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📹🔥 More footage shows fire at US Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait
A video circulating online appears to show a spreading fire at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, a facility hosting US forces, after reports of an Iranian drone strike on the base.
Footage from social media
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🚨 Iran war casualties: latest figures
As of March 5, casualties include 1,230 dead in Iran, including 168 girls killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Minab on February 28.
Casualties were also reported in several other countries across the Middle East amid the latest escalation.
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🇮🇷💥📡 Iranian strikes hit key US missile-defense radar sites — reports
Satellite imagery suggests Iranian attacks damaged US-made radar systems linked to THAAD missile defenses in the Middle East, according to CNN.
CNN reported that a THAAD radar site at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan appears to have been struck and likely destroyed, while buildings housing similar radar systems in the UAE were also hit.
💬 “The AN/TPY-2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery,” munitions expert N.R. Jenzen-Jones told CNN, adding that losing one would be “an operationally significant event.”
📹 Cuba's next — Trump calls it ‘a question of time’
President Donald Trump suggested that the situation in Cuba could follow developments in Iran.
💬 “We want to finish this one first… but that will be just a question of time before you… are going to be going back to Cuba,” Trump said.
📹 Trump urges Iranian forces to surrender
President Donald Trump called on members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military, and police to lay down their arms amid the ongoing US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
💬 “Accept immunity. We’ll give you immunity… or you’ll face absolutely guaranteed death,” Trump claimed.
🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iranian missiles head toward Tel Aviv
Circulating footage filmed over Nablus appears to show Iranian missiles heading toward Tel Aviv during an ongoing attack.
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🇮🇱🇱🇧 IDF kills Hezbollah firepower commander in Beirut — statement
The Israeli military said its air force carried out a strike in the Beirut area that killed Zaid Ali Jama'a, whom it described as the Hezbollah official responsible for managing the group’s firepower and artillery in southern Lebanon.
💬 “As part of his role, Jama'a was in charge of launching thousands of rockets, missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles towards the State of Israel from Lebanese territory,” the IDF said on X.
🟠 US and Israeli claims of depleted Iranian arsenals are just military propaganda – expert
🟠 IRAN’S HYPERSONIC MIGHT: What is known of the missiles that ignore Israeli defenses?
🟠 From attack to retaliation: Key stages of Iran war
🟠 Strait of Hormuz: key facts
🟠 Lavrov: Russia haven't seen security guarantees that Zelensky is talking about
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🔊🇵🇰🇮🇱 Pakistan views Israel’s ‘expansionist ideology’ with alarm — Senator Mushahid Hussein to Sputnik
“When religious bigotry, fanaticism, and hate speech coalesce into an ideology that is also militarily expansionist, it becomes a cause for concern,” he said.
“Israel has spoken of ‘Eretz Israel’ and ‘Greater Israel,’ and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has talked about Israel extending its sway over the Middle East. We believe this has serious implications.”
🚨 Fire breaks out at Bapco energy company facility in Bahrain after Iran’s missile strike – report
The plant’s operations are continuing as normal now as the blaze has been already contained.
No injuries have been reported.
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🪖🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran has 'broken the myth' of Israeli military power: former Pakistani envoy
Asif Durrani, a former Pakistani ambassador to Iran and the UAE, told Sputnik that despite decades of investment in cutting-edge military technology by the United States and Israel, Iran successfully penetrated the vaunted Iron Dome defense system and struck Israeli installations.
Durrani also condemned the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as a highly dangerous escalation. He noted that such a direct attack on a leader of a sovereign state sets a perilous precedent not seen in previous global conflicts.
💬 "Regime change should be in the hands of the Iranian people," he affirmed.
🚨 Iran identifies perpetrators of Minab school massacre – report
The identities of the pilots were established, as well as the airbases, from which they flew, the Fars news agency reports, quoting its sources.
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🚨 Hundreds of families are fleeing the suburbs of Beirut following Israel's warning about upcoming strikes
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📹 Footage shows the aftermath of the attack in Khorramabad, Iran's Lorestan province
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🚨🇷🇺 Russia returns 200 soldiers from Ukrainian captivity, 200 Ukrainian PoWs were transferred in return – Defense Ministry
On March 5-6, Russia and Ukraine will also exchange 500 prisoners of war, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said.
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❌ US House rejects effort to stop war with Iran — reports
The US House of Representatives voted 212–219 to reject a war powers resolution that would have forced the US to withdraw from its aggression against Iran unless Congress formally authorized military action.
