12bytes: In the purist spirit of 'FAFO' (fuck around, find out) Trump initiated a religious war at the direction of his Chabad-Lubivitch Zionist masters that he has been losing badly since more than 100 school girls were slaughtered during the opening salvos. Any delusions Trump had of achieving his ever-changing goals in the Middle East have since evaporated. US bases in the region have been largely destroyed and abandoned, leaving their hosts and Israel blind to incoming munitions and no one can stop Iran's hypersonic or multi-warhead missiles. Israel and the Gulf states are running out of interceptors. Their reporting of incoming missiles/drones being "intercepted" are largely lies. The damage to Israel is immense and worsens by the hour. The "Iron Dome" has been dismantled and reduced to providing a 1-2 minute warning to shelter, if any at all. It is strictly forbidden for people to report on the damage inflicted by Iran, many of which have been arrested. Organizations publishing satellite imagery of damage to Israel and US bases are being prevented from doing so. This is why we're not getting a lot of visuals from inside Israel or the Gulf states.
Trump seeks an exit ramp, but his back is against the Wailing Wall and 'plan B' is being fabricated on-the-fly. Worse still, it is a near certainty that even if the US pulled out, the Iranian's will continue attacking Israel until the parasitic Zionists have paid a price that Iran deems sufficient and that price increases with every bomb US/Israel drops on their people, their leaders and their infrastructure. Meanwhile, Iran controls shipping in the Hormuz Strait, a primary shipping lane of global importance, and thus has its enemies by their proverbial balls until its demands are met, including US withdrawal from the region and the elimination of sanctions. What will the end look like? Will the US and/or Israel deploy nuclear weapons? Russia and China are unlikely to allow Iran to fall.
Stay tuned.
12bytes: There's been no news from Tehran Times since Saturday morning. It appears their offices were hit.
UPDATE 4
Recent Iranian strikes caused widespread damage at the United States military's Camp Buehring in Kuwait, according to satellite images released by the Islamic Republic's media on March 30.
Camp Buehring, a huge staging post in northwestern Kuwait, serves as the primary location for the U.S. military's Middle Eastern Theater Reserve. It provides critical live-fire ranges in the wider Udairi Range Complex area, in addition to desert-familiarization training meant to prepare tens of thousands of troops for combat operations in the Middle East.
The post is capable of hosting dozens of helicopters, and has an airstrip especially for military cargo aircraft and combat drones.
Iran has carried out numerous missile and drone strikes against the post since the start of the American-Israeli war more than a month ago.
The latest satellite images confirmed that recent strikes caused widespread damage to the post, with dozens of impacts visible. Many maintenance buildings, vehicle parking lots, depots, barracks, and even aircraft shelters were damaged, or completely destroyed.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a crude oil tanker was targeted in an attack while docked at Dubai port.
The company said the incident caused material damage to the vessel and sparked a fire, raising concerns about a possible oil spill.
The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has expressed solidarity and appreciation to the Islamic Resistance of Yemen, hailing its heroic role in confronting criminal America and the child-killing Israeli regime while defending Islamic values and the oppressed people of Gaza.
In the message, released on Monday, Brigadier General Esmail Qa'ani said that Yemen's timely and strategic actions have once again strengthened the powerful Islamic Resistance Front across the West Asia region, and forced the US aircraft carrier Gerald Ford into humiliating retreat.
Middle East crisis deepens: Claims of US-Iran negotiations dismissed as Iran maintains firm demands-US withdrawal from Persian Gulf, sanctions lifted, reparations paid. Gulf economies face strain amid surging oil prices and Strait of Hormuz disruptions. Military analysis questions US strategy, citing lack of clear objectives for potential island operations. Israel confronts multi-front war against Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthis, reporting significant equipment losses. Regional dynamics shift as Iran-Iraq cooperation strengthens. Attacks on critical desalination infrastructure raise humanitarian concerns. European resistance grows, with Spain denying US military airspace access. Russia and China reportedly support Iran, viewing the conflict through a broader geopolitical lens. Global supply chains and inflation pressures intensify as the situation evolves.
US-Iran tensions escalate amid conflicting negotiation claims. Iran's missiles challenge Israeli defenses as Hezbollah and Houthis join the fight. Drone warfare undermines traditional military advantages. Strait of Hormuz disruptions threaten global energy and food security, risking inflation worldwide. US and Israeli domestic politics, including elections, may limit conflict duration. Economic pressures and public opinion could force diplomatic resolution. Key insight: asymmetric warfare and global interdependence constrain prolonged escalation.
