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🔹 ️ Reuters reported that a drone strike targeted the US base near Erbil Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan
🔹 ️ Iran struck the BAPCO oil refinery in Bahrain leading to the company declaring a force majeure after it was hit
🔹 ️ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country had sent drone specialists and drone interceptors to Jordan to defend US bases from Iranian one way drones
🔹 ️ Reuters reported that Syrian Kurds warned Iranian Kurds against allying with the United States, citing their own experience when Washington ‘abandoned’ them after years of cooperation
🔹 ️ A synagogue in Liège, Belgium, was subject to an explosion at the entrance of the building, but no casualties were reported
🔹 ️ US and Israel targeted central Iran multiple times within a few hours, including strikes in Qods, Sepahanshahr, along with Lavasan Road and in the naval forces town area in east Tehran, while an ammunition
🔹 ️ Multiple Iranian ballistic missile attacks, including cluster munitions, hit Israel – at least 2 confirmed dead and multiple injuries
🔹 ️ The US Navy struck two Iranian vessels anchored off the coast of Bandar Lengeh, and the other at Bandar Kong, as three vessels in total were hit in the Persian Gulf
🔹 ️ Saudi Aramco has begun reducing crude output at two oil fields, Reuters reported
🔹 ️ The US began evacuating staff from the US Consulate in Adana, southern Turkey
🔹 ️ The IDF announced the death of one of its servicemen in southern Lebanon, a Staff Sergeant
🔹 ️ Hezbollah and the IDF classed in Khiam, southern Lebanon, with reports suggesting Hezbollah targeted and impacted at least two Israeli Merkhava tanks
🔹 ️ Following alerts activated in several areas across the country, several launches crossing from Lebanon were identified, the Air Force intercepted several launches, and several others fell in open areas – additionally, a report was received of a fall in the centre of the country.”
🔹 ️ A statement issued soon after the rocket attack by Hezbollah confirmed the targeting of the Israeli communication station: “Islamic Resistance fighters launched a barrage of advanced rockets at 17:00 on Monday, March 9, 2026, targeting a satellite communications system belonging to the Israeli military’s communications and cyber defence unit in Wadi Ela, central Israel, approximately 160km from the Lebanese border – the group says the strike successfully hit the target.”
🔹 ️ Other reports from Israeli media, along with footage of smoke rising, stated that Hezbollah targeted an Israeli army base in Ramla.
🔹 ️ Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz proudly claimed that around 650,000 residents had been evacuated from Daheih, while another 500,000 had been displaced from southern Lebanon, while also noting he’d been informed of the elimination of Abu Hussein Ra’ghab, commander of Hezbollah’s Nasr Unit, during an overnight airstrike
🔹 ️ According to IDF spokesman Effie Defrin, more than “1,900 Iranian soldiers and commanders have been killed in Israeli strikes on Iran.”
🔹 ️ Lebanese President Joseph Aoun slammed Hezbollah: “What happened in Lebanon puts the country between an aggression that does not respect the laws of war and an armed group operating outside the authority of the state – the launch of these rockets was intended to lure the Israeli army into entering Lebanon, advancing into some of its areas, and possibly occupying them.”
🔹 ️ “France is deploying about a dozen naval vessels, including its aircraft carrier strike group, to the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and potentially the Strait of Hormuz as part of defensive support to allies threatened by the conflict in the Middle East,” reported Reuters
🔹 ️ “The US has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in iran that may serve as an ‘operational trigger’ for ‘sleeper assets’ outside the country,” reported ABC News
🔹 ️ The US has now lost 11 MQ-9 drones in Iran, according to CBS reports
🔹 ️ “They made a big mistake, I don’t know if he’s going to last,” President Trump said about the election of Supreme Leader Khamenei
🔹 ️ “Any Arab or European nation that expels the ambassadors of Israel and the United States from its territory will, starting tomorrow, have full authority and freedom to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” claimed the IRGC
🔹 ️ “As we leave here, I could call it, or we could go further, and we’re gonna go further,” Trump said during an address last night
🔹 ️ President Trump also claimed Iran had Tomahawk missiles and probably used them to bomb the Iranian girls’ school during the same address, (even though Iran has never owned Tomahawk cruise missiles)
🔹 ️ “We will determine the end of the war, not the American forces,” stated the IRGC
🔹 ️ Iranian drone strikes a high-rise building in Manama, Bahrain, where the IRGC claimed 13 Americans were injured, and the Bahraini Interior Ministry confirms one death
🔹 ️ Trump said he had spoken with Russia’s Putin over the phone to discuss the special military operation in Iran
🔹 ️ President Trump also told New York Post that the US is ‘nowhere near’ sending ground troops to Iran to secure nuclear material at the Isfahan facility, stressing that no decision has been made, while noting that he was not happy with the new Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojraba Khamenei, but Trump declined to comment further about his future plans.
