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Zelensky meets Syrian president to forge security cooperation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa in Damascus, pledging security cooperation and joint food‑security projects. The visit follows Kyiv’s recent drone‑defense deals with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, highlighting Ukraine’s push to export its drone expertise to the Middle East.
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Japan’s senior officials say sending naval vessels to escort ships in the Middle East would encounter significant hurdles. The comment follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Tokyo to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open and safe. While not legally prohibited, the move would require careful assessment under Japan’s pacifist constitution and parliamentary scrutiny. Ongoing regional conflict adds further complexity to any deployment decision.
Oil is the only commodity on Earth used in every single sector of every economy. Even our adversaries need it. The Strait of Hormuz is two miles wide, and Iran is threatening to mine it. Whether securing it costs $2...
"China is the biggest loser in all of this [U.S./Israel-Iran War]...the reason we are having this conversation. Iran's nuclear progress like centrifuge manufacturing - China...ballistic missiles production - China." my talk tonight with @PoloSandovalCNN @CNN https://t.co/jN0HZ51bVz
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemned a surge in drone attacks across Sudan, reporting over 200 civilian deaths since March 4, including 152 in West Kordofan alone. Strikes attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces hit markets, a hospital...
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Since Iran is in the process of surrendering, I guess there is no point in the UK, France, or anyone else making plans to escort ships through the Straihts of Hormuz
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded after Congress missed the February 13 deadline, leaving TSA agents without pay and causing longer airport security lines. A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the NLRB’s 2023 bargaining‑order precedent, limiting...
Betting markets are seeing the probability of a US-Iran ceasefire by the end of the month deflate to an extremely skeptical 15%... https://t.co/Brj4lTcqSK
“.. The president said several countries have committed to helping secure the strait, but declined to name any of them.” @NBCNews https://t.co/AEDeyaO4FC https://t.co/YFq6h9TnJb
Israel’s military announced that on March 13 it eliminated two senior Iranian intelligence officers, Abdollah Jalali‑Nasab and Amir Shariat, in a strike on Tehran. Both men had been appointed to lead the Khatam al‑Anbiya intelligence directorate after the previous head, Saleh...
If true, this is actually a face-saving withdrawal by the Iranians. It lets them pretend to be mean to US & Israel without actually blocking the strait. But I doubt it’s true. https://t.co/xCTeY2zGRE
Trump started a war most of the world was against, and now asks China, the UK, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to open the Strait of Hormuz Brutal 😂
Russian air‑defence units reported downing 65 Ukrainian drones over Moscow during an 11‑hour period on Saturday, part of a broader effort that saw 280 drones intercepted across central and western Russia. The Defence Ministry said 47 of those drones were...
Imagine a self proclaimed “military expert” telling his followers that in all of the U.S. National Security Council, Joint Staff, CENTCOM, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), and JTF staff, they did not plan for scenarios in the Strait of...
“As a matter of fact, the Strait of Hormuz is open … It is only closed to the tankers and ships belong[ing] to our enemies, to those who are attacking us and their allies. Others are free to pass” -...
Switzerland rejected two U.S. requests for reconnaissance overflights linked to the Israel‑Iran conflict, invoking its long‑standing neutrality statutes. The government approved a maintenance flight and two transport missions on March 14 but denied the military‑purpose requests on March 15. Humanitarian and medical...
Israel has warned the United States that its ballistic missile interceptor stockpile is critically low as the war with Iran intensifies. The shortage follows heavy use during last summer’s clash and is worsened by Iran’s deployment of cluster‑munition‑laden missiles. While...
Belgian Air Force has begun flight tests of domestically‑developed FZ275 70 mm laser‑guided rockets on its F‑16AM fleet, mounting six LAU‑131A/A pods for a total of 42 rounds. The trials, conducted since early 2026, aim to validate the rockets for counter‑unmanned‑air‑system...
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"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said the Strait of Hormuz is open and that the strategic route is only closed to the US and Israeli vessels" Are ships and tankers moving? If not, then where is the problem? Look...