The White House has suggested that US President Donald Trump will ask Arab countries to cover the cost of the United States' war against Iran, estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.
UPDATE 3
Talks between the United States and Iran "are continuing and going well," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has insisted, while Israel continues its strikes against Iran.
Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador to Russia, has dismissed Trump's claims that Tehran is negotiating with Washington, calling them "completely false." In an interview on RT's 'Sanchez Effect' on Monday, he said Iranian officials have repeatedly denied any talks and added that, as some Americans have sarcastically written, US President Donald Trump is "almost sitting in front of a mirror negotiating with himself."
On Monday, March 30, 2027, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army conducted multiple operations as part of Operation True Promise 4, which was launched immediately after the US-Israeli coalition carried out an unprovoked act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28.
Iranian armed forces have so far carried out 86 waves of missile and drone strikes with advanced weaponry targeting Israeli military facilities in the occupied territories, as well as US occupation bases and assets scattered across the West Asia region.
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have also joined the front against the external aggressors, inflicting heavy blows on the enemy.
Hezbollah's operations have been primarily focused on Israeli military sites in the occupied territories. Its operations are both in response to the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the relentless ceasefire violations by the Israeli regime over the past year.
Iraqi resistance groups have also been carrying out daily operations, primarily against American military assets in Iraq and other Arab countries.
Below is a list of operations carried out by the Iranian armed forces, as well as resistance movements in Lebanon and Iraq, against the US and the Zionist regime on March 30:
The Iranian Army says it has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to target key military procurement infrastructure in the Israeli-occupied territories.
The Army said in a statement on Monday that it had launched extensive drone operations since early Monday to hit areas in the Israeli-controlled cities of Tel Aviv and Nof HaGalil.
The statement said various types of combat drones had been used to target infrastructure controlled and operated by major Israeli companies like Elbit Systems and Kanfit Ltd, adding that the two have been critical to the regime's weapons manufacturing and its design and development of various military systems.
The areas and companies hit have been responsible for procurement and production of major missile systems, including the Iron Dome, that have been used by the Israeli regime against Iran's retaliatory strikes since the start of the US-Israeli aggression on Iran in late February, it said.
The statement described Elbit Systems as a main weapons manufacturing company focused on electronic warfare, drone manufacturing, identification systems, and radar sensors that has operated as a large arms exporter for the Israeli regime in the past years.
Hezbollah on March 30 shared footage showing its fighters targeting more main battle tanks in southern Lebanon, as the advance of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) slowed down.
A total of three Merkava tanks can be seen getting hit with anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) in the footage, taken in the area of Khalat Imai near the town of Debl in the central sector of southern Lebanon four days earlier. Hezbollah fighters apparently used thermal imagers to detect the tanks, then engaged them using Russian-made Kornet missiles, or the Iranian copy of the system known as Dehlavieh.
Hezbollah has targeted well over a hundred tanks of the IDF since resuming military operations after the start of the American-Israeli war on Iran more than a month earlier.
The Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen have finally joined the war alongside Iran, and may be about to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait to pressure both the United States and Israel.
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Mohammed Mansour, deputy information minister in the Houthi-run government, refused to rule out the closure of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The vital maritime chokepoint is a critical global shipping artery, responsible for roughly 10-12% of international trade and a significant portion of energy shipments between Asia and Europe.
The Houthis could certainly close the strait again. The effect will be, however, far worse than before, as the Strait of Hormuz - responsible for 20% of global energy shipments - is already closed by Iran. While Israel and the U.S. could hit the Houthis, they will not be able to reopen the Bab al-Mandab strait without a ground operation.
MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol explains the extent to which the quantity and quality of Iranian missiles and drones were underestimated, and the consequences of this miscalculation.
A month into his "little excursion" in Iran, Trump's campaign of sustained airstrikes is yielding preposterous results: significant damage in Iran, but also in America's regional client-states, and also in key global supply chains. Every Monday he calms 'the markets' with assurances that the war is won and "very nearly over," and every Friday, when markets close, he threatens "TOTAL DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!"