🔹 ️ Israeli Defence Minister Katz was also asked about the possibility of targeting Iran’s new Supreme Leader, to which he replied: “You’ll have to wait and see.”
🔹 ️ Capital Economics, a research company cited in a WSJ article, estimated that Brent oil could reach $150 per barrel by mid-2026 ‘in the worst-case scenario.’
🔹 ️ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Hungary will begin to limit fuel prices starting tomorrow due to the ongoing oil crisis
🔹 ️ Oil futures plummet over 25% from their recent high, to 86% per barrel (It is noteworthy that oil futures are likely to skyrocket, since the war is continuing despite rhetoric
🔹 ️ Electricity supply had been fully cut from Dahieh following recent Israeli airstrikes, as footage circulated that allegedly showed scenes of an attack on Hadeth.
🔹 ️ Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador in Ankara after a second missile was intercepted prior to reaching Turkish airspace.
🔹 ️ IDF announced the completion of a powerful wave of strikes on Iranian headquarters and production facilities, with dozens of aircraft dropping more than 170 munitions in the raid, which included targets of the IRGC’s Quds Force headquarters in Tehran, the missile production and storage facilities in Isfahan, and military infrastructure belonging to the Iranian government in Shiraz.
🔹 ️ IRGC Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Mousavi, Chief Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, said that: “From now on, no missile with a warhead lighter than one ton will be launched – the wavelength of these launches and the wave levels will increase, and their range will become broader.”
🔹 ️ Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi took to Instagram to sarcastically thank CENTCOM for their latest admissions: “Thank you CENTCOM for admitting that you are using our neighbours’ territory to deploy HIMARS systems against our people, apparently including a desalination plant – nobody should complain if you powerful missiles destroy these systems wherever they are, in retribution.”
🔹 ️ Reuters cited the Iranian state media when stating the IRGC had announced that any Arab or European country that was to expel Israeli and US ambassadors from its territory, will, starting from March 10, navigate through the Strait of Hormuz.
🔹 ️ Hezbollah published three statements in rapid succession during the early hours of the morning, updating the situations regarding Tuesday’s early morning operations.
🔹 ️ According to the first statement, the: “Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Al-Khanouq area of the village of Aitaroun with artillery shells at 01:15 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.”
🔹 ️ “Islamic Resistance fighters launched a rocket barrage at 01:20 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, targeting a gathering of Israeli forces at Kahil Heights on the eastern outskirts of the border town of Maroun al-Ras,” the second statement read.
🔹 ️ Hezbollah’s third statement read: “Islamic Resistance fighters launched a rocket barrage at 01:40 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, targeting an Israeli artillery position near the Marj site opposite the border town of Markaba.”
🔹 ️ According to Warfront Witness, an Israeli airstrike reportedly targeted the house of a high ranking provincial IRGC commander in Arak, central Iran, during the evening
🔹 ️ More statements from Hezbollah came throughout the night, including: “Islamic Resistance fighters launched a rocket barrage at 02:15 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, targeting an Israeli artillery position in the vicinity of the Al-Abbad site.”
🔹 ️ Later, Hezbollah confirmed: “After detecting an Israeli force attempting to infiltrate toward the border town of Houla at 02:30 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, the IR fighters targeted the force with a rocket barrage at the Al-Abbad position and its surroundings.”
🔹 ️ Another statement that followed, said: “IR fighters launched a rocket barrage at 02:45 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, targeting the newly established Israeli military position on Talat Al-Hamamiss south of the town of Khiam, in response to ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanese towns and Beirut’s southern suburbs.”
