Drone strikes hit Saratov, with local reports of multiple explosions across the city and power outages following the blasts, including in nearby Engels. Some reports put the number of explosions at around 20.
You get it? White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized past US weapons transfers to Ukraine, saying the previous administration “gave away much of our best weapons for free.” Later she added the US still has more than enough weapons to address Iran.🙂↔️
Azerbaijan has moved troops to its border with Iran and placed the military, border service and interior ministry on combat readiness, Qazetci reported, with officers recalled from leave and anti-drone and low-flying aircraft defenses deployed.
❗️ Kurdish forces from Iraq have reportedly launched a ground operation against Iran’s Islamic regime, with an Iranian Kurdish official telling i24News that thousands of fighters have already moved into positions inside Iran on March 2. The claim remains unverified and requires confirmation.
Syed Hashem Al-Haidari, Secretary-General of Iraq's Al-Ahd movement and former deputy of the Popular Mobilization Forces, issued a jihad fatwa calling for fighting the US and Israel, saying "revenge for the religion of God is a legal, religious and moral obligation."
Zelensky announced Ukrainian experts will deploy to the Middle East to help stabilize the situation, with teams already coordinating the details. He pledged the assistance will not weaken Ukraine's own defenses.
US CENTCOM announced the first-ever combat use of Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) ballistic missiles, the ATACMS replacement, in Iran. The missiles were launched from M142 HIMARS launchers.
❗️Iraqi sources claim foreign forces, possibly US and Israeli, conducted a helicopter landing operation in the Najaf desert using 4-7 helicopters, possibly to deploy surveillance equipment or support anti-Iranian groups, Independent Arabia reported. An Iraqi intelligence convoy sent to investigate was struck, killing one soldier and wounding two. Iraqi authorities launched an investigation but hav...
Putin accused Kyiv of preparing to sabotage the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream pipelines and called the Mediterranean tanker attack a terrorist act. He said rising European gas prices are driven by global market conditions, not supply cuts, and that rising oil prices are linked to restrictions on Russian oil. Hungary's FM Szijjarto told Putin that Ukraine has blocked the Druzhba pipeline toward Hu...
US forces have struck or sunk more than 20 Iranian regime ships, CENTCOM announced, with a Soleimani-class warship added to the list overnight.
Iran is executing a hardline escalation plan developed by Khamenei, targeting energy infrastructure and strategic sites to destabilize the Middle East, create turbulence on global markets, and increase pressure on the US and Israel, the FT reported. Iranian circles say they crossed red lines and no longer intend to operate by the old rules.
❗️Iraq's entire electricity grid has shut down across all provinces including airports, the Iraqi Electricity Ministry confirmed. The cause is under investigation, with Iranian cyber activity raised as a possible factor.
Senior Iranian official Ali Larijani said the US will pay a heavy price, claiming over 500 US soldiers have been killed in the conflict. "The matter continues. The martyrdom of Imam Khamenei will cost you dearly," Larijani said.
Joint satellite analysis by CyberBoroshno and Exilenova of Novorossiysk naval base shows probable damage to six Russian warships: frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, minesweepers Valentin Pikul and Ivan Golubets, corvettes Kasimov and Yeysk, and a…
Massive non-stop bombings are ongoing across Tehran as joint US-Israeli strikes intensify significantly over the last 24 hours, with explosions also reported in Bushehr, Tabriz, Isfahan and Baneh.