In the meantime, non-stop rumors of American troop movements suggest Trump is seriously considering a ground invasion of Iran, ostensibly to "reopen the Strait of Hormuz." Which actually is open, just now on Iran's terms. The US president apparently seeks to return shipping there to the status quo ante. But can he do it with a small landing force? And would such a move even work? It's D-Day for the West as we knew it: do, or die.
Delivered years behind schedule in May 2017, the Ford was by far the most expensive American warship ever constructed, costing $13.2 billion. The latest prolonged deployment of the ship began on June 24 and included combat operations during the US raid on Venezuela to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro, as well as in the ongoing US-Israeli attack on Iran.
The supercarrier ended up hastily withdrawn from the Middle East theater in mid-March, having suffered a supposedly non-combat-related fire. The ship briefly moored at Crete for damage assessment before heading to Croatia for maintenance.
Laundry fire?
The deployment exceeded 260 days and ranks as one of the longest carrier patrols since the Vietnam War, ending on March 12 shortly after the ship transited the Suez Canal and entered the Red Sea. According to official statements from US Central Command, it was then that the vessel "experienced a fire that originated in the ship's main laundry spaces."
"The cause of the fire was not combat-related and is contained. There is no damage to the ship's propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational. Two sailors are currently receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and are in stable condition," CENTCOM stated at the time.
The incident prompted a range of speculation, with the Iranian military claiming the carrier's laundry room was deliberately set on fire by war-weary crewmembers.
UPDATE 2
"Israel lacks the capacity, sufficient troops, and military equipment to deploy its forces," Israeli security expert Dr. Simon Tsipis tells Sputnik.
Israel is fighting on three ground fronts and two aerial fronts, the pundit explains:
- The aerial fronts are Iran and Yemen
- Ground operations are taking place in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank
"Thus, as always, the US will defend Israel's interests using its own military," Tsipis notes.
A simultaneous missile attack by Iran and Hezbollah caused a blaze at the main oil refinery in the Israeli port city of Haifa on March 30, with United States President Donald Trump later renewing his threats to the Islamic Republic's energy infrastructure.
The attack triggered sirens as far south in Israel as the city of Herzliya. At least six impact sites were reported - three in the settlement of Kiryat Ata, two in Haifa, and one in the settlement of Shfaram. Two people were injured, one of them seriously.
The attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in Haifa, which was previously hit and damaged by interception fragments on March 19.
Fire and Rescue Service said that an industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel's Oil Refineries in Haifa were hit by debris from an intercepted missile.
Bazan Group, which owns the refinery, informed the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that the roof of a distillate tank sustained "localized damage" in the missile attack from Iran, claiming that the damage is "not substantial," and that all production facilities are operational.
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Shortly after the attack, Trump said that progress is being made in "serious discussions" with Iran about ending the war, but warned that the U.S. will destroy the Islamic Republic's infrastructure if a deal is not achieved "shortly" and if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
"The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately 'Open for Business,' we will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet 'touched,'" he added
"This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime's 47 year 'Reign of Terror,'" Trump concluded.
Asked later on for his response on the latest attack on the refinery in Haifa, Trump told The New York Post: "You'll see shortly."
The attack on the refinery, which came just over a month after the start of the American-Israeli war on Iran, was yet another sign that Israel's air defense network is no longer capable of keeping up with repeated missile fire.
Israel will certainly respond to the attack, possibly in coordination with the U.S. A strike on Iranian energy infrastructure, even on a limited scale, could, however, trigger more serious action from the Islamic Republic. This would jeopardize ongoing diplomatic efforts.
United States President Donald Trump has renewed his threat to "blow up" a range of civilian infrastructure in Iran, including all of the country's desalination plants, in a move that would threaten the water source for millions of people and that experts say would be illegal.
"The strait will reopen either with Iran's consent or through an international military coalition including the United States," Rubio told Al Jazeera.
He added that Washington expects to achieve its objectives in the Middle East military campaign within weeks rather than months.
Iran will face "severe consequences" if it moves to close the Strait of Hormuz after the end of the ongoing military conflict, Rubio said.
"If Iran chooses to close the Strait of Hormuz after the military operation ends, it will face severe consequences," Rubio told Al Jazeera.
