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17 March 2026 13:37

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on the Strait of Hormuz:

If the U.S. is not putting their ships to keep the navigation routes open, then the question for our member states is the same.

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17 March 2026 13:34

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ — The intercepted Iranian ballistic missile was carrying a cluster warhead.

➡️ Several areas in central Israel have been impacted by cluster munitions, causing material damages.

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17 March 2026 13:20

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧🇱🇧 — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

The Lebanese government committed to dismantling Hezbollah in the November 2024 ceasefire. It didn't do it.

And now, it's not doing anything to stop Hezbollah's attack.

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17 March 2026 13:19

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

Larijani was under U.S. sanctions with a $10 million prize on his head.

We did it for free, anyhow.

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17 March 2026 13:04

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — Israeli airstrikes continue to be carried out on Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahieh).

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17 March 2026 12:59

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — Sirens are sounding in the Tel Aviv district, central Israel, due to incoming Iranian ballistic missiles.

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17 March 2026 12:35

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed American diplomats worldwide to press governments to take swift action against Iran’s IRGC and Iran-backed groups over an “elevated risk of attack,” according to ABC News.

➡️ The directive, sent to all diplomatic posts, calls for the message to be delivered at the highest levels by March 20.

➡️ It urges countries to increase pressure on Iran, designate groups like Hezbollah as terrorist organizations, and coordinate efforts, potentially with Israel, to weaken Iran’s military and proxy networks.

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17 March 2026 12:22

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump was warned ahead of the war that striking Iran could provoke retaliation against U.S. allies in the Gulf, despite later saying Tehran’s response was surprising, according to Reuters.

➡️ Pre-war intelligence did not guarantee such a reaction but identified it as a likely scenario.

➡️ Officials said Trump had been briefed that any attack on Iran could escalate into a wider regional conflict, including possible strikes on Gulf capitals if Tehran believed those countries supported or enabled U.S. actions.

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17 March 2026 12:11

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — NEW: The IDF officially announced the elimination of Iran’s “de facto leader” Ali Larijani.

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17 March 2026 09:40

🇮🇱🇮🇷 — The IDF says it killed Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in a strike in Iran overnight.

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17 March 2026 04:58

🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — Qatar's Ministry of Defense announces that its armed forces have intercepted a missile attack that targeted the country.

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17 March 2026 04:24

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️ — President Trump suggests "statehood" for Venezuela:

Wow! Venezuela defeated Italy tonight, 4-2, in the WBC (Baseball!) Semifinal. They are looking really great.

Good things are happening to Venezuela lately!

I wonder what this magic is all about? STATEHOOD, #51, ANYONE?

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17 March 2026 03:42

🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Rocket alerts in the Galilee Panhandle, northern Israel.

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17 March 2026 03:25

🇮🇶🇮🇶🇺🇸⚡️ — WATCH: Iran-backed Iraqi militia Saraya Awliya al-Dam released FPV drone footage showing the drone flying through the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad without activating any air defense systems.

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17 March 2026 02:53

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — The Saudi Ministry of Defense says air defenses have intercepted an additional 6 drones over the eastern region.

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17 March 2026 13:36

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Iran:

The main concern of the European countries is that we were not consulted before starting this war. We were not consulted with the objectives of this war.

The feeling is that this is not Europe’s war.

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17 March 2026 13:27

🇮🇷⚡️ — Iran is estimated to be earning over $140 million per day from oil exports as prices rise above $100 per barrel, according to FT.

➡️ The U.S. is tolerating these shipments to avoid further disruption to global oil markets already shaken by the conflict.

➡️ Since recent U.S.-Israeli strikes, at least 13 supertankers have loaded crude at Iran’s Kharg Island terminal, with about 24 million barrels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ Iran is exporting roughly 1.5–1.6 million barrels per day, with most oil going to China, often at discounted prices.

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17 March 2026 13:19

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

The regime can only be toppled by the Iranian people, yet without external help, the Iranian people cannot liberate themselves.

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17 March 2026 13:18

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

By the way, we still haven’t seen Mojtaba… he should show his face.

He can continue to hide... it's beginning to be embarrassing for this regime.

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17 March 2026 13:02

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ — A single Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted over central Israel.

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17 March 2026 12:36

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Israel Defense Forces:

Following the elimination of senior figures: the IDF has launched a wide wave of attacks against the infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime across Tehran.

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17 March 2026 12:27

🇸🇦🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Gulf Arab states did not seek war with Iran but now urge the U.S. to continue until Iran’s military threat to oil routes and regional economies is significantly reduced, Reuters reports.

➡️ At the same time, diplomats say President Trump is pressing Gulf countries to show public support for the U.S.-Israeli campaign to boost its legitimacy.

➡️ After Iranian strikes on airports, ports, energy sites, and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf leaders see Iran as a direct, ongoing threat.

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17 March 2026 12:19

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — A fire aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford burned for more than 30 hours, displacing over 600 sailors and leaving at least two injured, NYT reports.

➡️ The fire began in a laundry space, disrupting living conditions and leaving many crew members without bunks or operational laundry services.

➡️ Already on an extended deployment, the carrier has now spent 10 months at sea and could remain deployed for up to a full year.

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17 March 2026 10:34

🇮🇱🇮🇷— Israeli MoD confirms that Larijani has been killed.

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17 March 2026 09:10

🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Israeli sources claim that Ali Larijani was among the targets of recent Israeli airstrikes.

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17 March 2026 04:30

🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡️ — UKMTO received a report late on Monday that a tanker was hit by an unknown projectile while anchored about 23 nautical miles east of Fujairah, UAE, causing minor structural damage but no injuries.

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17 March 2026 04:00

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — The Saudi Ministry of Defense says air defenses have intercepted two more drones over the eastern region.

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17 March 2026 03:34

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. Central Command:

Teamwork makes it ALL work aboard an aircraft carrier launching flight operations!

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17 March 2026 03:06

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️ — The U.S. has told Cuba that significant progress in ongoing negotiations would require President Miguel Díaz-Canel to step down, according to NYT.

➡️ U.S. officials are pushing for economic reforms, the release of political prisoners, and broader political changes and also want some older officials tied to Fidel Castro’s revolutionary ideology removed from power.

➡️ Although it wasn't a formal ultimatum, some Trump administration officials believe hard-liner Díaz-Canel would oppose the structural economic reforms Washington is seeking.

➡️ Díaz-Canel has served as Cuba’s president since 2018 and has two years remaining in his current term.

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17 March 2026 02:49

Violent clashes are ongoing between the elite Hezbollah "Radwan" force and the IDF in southern Lebanon, especially in the towns of Meiss El Jabal, Taybeh, and Khiam where the IDF has been attempting to advance for some time.

Hezbollah has targeted 5 Israeli Merkava tanks with ATGMs in the last 24 hours, engaged in numerous clashes, and shelled IDF positions in these areas with rockets.