5/ Hezbollah claimed 29 attacks targeting IDF forces and positions in northern Israel and southern Lebanon from 3 PM ET March 9 to 3 PM ET on March 10. Hezbollah’s 29 claimed attacks are the highest number of claimed attacks in a 24-hour period that ISW-CTP has observed since the conflict's start.
4/ The combined force continues to strike Iranian-backed Iraqi militia targets in Iraq to limit the ability of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias to conduct retaliatory attacks against the United States and Israel.
3/ The combined force targeted Iranian internal security institutions in western and northwestern Iran. Refer to the graphic below to see key Iranian internal security sites that have been struck since the start of the war.
2/ More Key Takeaways:
The Iranian regime is expanding securitization amid the conflict, which likely reflects the regime’s paranoia re: US-Israeli infiltration & signals a shift to prioritize counterintelligence. The regime also prioritized regime security after the June 2025 Iran-Israel War.
NEW: CENTCOM reported that US forces destroyed 16 Iranian minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian mining efforts are part of a broader effort to disrupt maritime traffic in the Strait & Gulf to impose a cost. (1/5)
Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 10, 2026: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
7/ Ukrainian forces are intensifying their theater-wide mid-range strike campaign against Russian logistics, military equipment, and manpower, which will likely also interfere with the Russian spring-summer 2026 offensive. isw.pub/UkrWar031026
6/ Russia also continues to suffer massive losses on the battlefield that will continue to hinder Russia’s ability to achieve its sweeping goals for the spring-summer 2026 campaign.
5/ Ukrainian counterattacks in southern Ukraine are likely interfering with the anticipated Russian spring-summer 2026 offensives in Donetsk Oblast and southern Ukraine despite Putin’s claims of Russian battlefield successes.
4/ SpaceX’s blocking of Russia’s Starlink satellite connection in Ukraine in early February likely also enabled Ukrainian advances in Dnipropetrovsk.
Putin continues to exaggerate Russian battlefield advances despite Ukrainian forces’ recent liberation of significant territory in southern Ukraine.
3/ Ukrainian forces were likely able to rapidly advance in the Oleksandrivka direction after infiltrating dispersed Russian positions in poor weather conditions and suppressing Russian drone-based defenses.
2/ Ukrainian forces conducted mutually supporting drives in the Hulyaipole and Oleksandrivka directions in late 2025 and early 2026, respectively, to push Russian forces from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and to undermine Russian preparations for a spring offensive.
NEW: Ukrainian forces advanced 10 to 12 kilometers deep in two separate drives in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that have reportedly liberated more than 400 square kilometers since late January 2026. 🧵(1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 10, 2026 isw.pub/UkrWar031026
3/ Hezbollah has claimed 18 attacks targeting IDF positions and forces in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.
The IDF has continued to conduct airstrikes targeting Hezbollah across Lebanon to degrade Hezbollah’s ability to launch attacks targeting Israeli forces and positions.
2/ The combined force struck multiple sites in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, on March 10, which may have included the Artesh Air Force 9th Tactical Airbase. ISW-CTP has recorded combined force airstrikes targeting 11 out of Iran’s 17 Artesh Air Force tactical airbases since February 28.
NEW: The US-Israeli combined force struck several targets in Tehran overnight on March 9 and 10, including the IRGC “Quds Force headquarters” and an IRGC weapons research and development facility.
Iran has launched three missile barrages at Israel since our last update. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
NEW: The US-Israeli combined force has severely degraded Iran’s missile & drone capabilities, which has limited Iran’s ability to launch retaliatory attacks in the region. The combined force has degraded Iran’s internal security apparatus in Tehran and parts of western Iran. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
NEW: The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defenses that Putin constantly claims. 🧵⤵️ (1/5)
1/ Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar030926
4/ Senior Israeli officials said that they expect Hezbollah to increase the volume of its rocket and drone attacks against Israel in “the coming days” as part of an effort to “draw Israeli attention away” from Iran.
Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
3/ The combined force struck the Sahab Pardaz Company, which the United States sanctioned in October 2022 for providing “censorship, surveillance, and espionage tools” to the Iranian regime.
The IDF confirmed that Hezbollah is using long-range projectiles to attack Israel.
2/ The combined force has struck dozens of internal security institutions across central and western Iran since February 28.
The combined force targeted a company in Tehran that is involved in the regime’s censorship and filtering of the internet.
NEW: The US-Israeli combined force has severely degraded Iran’s missile & drone capabilities, which has limited Iran’s ability to launch retaliatory attacks in the region. The combined force has degraded Iran’s internal security apparatus in Tehran and parts of western Iran. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
5/ The cascading effects that the Ukrainian counterattacks in the Oleksandrivka, Hulyaipole, and Zaporizhia directions have generated in other sectors of the front show how constrained the Russian force structure in Ukraine really is. isw.pub/UkrWar030926
4/ Russian forces are thus facing a far more difficult battlefield situation in southern Ukraine in early March than they did at the start of 2026.
The counterattacks in southern Ukraine are also having strategic effects in other parts of the theater.
3/ The Russian command likely hoped that Russian advances in the Hulyaipole direction would complement Russian advances near Orikhiv, which would in turn enable Russian forces to advance toward Orikhiv from the east & west and later enable advances toward Zaporizhzhia City itself.
2/ These counterattacks are generating tactical, operational and strategic effects that may disrupt Russia’s Spring-Summer 2026 offensive campaign plan.
NEW: The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defenses that Putin constantly claims. 🧵⤵️ (1/5)
1/ Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar030926
3/ Hezbollah claimed that its fighters have engaged Israeli forces advancing into Lebanon on three separate axes since our last data cutoff on March 8. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
2/ Iran has continued to attack Israel and other regional countries since ISW-CTP’s last data cutoff at 3:00 PM ET on March 8. The Emirati Defense Ministry reported that Iran launched 15 ballistic missiles and 18 drones at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on March 9. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
NEW: The US-Israeli combined force has struck several key Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces sites in Esfahan Province. The combined force also continued to strike Law Enforcement Command (LEC) institutions in central and western Iran. 🧵1/3
Iran latest: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
MORE: Ukrainian officials confirmed the redeployment of naval infantry elements to the Hulyaipole direction as ISW assessed on March 7.
Ukrainian forces likely continued their mid-range strike campaign against military assets in occupied Donetsk City on March 8. (1/2) isw.pub/UkrWar030826