The skies over Tehran and Natanz may still carry the lingering haze of joint U.S.-Israeli operations. Yet the world, filtered through the dominant voice of Western media, continues to be fed a singular narrative: the latent danger of Iran's uranium enrichment, perpetually described as being "one step away" from a nuclear warhead. Amid the noise of economic sanctions, United Nations Security Council resolutions, and preemptive military strikes that have devastated Iran's civilian-military infrastructure, there exists a deafening silence surrounding the Middle East's most tangible arsenal of weapons of mass destruction: Israel's nuclear stockpile.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has hit American-Israeli command centers, drone hangars, and pilot hideouts in new missile strikes on their military installations in the region.
In a statement, the IRGC said the targets were hit using ballistic missiles as part of the 87th wave of Operation True Promise 4.
The IRGC public relations office said that Iranian ballistic missiles, including liquid- and solid-fuel variants of Emad, Qiam, and Khorramshahr‑4, along with kamikaze drones had "effectively" struck the "command‑and‑control centers, drone hangars, weapons‑support warehouses, and hiding spots of American-Zionist terrorist military personnel and pilots in various areas."
According to the IRGC statement, the strikes targeted five US bases in the region, as well as military positions in the south, center, and north of the Israeli occupied territories, including Haifa Bay, Kiryat Shmona, Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheva, Dimona, al‑Kharj, Jufair and other locations.
"This combined, continuous, multi‑stage operation began overnight and is still underway," the statement said.
The IRGC reiterated that US bases and forces in the region, as well as Israeli "military and security centers" in occupied territories, are legitimate targets for Iran.
At the same time, the IRGC statement condemned an Israeli attack on a water desalination plant in Kuwait, calling it "unlawful, inhumane" and "a sign of the baseness and moral corruption of the Zionist occupiers."
BEIRUT, March. 30 (YPA) - The Lebanese Resistance announced that it targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the town of Deir Siryan with artillery shells and a squadron of attack drones, confirming direct hits.
The Resistance also announced the bombardment of Kiryat Shmona settlement and "Filon" base south of Rosh Pina, and Haifa base with rocket barrages.
MADRID, March 30 (YPA) - Spain has announced the closure of its airspace to American aircraft involved in the war against Iran.
As the U.S. war on Iran rages, all signs point towards a looming American ground invasion. In this episode of RT's 'Sanchez Effect' Rick talks to the Iranian top representative to Russia Kazem Jalali. The ambassador didn't hesitate to pour cold water on Donald Trump's grand claims of military and diplomatic success. According to Mr. Jalali, Iranians are eager to meet American soldiers face to face and fight a manly war since Washington's forces currently just attack Iran from the air and flee. Even though the diplomat does not want to see U.S. soldiers die, he said that if they come, many will leave in coffins.
Also in this interview, he told how the American people are the victims of Trump's terrible decisions and the Israel lobby's influence. That's as the U.S. president has grown desperate in the face of military failure and Tehran's unwavering position, announcing negotiations that have not even happened, according to Iran. Watch the whole exclusive interview here on RT International or on Bitchute 'ricksancheztv'.
12bytes: Since last years 12 day war, i've been consistently impressed with the intelligence, foresight and thoughtfulness of this former member of Swiss intelligence.
As the US and Israel boast of the military success of their bombing campaign in Iran, ordinary Iranians describe a very different reality - one defined by profound losses.
The war has wrought destruction, relentless fear, financial ruin and the sudden collapse of years of hard work.
Ahmadreza, a shop owner in central Tehran, is one of them. The 40-year-old ran a small optical store until an air strike destroyed everything he had worked for.
"My entire life savings are gone," he told Middle East Eye. "Everything I had built over the years just disappeared in seconds."
A former Palestine Action-linked prisoner has been arrested under the Terrorism Act by masked police in a dawn raid on her home, weeks after she was released on bail.
Footage circulated online appeared to show 21-year-old Qesser Zuhrah, who had recently been granted bail after spending 15 months on remand, being arrested at her home by police officers at around 6:30am on Monday morning.
In the footage, a masked officer informs her that she is being arrested under Section 44 of the Serious Crimes Act, the offence of encouraging others to commit crimes, and Section 1 of the Terrorism Act, encouraging others to commit an act of terrorism.
Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is set to vote on Monday on the final readings of a bill that would allow the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners convicted of "terrorism".
The legislation has drawn criticism for violating the right to life and for its potentially discriminatory application, with Palestinians facing execution while Jewish offenders likely receiving prison sentences for similar crimes.