🔹 ️ Wall Street Journal reported that some advisers have privately urged Trump to consider an exit plan from the war amid rising oil prices and concerns that a prolonged conflict could trigger political backlash and erode domestic support – Trump has said the military campaign is ‘way ahead of schedule’ and could end soon enough, although he has not provided a clear timeline for concluding operations.
🔹 ️ A US Army ATACMS ballistic missile pod had been found in the Kuwaiti desert yesterday, and the ATACMS pod was disguised as a GMLRS pod holding 6 smaller missiles.
🔹 ️ During a phone call today with Araghchi, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said 🔹 ️ violations of Turkish airspace were unacceptable and emphasised that Turkey will continue to take necessary defensive measures, while Araghchi reinstated that missiles heading toward Turkish airspace were not launched from Iran, adding that a comprehensive investigation would be concluded.
🔹 ️ UKMTO received a report of an incident 36nm north of UAE’s Abu Dhabi, as reports suggested a loud explosion in close proximity of a bulk carrier.
🔹 ️ IDF announced a new wave of strikes against Iran, just as footage was published showing that four fuel tanks inside the Kerman Airport had been struck recently, and other footage showed airstrikes had struck oil depots in Shiraz and Kerman.
🔹 ️ Syrian media announced that an Iranian drone was shot down in southern Syria by the Israeli army.
🔹 ️ IDF announced they struck a research and development complex for weapons of the IRGC: “In this complex, the armed forces of the Revolutionary Guards conducted experiments and tests for the development and production processes of ballistic missiles – the complex was established in the heart of the Revolutionary Guards’ military university.”
🔹 ️ Initial reports from Abu Dhabi suggest that the authorities were responding to a fire at a facility in the Ruwais Industrial Complex caused by a drone attack, with no reported injuries
🔹 ️ IDF issued another urgent statement this morning to the residents of neighbourhoods in the Dahieh district of Beirut
🔹 ️ According to photos and eyewitness accounts, the area near the governor’s office was hit in Tabriz following an Israeli/US airstrike, while damage was also caused to a Basij checkpoint, Tabriz Ministry of Intelligence building, and the office of Friday prayers Imam were all attacked, as reports suggested 9 airstrikes struck Tabriz in 10 minutes.
🔹 ️ Al Manar reported that a number of Merkava tanks broke in from the border in Miskav Am towards the houses in the town of Adaisah, under the cover of machine gun fire, artillery bombardment, and raids carried out by warplanes on the town of Al-Tybah.
🔹 ️ Islamic Resistance in Iraq published a statement: “During the past twenty-four hours, the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq carried out thirty-seven operations, in which dozens of drones and missiles were used against enemy bases in Iraq and the region.”
🔹 ️ In response to statements of President Trump, the Spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasised that no country should interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.
🔹 ️ Reports suggest that the US is ordering additional diplomats to leave parts of the Middle East, with Turkey and Saudi Arabia now joining Bahrain, Kuwait, Baghdad, and Erbil under evacuation measures, according to WaPo, noting that sections of the US Embassy in Riyadh are ‘unrecoverable’ after a suspected Iranian drone strike, including the CIA station located on the top floor.
🔹 ️ “We are certainly not seeking a ceasefire, we believe the aggressor must be struck in the mouth so that it learns a lesson and never again even thinks about attacking our beloved Iran,” said Mohammed-Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran’s Majis.
🔹 ️ Iran’s Red Crescent reports the deaths of 1,358 people and more than 17,000 injured across Iran since the start of Operation Epic Fury.
🔹 ️ Following sirens being activated for a missile alert from Iran, one missile was intercepted, while the other reports of debris falling in an open area of the Bnei Brak suburbs of Tel Aviv, and the situation was now over, however footage from eyewitnesses appeared to show that a warehouse had been struck, as Israeli Fire and Rescue Authorities were tackling a fire after the fall of debris.
🔹 ️ Three US/Israeli airstrikes took place against Azarshar, northwest Iran, with one striking a police headquarters and the other two striking Basij checkpoints.
🔹 ️ The USA has designated the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as a “State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention”