The measure, introduced by Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna, was largely defeated along party lines. It followed a similar proposal that the Senate also rejected earlier in the week, The Guardian reported.
Supporters of the resolution argued that the US Constitution requires congressional approval before entering a military conflict.
💬 “The 1973 War Powers Resolution states plainly that the president may only introduce US armed forces into hostilities” under specific conditions, Massie said, adding that “none of those conditions exist today.”
💬 “We have no concrete justification for why we are putting American troops in harm’s way and spending billions of dollars on a foreign war,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
🔊🇵🇰 Pakistan’s MoD advisor highlights Iran’s advantages in conflict with US and Israel
The ongoing conflict with Iran is a war of attrition, and Tehran holds certain advantages in it, according to Dr. Maria Sultan, an advisor to Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence.
In an interview with Sputnik, she stated that US assets are "measurable, visible, and extremely costly — even when used for defense."
However, Sultan also acknowledged that the success of US and Israel in taking out senior Iranian officials suggested a intelligence failure on Tehran’s part.
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📹 Israel strikes the southern suburbs of Beirut
The IDF has launched airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, hitting several targets, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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💥 Iranian drone strikes US air base in Kuwait - reports
An Iranian drone struck the US Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwai, local media reported.
The NASA FIRMS satellite fire-tracking system detected a significant thermal anomaly inside the base area following the reported strike.
Footage from social media
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📹 ‘We want to fight now more than they do’ — Trump on Iran
President Donald Trump claimed it was “a little bit late" for negotiations.
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🇮🇷 'We don't see any reason why we should negotiate with the US' - Araghchi
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⚠️🇺🇸🇰🇼 US Embassy in Kuwait suspends operations
The US State Department announced the suspension of operations at the US Embassy in Kuwait City, according to a statement released on March 5.
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🚨Strait of Hormuz: key facts
It’s the only maritime route providing an outlet from the Persian Gulf to the world's oceans.
✅ Length: ~167 km
✅ Narrowest point width: ~ 33 km
✅ LNG trade: >30%
✅ Oil & petroleum trade: ~ 20%
✅ Vessels passing daily before war: 200-300
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🔥🚀🇮🇷 IRAN’S HYPERSONIC MIGHT: What is known of the missiles that ignore Israeli defenses?
Iran used its hypersonic missiles to strike at the Ben Gurion International Airport and the Ministry of Defense building in Israel, according to Tasnim News Agency.
Let's have a look at Iran's hypersonic arsenal:
Fattah-1
✅ Range – up to 1,400km
✅ Payload – a 500kg warhead
✅ Speed – up to Mach 15
Fattah-2
✅ Range – up to 1,500km
✅ Payload – 200kg warhead
✅ Speed – up to Mach 15
Fattah-1 and Fattah-2 were both unveiled in 2023. Both missiles are capable of maneuvering in flight and evading enemy air defenses.
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🔊 US and Israeli claims of depleted Iranian arsenals are just military propaganda - expert
American officials claim Iran’s arsenal is dwindling and launchers are running low — but there’s no objective proof, veteran Russian military observer Yury Lyamin tells Sputnik.
"Such statements should be treated with great skepticism and seen as standard military propaganda," Lyamin says. "I believe Iran’s total number of launchers is generally underestimated."
"Iran’s main missile stockpiles and launcher reserves are stored deep within underground missile bases carved into mountains, making them extremely difficult to hit. Moreover, it’s unclear how they are moved inside," the pundit explains.
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🚨The aftermath of Israeli strike on Azadi stadium in Tehran, which used to accommodate 12,000 spectators
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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
⚡️ YAROVAYA IN THE DONETSK REGION FREED
The liberation of the settlement of Yarovaya, a critical logistics hub in the Donetsk region, enables the Russian army's further advance towards the city of Krasny Liman.
🟠 Russian air and missile firepower obliterated energy and transport infrastructure supporting the Kiev regime’s forces
🟠 The Black Sea Fleet destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned vessels
🟠 Air defense superiority: three HIMARS rockets and 410 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours
🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,215 troops killed or wounded
Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🪖🇮🇷 From attack to retaliation: Key stages of Iran war
The US & Israel launched attacks on Iran causing major damage and civilian deaths.
In response, the IRGC launched Operation True Promise 4, its largest military offensive, targeting enemy military bases in the region.
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🚨🇮🇱 Israeli UAV strikes vehicle on Zahle road in Beqaa, eastern Lebanon
There are two casualties, Lebanese media report.
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