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"If any country wants to supply a certain amount of oil to Cuba now, then I have no problem with that. It doesn't matter if it's Russia or not," the head of the US administration stressed. "If he wants to do it, if other countries want to do it, then it doesn't bother me much," the US president said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Trump, such supplies "will not have a [large-scale] impact" on attempts to overcome the energy crisis in the island nation caused by Washington's actions, including the blockade, "Cuba is finished." "I prefer to allow the delivery of this [oil], whether from Russia or other [states], because people [in Cuba] need heating, cooling and everything else," the US president added.
12bytes: What if it was Iran delivering oil? His comment suggest to me that he's afraid of what Russia might do if its tanker were attacked.
Warrants are one of the most powerful checks on government power ever invented. But in an age where your data is bought from brokers, your movements are tracked by private contractors, and your financial records are collected in bulk... the protections warrants were designed to provide have been quietly gutted.
In this video, we break down how warrants actually work, why the founders were obsessed with getting them right, and what's changed in the digital era that should concern everyone.
There's a part of every warrant that almost no one talks about - and it's the part that matters most. Once you understand this machinery inside a warrant, you'll never dismiss them as "just paperwork" again.
Opinion A new wave of age verification laws requires kids and teenagers to register before they can use a computer.
When I was a teenager, I was forbidden to look at Playboy Magazine. I just wanted to read the articles and interviews (Cough, Cough). No, seriously, I did, but I also wanted to look at the photos. Guess what? Although I was told not to, I read Playboy anyway. Here we are, decades later, and people are still trying, and failing, to prevent young people from seeing and reading forbidden fruit. I never thought, though, that 21st-century prudes would block young people from using operating systems! But here we are. Lucky us.
UPDATE 1
During the first 24 hours of the Iran war, the US unveiled their new missile, the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), targeting a sports hall and a school in Iran's Lamerd, the New York Times reports.
The strike resulted in 21 casualties, the outlet admits, with 100 people injured.
The PrSM is the US Army and Marine Corp's newest surface-to-surface missile made by Lockheed Martin to replace the outdated ATACMs, with many of its specs still unknown.
Capable of hitting targets as far away as 400 miles, it's designed to kill troops and destroy unarmored vehicles, the NYT notes.
In a press briefing, the spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry denied claims of negotiations with the US and stated that Iran was not involved in a Pakistan-led diplomatic effort to end the war.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the American people's mass participation in the "No Kings" protests across the United States shows that they are angry about the incumbent administration's "Israel First" policy.
Netanyahu directed Trump's gaze to Israel's supposed "audacious feat" in Lebanon. The US president should have been looking elsewhere: to Israel's colossal moral and strategic failure in Gaza.
There, Israel spent two years pummelling the tiny coastal enclave into dust, starving the population, and destroying all civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.
Netanyahu publicly declared that Israel was "eradicating Hamas", Gaza's civilian government and its armed resistance movement that had refused for two decades to submit to Israel's illegal occupation and blockade of the territory.
In truth, as pretty much every legal and human rights expert long ago concluded, what Israel was actually doing was committing genocide - and, in the process, tearing up the rules of war that had governed the period following the Second World War.
But two and a half years into Israel's destruction of Gaza, Hamas is not only still standing, it is in charge of the ruins.
Israel may have shrunk by some 60 percent the size of the concentration camp the people of Gaza are locked into, but Hamas is far from vanquished.
Rather, Israel is the one that has retreated to a safe zone, from which it is resuming a war of attrition on Gaza's survivors.
Surprises in store
When considering whether to launch an illegal war on Iran, Trump should have noted Israel's complete failure to destroy Hamas after pounding this small territory - the size of the US city of Detroit - from the air for two years.
That failure was all the starker given that Washington had provided Israel with an endless supply of munitions.
The spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of Iran says Tehran is the party that will determine the end of the ongoing war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.
Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, in a statement on Monday, dismissed US President Donald Trump's threats, stating that the Iranian Armed Forces have at times reiterated they wouldn't initiate a war but have declared vocally they will determine the end of any armed conflict.
"Atrocities, warmongering, and flawed policies of the US president have resulted in nothing other than massacre and insecurity in the region and across the world; and evoked multi-million-strong protests in the US and worldwide," Zolfaqari said.
The senior Iranian military official noted that Trump's selfishness, dictatorship and miscalculations, which are rooted in his illusions, ego and unstable character, have not only distressed Americans but also all peoples.
