an airport terminal and a school building in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and Shekarabad village respectively, as the Middle East conflict between the U.S.-Israeli alliance and Iran entered its sixth day with hostilities spreading to neighboring countries. Azerbaijan's foreign ministry condemned the attacks that damaged the airport building and injured two civilians, warning it reserved 'the right to take appropriate retaliatory measures' against its southern neighbor. The incident marked the first reported impact on Azerbaijan since the joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran began on Saturday, demonstrating how the conflict continues to expand beyond its original participants. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps responded with threats of 'more intense and widespread' attacks, while Iranian state television aired a message from an ayatollah calling for 'the shedding of Zionist blood, the shedding of Trump's blood,' escalating tensions further as the war's ripples spread from the Middle East to Sri Lanka and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean.
🏷️ Themes
Escalation, Regional Spread, International Response
Attack by one or more unmanned combat aerial vehicles
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U.S. Constitutional clause granting Congress the sole authority to declare war
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording:
[The Congress shall have Power ...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Cap...
Aerial and space service branch of the Israel Defense Forces
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, romanized: Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, lit. 'Air and Space Arm', commonly known as חֵיל הָאֲוִיר, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was founded on May 28, 1948,...
Live Live Updates: U.S. and Iran vow to step up attacks in fast-spreading war; Azerbaijan caught in crossfire By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals March 5, 2026 / 5:27 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know on the sixth day of the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran Israel and Iran launched new strikes as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day, with Iran matching U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's escalatory rhetoric and threatening "more intense and widespread" attacks to cripple the region's economy. The war continues to spread, with fresh Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Tehran, and Iranian drones hitting neighboring Azerbaijan for the first time. Azerbaijan joined the leaders of some of the Persian Gulf's paralyzed petroleum-based economies to warn they could intervene if Iran continues lashing out with drones and missiles. The ripples of the conflict have already spread from the Mideast to the shores of Sri Lanka and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. The U.S. government, after sharp criticism over pre-war planning, has begun assisting thousands of Americans trying to evacuate from the Middle East, with the State Department saying it's working on "a series of options" to get people home. New Updates 2m ago Azerbaijan says 2 hurt as Iranian drones hit airport and school, threatens "retaliatory measures" Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said Iranian drones hit an airport terminal and a school building on Thursday, warning that it reserved "the right to take appropriate retaliatory measures" against its southern neighbor. It was the first impact reported by Azerbaijan amid the widening war sparked by the joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran on Saturday. "One drone crashed into the terminal building of the Nakhchivan...
