One hundred days after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the full scale of destruction across the region remains difficult to assess. Satellite imagery companies, including Planet Labs, have imposed an indefinite blackout on pictures of the conflict at Washington's request.
However, before restrictions took hold, cameras from Airbus, Planet Labs, Sentinel and Vantor captured a sweeping picture of the devastation. Al Jazeera's Open Source Unit compiled 15 sites from Iran, Lebanon and across the Gulf, showing what the war has looked like from above.
The Natanz complex in Isfahan province, Iran's largest uranium enrichment facility, was struck twice in June 2025, first by Israel, then by the US as part of Operation Midnight Hammer, using GBU-57 bunker buster bombs. Before-and-after satellite images from early March show direct structural damage to buildings, ramps, and entrance pathways leading to underground enrichment halls.
Siri Island, 70 km off Iran's southern coast, serves as a vital oil export alternative. Sentinel-2 imagery from April 15, 2026, reveals a huge fire at the island's oil facilities, with a direct hit to its largest storage tank, capacity one million barrels, following strikes at the main Kharg Island terminal.
Bandar Abbas, a port city near the Strait of Hormuz, appears in satellite imagery from February 26 to April 1, 2026, showing extensive destruction at 11 locations. Analysis detected severe damage to key warehouses and a docked vessel.
Fath Air Base near Karaj, west of Tehran, on high-resolution Airbus imagery from April 10, 2026, reveals collapsed roofs and severe structural damage at northern hangars and technical facilities.
The Bandar Abbas Naval Base on the Strait of Hormuz: a direct hit on the IRIS Makran with visible fires and thick smoke, along with a large blaze affecting key facilities.
In Lebanon, Naqoura, home to UNIFIL headquarters, saw over 100 buildings destroyed between February 18 and April 16. Bint Jbeil suffered severe damage to approximately 725 buildings. In Rachaf, entire residential neighbourhoods were levelled.
US bases in Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia also sustained damage. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar had a logistics building destroyed. Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base showed damage at nine locations. The US Fifth Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain suffered direct hits to multiple radar domes and vital facilities.
Source: www.aljazeera.com