Ansar Allah, founded by Yemeni politician and Zaydi religious leader Hussein al-Houthi, has long been regarded as part of Iran's 'Axis of Resistance', having adopted a strong anti-Israeli and anti-US stance in the early 2000s.
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Ansar Allah is known to possess considerable long-range strike capabilities, including ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as assorted kamikaze drones. While the bulk of the munitions in the group's inventory are believed in the West to be of Iranian origin, the Houthis have repeatedly claimed to operate domestically designed and built weaponry.
The group has repeatedly targeted Israel with long-range munitions in the wake of the Gaza war. While the activities have somewhat waned in recent months, the group renewed its attacks on Israel immediately after the announcement it would join the hostilities in the Middle East on Iran's side.
The extent of damage inflicted by the Houthis on Israel over the past two-and-a-half years is debatable, largely due to a lack of independently verifiable evidence. Israel has imposed strict censorship on publicizing footage of anti-aircraft defense work and damage on the ground.
Long-range strikes carried out by the Houthis at the height of the Saudi-led invasion of Yemen, however, have proven that the group's weaponry is capable of penetrating the most sophisticated anti-air defenses and inflicting damage on the ground.
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Amid the Gaza war, the Houthis have waged a campaign against shipping linked to Israel and its allies in the Red Sea, particularly in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden, the southern maritime gateway to the Suez Canal.
The group has targeted around a hundred cargo ships in the waterway since November 2023, damaging at least 40 vessels and sinking four.
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The group could now potentially resume its attacks on international shipping in the waterway after entering the war in support of Iran. With traffic through the Strait of Hormuz disrupted, the potential development seems certain to drive oil and commodity prices even higher, as well as have a broader impact on the global economy.
"The brutal aggression by the Israeli regime against Kuwait's desalination plant, carried out in recent hours under the pretext of accusing the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a sign of the vileness and depravity of the Zionist occupiers," says the military's operational command, Khatam al-Anbiya, in a statement carried by state TV.
Located deep in the Negev desert, Dimona is widely regarded as one of the most sensitive nodes in Israeli strategic infrastructure, largely due to its association with the country's nuclear programme. Established in 1955, the city has since evolved into a key military and strategic site.
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At the heart of Dimona's strategic importance is the Negev Nuclear Research Center, commonly referred to as the Dimona reactor. Constructed with French assistance in the late 1950s and becoming operational in the early 1960s, the facility is widely believed to have played a central role in producing plutonium for nuclear weapons.
Shahin describes the reactor as part of what is known as Israel's "Samson Option" - a doctrine of ultimate deterrence - which continues to fuel regional tensions, particularly in light of Israel's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
12bytes: Read: NUMEC - How Israel Stole the Bomb - 12bytes.org
Missile debris from Iranian launches struck parts of central and northern Israel, damaging multiple areas.
"In the wake of the hostile and terrorist actions of US and Zionist enemies and their targeting of residential buildings across various Iranian cities, the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a retaliatory step, will target the accomodations of US and Zionist commanders and political figures throughout the region and in the occupied territories," Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari said in a statement issued on Sunday.
Iran's Army says it has targeted the US radar stations and a site for the deployment of American military forces in the United Arab Emirates with invading drones, amid an ongoing unprovoked war of aggression by a US-Israeli military coalition against the Islamic Republic.
QUDS, March 30 (YPA) - Several extensive areas within "Israeli entity came under a coordinated attack attributed to Iran and Hezbollah, as sirens sounded across a wide region.
According to the reports, five rocket impact sites were identified in and around the city of Haifa, including direct hits affecting refineries and damage to a building owned by the Bazan company.
Sirens were also heard in the Lower Galilee, the city of Tiberias, and nearby areas, while Iranian state television stated that the country's armed forces had launched a volley of missiles toward the occupied territories.
Footage circulating on social media shows the impact of a missile in Haifa, occupied Palestine.
Israeli media reported that the missile struck the oil refineries in Haifa, adding that this was from a joint operation by Iran and the Lebanese Resistance, with five impact sites recorded in Haifa and its surroundings.
BEIRUT, March 30 (YPA) - The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon (Hezbollah) released video footage showing its fighters targeting a house where soldiers of the "Israeli" enemy army were stationed in the town of Al-Qawzah in southern Lebanon with a guided missile.
