Trump refused Oman-led attempt to broker peace deal with Iran, according to Reuters report.
Trump refused Oman-led attempt to broker peace deal with Iran, according to Reuters report.
Map of the ME showing the two straits
Yemenβs Houthis have announced theyβll be joining the war in support of Iran shortly. Analysts expect them to shut down another strait, Bab El-Mandeb, which will close the Suez Canal. The global economy hangs by a thread.
The moment when US strikes hit the Space Research Center in Tehran. #Iran
Iranβs exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi said on Saturday that preparations have been underway in recent months to prevent a breakdown in governance after the fall of the Islamic Republic, including a plan to run the country and selecting people to serve in a transition structure.
U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure.
CENTCOM: Last night, U.S. forces executed a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island, Iran. The strike destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites.
Another tanker in the gulf region went up in flames last night, this time off the coast of Sharjah, UAE.
French soldier killed by Iranian drone was on anti-jihad mission in Iraq
North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea says. - AFP, AL Arabiya
Protesters set fire to Communist Party headquarters in MorΓ³n, Cuba, during demonstration over fuel crisis, blackout across island, local media reports. - factal
North Korea launches ballistic missile towards East Sea. - NHK
C-RAM in US embassy compound in Baghdad has seen better days.
Radar is fine.
BAGHDAD (AP) β A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said.
VIDEO: Fire and smoke seen at U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq amid reported drone attack.
NEW | Evening Iran Update: The US-Israeli combined force continued to target Iranian internal security infrastructure on March 13 in order to degrade the regimeβs repressive capabilities. The combined force has continued to target Iranian defense industrial sites across Iran. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
Eight tankers heading east along KSA northern border, undoubtedly working with company that will bring more of the hurt.
Unfortunately, it could go down any number of ways. Thereβs no real way for any of us on the outside to accurately and reliably predict what the actors involved might do, and how others may react. For better or for worse, weβll just have to wait and see.
Well, they cratered the runway on Kharg Island.
So whatever comes next isn't heavy fixed wing
Take with a big grain of salt, but if this is true, it could be the start of the end for the regime. However, and more likely in my opinion, this wonβt have much of an impact on anything. Of course, thatβs assuming this is true. Weβll have to wait and see.
Security sources report the first emerging signs of desertion within Iranian security forces across multiple provinces, Israeli officials have said. While current figures remain relatively low(dozens to several hundred) officials emphasize that these are not isolated incidents.-Kann News
Trump releases footage of US bombing on Iranβs Kharg Island.
Qatari authorities evacuated parts of Doha's Msheireb district, which includes government offices and a Google GOOGL.O office, early on Saturday, witnesses said.
They were damaged but not fully destroyed, and repairs are underway. No fatalities occurred in that specific strike on the aircraft.-WSJ
Five US Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The tankers were hit during an Iranian missile strike on the base in recent days.
After two weeks of war, 13 American servicemembers have died, 10 have been seriously wounded and approximately 200 have been injured, according to a U.S. official.-WSJ
Update:
The U.S. military confirmed that all six crew members on an KC-135 aircraft died after the refueling plane went down in western Iraq, raising the U.S. death toll after two weeks of war with Iran.
The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are based out of Sasebo and Okinawa, Japan.-ABC News
Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group: which consists of the USS Tripoli (LHA-7), USSΒ San DiegoΒ (LPD-22), and USSΒ New OrleansΒ (LPD-18), alongside roughly 20 F-35B Lightning lls, have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East.
A clearer view of the U.S. Air Force KC-135βs partially severed tail after the aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision over Iraq, seen on the ground in Tel Aviv, Israel.