Israeli media have reported that the military cemetery on Mount Herzl is nearing full capacity for the burial of Israeli occupation soldiers, amid a sharp rise in casualties since 7th October 2023.
Rockets fired overnight targeted an Iraqi military base inside the Baghdad airport complex, which also houses a support centre for the US embassy, Iraq's defence ministry said Monday.
Dozens of British citizens have been jailed in the United Arab Emirates as the country clamps down on social media activity over the Iran war.
Advocacy group Detained in Dubai released a report on Sunday documenting "widespread arrests, detention, and prosecution of residents, tourists, workers, and students of multiple nationalities".
The UAE's global image as a safe, tax-free business hub and holiday destination has been shattered in the past month, as buildings - including Dubai's airport and the iconic Fairmont hotel on Palm Jumeirah - have been hit by Iranian missiles and drones.
By 28 March, Iran had launched 398 ballistic missiles, 1,872 drones and 15 cruise missiles at the UAE.
The Emirati government has cracked down on social media posts and videos depicting the attacks, in a bid to limit the reputational damage to the country.
The death of Baharaini citizen, Sayyed Mohammad al-Mousawi in detention has triggered widespread anger, after reports revealed he was subjected to severe abuse following his arrest.
The the Al Wefaq National Islamic Society said he was detained arbitrarily and tortured, while five others arrested alongside him remain forcibly disappeared.
Authorities across Gulf countries have initiated a sweeping crackdown on the online circulation of videos showing Iranian strikes.
Since the US-Israeli war on Iran began, authorities in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have detained hundreds of individuals. Some were accused of spreading false information, while others were arrested simply for sharing footage of attacks.
In Bahrain and the UAE, additional charges included "glorifying" the strikes. Meanwhile, in Kuwait, three men were accused of producing a satirical video that officials alleged "harmed the country's national security interests."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the military will seize additional territory in southern Lebanon and expand the so-called "buffer zone".
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Netanyahu also said Israel aimed to "change the face of the Middle East", citing assaults in Syria, Gaza and Lebanon, as well as its ongoing war alongside the United States against Iran.
The toll of those killed and injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon on March 2 has reached 1,238 and 3,543, respectively, according to Lebanon's Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
on Sunday, The Israeli occupation army renewed its evacuation warning for seven neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut: Haret Hreik, Ghobeiri, Laylaki, Hadath, Burj al-Barajneh, Tahwitat al-Ghadir, and Chiyah.
the occupation Army shelled several areas in southern Lebanon. Artillery strikes have hit Debbin, Baraa Sheet, Shaqra, as well as Qoussair, Qalawieh, Majdel Selm, Swaneh, Qabrikha, and Touline. Illuminating shells were also fired over Baraa Sheet.
An Israeli artillery bombardment using white phosphorus shells targeted the western part of Taybeh.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force conducted multiple airstrikes, including near Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Blat, Khiam, Touline, and Haris. Intense strikes also targeted the outskirts of Yohmor al-Chaqif, alongside bombardments on Adsheet al-Qoussair.
Authorities in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan have arrested 138 individuals for collaborating with US-Israeli subversive schemes against the Islamic Republic.
Two members of the terrorist Mujahedeen-e Khalq Organization (MKO) were executed for active involvement in acts of terror and attempts to murder police forces during the foreign-instigated riots in January across Iran.
Iran has reportedly doubled its daily oil revenue since late February, leveraging the ongoing US-Israeli pressure aggression into a strategic financial advantage.
In the densely populated neighbourhoods of southern Tehran, the 11th Criminal Investigation Base once stood as a mundane symbol of local law enforcement. Its detectives investigated economic crimes, fraud and petty thefts.
The building housed no ballistic missiles, no uranium centrifuges and no military command centres. Today, it is a crater. In the opening wave of the United States-Israel war on Iran, warplanes wiped the local police station off the map.
12bytes: The war crime aspect of these bombings aside, this is a potentially more important story than it may seem. It seems the Iranian people are all pretty much on the same page as their government and military regarding the war, so i don't think police would be needed to quell a riot on that front, but i wonder how many US/Israeli operatives may still be lurking among the population that may be planning some sort of chaos that the police would be needed for.
The Jerusalem Governorate has warned of attempts by settlers to bring animal sacrifices into Al-Aqsa Mosque, describing the move as a dangerous escalation aimed at imposing new religious rituals within the mosque compound.
In a statement issued Sunday evening, the Governorate said these attempts coincide with the continued closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation authorities for the 30th consecutive day, preventing worshippers from accessing the site.
The Governorate stated that such actions represent an effort to use religious rituals as a tool to Judaize Al-Aqsa Mosque, with plans to bring and slaughter animals - such as lambs or goats - inside the compound during the Jewish Passover holiday.
Christians in the Gaza Strip marked Palm Sunday yesterday for the first time since the Israeli war began on 7th October 2023, now in its second year.
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During the two years of war, Christians were unable to celebrate the feast due to Israeli attacks. Observances were limited to modest church decorations and small-scale rituals.
Worshippers expressed hope that the occasion would pass in safety and peace, and that calm and stability would return to the territory after two years of conflict.
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's moral quandary following the resignation of her deputy, Joe Kent, in protest of the war on Iran.
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The number of American troops in the region has surpassed 50,000 - roughly 10,000 more than usual - following the arrival of 2,500 Marines and 2,500 sailors, The New York Times reported.
Military experts warn that "taking, let alone holding, a country of [Iran's] size and complexity and weaponry with 50,000 troops is not doable," according to the paper.
For comparison, Israel deployed over 300,000 troops in Gaza in 2023, and the US-led coalition used nearly 250,000 at the start of the Iraq invasion in 2003.
President Donald Trump said the United States could quickly shut down any Iranian attempt to charge toll fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
"We could close that up in 2 minutes. We could close that up so fast, your head would spin," Trump said when asked about the reported plan.
Trump added that he would need to confirm whether Iran was pursuing such a move, but suggested the US would act decisively if it did.
He also said regional allies, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, were actively responding to the conflict, describing coordination with them as "very strong."
12bytes: More Trump bullshit. The Gulf states have nothing substantial to throw into the war other than the hot air they've been farting out their mouth holes for weeks. Planes with no pilots to fly them. As for fees Iran is charging to transit the strait, Trump can do nothing about it. This is nothing more than empty hyperbole intended to keep the markets in check and it's failing spectacularly. Crude is at $101 and Brent is at $115, both climbing. Even the dimwits setting the prices are no longer buying his bullshit.
US President Donald Trump warned that Iran's leaders risk losing their country if they do not abandon their nuclear weapons ambitions, saying Tehran must comply with US demands.
Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said, "They're gonna give up nuclear weapons... they're gonna do everything that we want to do."
"But if they don't do that, they're not gonna have a country. They're not even gonna have a country," he said.
Trump added that Iran could "have a great country again" if it agrees to US conditions.
12bytes: See the opening image for this post.
The Israeli military said it is carrying out attacks on Iranian government infrastructure across Tehran, as part of a broader campaign targeting key sites in the capital.
Explosions were reported in multiple areas, including the nearby city of Rey, south of Tehran, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
Iran has carried out at least 5,471 missile and drone attacks targeting US bases and critical sites across seven Arab countries since late February, Anadolu news agency reported, quoting compiled official data.
According to the report, the United Arab Emirates recorded the highest number of interceptions, followed by Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
A fire has been detected at the Doha West Power and Water Treatment Plant, Kuwait's largest facility for electricity generation and desalination, according to satellite data.
Rockets struck a US military installation near Baghdad, targeting the Victory Base complex west of the capital, according to local reports.
The attack hit an Iraqi A32B transport aircraft, which was set ablaze, with air defences reportedly unable to intercept the incoming rockets.
Hezbollah said it fired missiles at the Israeli community of Dovev and the Ghajar area and launched a swarm of drones targeting the Shomera barracks in northern Israel.
Examining escalating Middle East conflict: Iranian missile/drone strikes on US & Israeli targets in the Persian Gulf, regional base vulnerabilities, and energy infrastructure attacks. Discussion covers Ukraine's global military involvement, potential economic fallout from disrupted LNG and fertilizer supplies, and political dynamics driving continued escalation. Explores Israel's challenges in Lebanon, humanitarian warnings issued before strikes, and questions about Western decision-making processes. Analysis of how prolonged conflict could reshape regional power structures, impact global energy markets, and affect civilian populations across Gulf states. Perspectives on military capabilities, strategic targeting choices, and the broader geopolitical implications of an expanding multi-front confrontation.