Russia’s Matryoshka bot network is flooding Hungary with fabricated stories that portray Ukraine as hostile and Ukrainian refugees as violent, just weeks before the April 2026 parliamentary election. The disinformation uses fake videos bearing the logos of Reuters, Euronews and...
Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley warns that Australia’s uncritical backing of Donald Trump’s threats against Iran could pull the nation into a broader conflict involving Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. He argues the country is blindly accepting U.S. pressure despite a shifting...
The United States launched a missile strike against Iran’s Kharg Island terminal, the country’s main oil export hub, late Friday and early Saturday local time. The attack targeted the facility that handles roughly 30% of Iran’s crude shipments, aiming to...
It costs the U.S. 4 million dollars to use an interceptor to stop a $40,000 drone projectile out of Iran and we are about to run out of interceptors that protect much of the world's oil supply. Trump's people had absolutely...
Turkey’s foreign minister warned that Israel’s ongoing air strikes on Lebanon could amount to a new genocide, citing civilian deaths that now total 826, including women and children. The attacks follow Hezbollah’s retaliation after Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed in...
Ugly game theoretics at play in Iran. Teheran has found its pain point in Hormuz, Russia is happy as it gets to sell its 'sanctioned oil', China is flapping like a kite in a hurricane, Europe has an incentive to...
Any country except for US and Israel can pass through Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister says: NY Post
Electronic warfare (EW) has become the backbone of modern military operations, turning the electromagnetic spectrum into a decisive battlespace. The performance of EW hardware hinges on rare‑earth‑based components—neodymium‑iron‑boron and samarium‑cobalt magnets for antenna steering, power generation, and high‑temperature stability, plus...
RAPIDAN: “.. two weeks into the war, Tehran's leadership has consolidated, forces have dispersed and absorbed strikes without decisive degradation, and Iran is shaping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on its own terms. The regime sees no pressure to...
From Kupyansk to Zap we now have cases of drone-assault units having success. There are different approaches. But drone-enabled mechanized assault is working on making a comeback.
The U.S. Army has shipped 10,000 AI‑enabled Merops interceptor drones to the Middle East as part of Operation Epic Fury, aiming to blunt Iranian Shahed‑type drone swarms. Merops, proven in Ukraine, costs roughly $14‑15 k per unit—far cheaper than Patriot missiles and even...
(NYT) - The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad urged all American citizens to leave Iraq immediately on Saturday after the embassy was attacked overnight for the second time since the war with Iran started. @nytimes https://t.co/wO7HSobOIs https://t.co/mmQWsGf65e
If France is willing to send troops to support Lebanon’s army, the country might finally rid itself of Hezbollah. A big if.
China’s CNCERT has warned that OpenClaw, an open‑source autonomous AI agent, suffers from weak default security configurations that can be exploited for prompt‑injection attacks. Researchers demonstrated that indirect prompt injection via link previews can exfiltrate confidential data without user interaction....
🚨Mar 14 Hormuz Update🚨 1️⃣Confirmed attacks: 20 2️⃣Attacks last 24 hrs:0 3️⃣Passage last 24 hrs: 2 4️⃣Average passage: 138 5️⃣Electronic interference: widespread https://t.co/nQ4ZTet45o
Let's talk about how this works as it will not be a unified convoy operation, probably. If it is like the Red Sea, then they will escort the ships they have a national interest in, only. https://t.co/FxZMYvlZSu
U.S. Admiral Montgomery outlined a two‑to‑three‑week plan to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz by intensifying degradation strikes on Iranian island launch sites, radars and ports. The operation will deploy ten to fourteen Aegis destroyers with air and helicopter...
Not nasty — prescient. Our Battlespace and Barrel Flow report modeled 7- and 30-day Hormuz closure scenarios (among others) in June 2025 because the risk was real and our clients needed to be prepared. No one's enjoying this.
This is why China wants to shut down AI and data centers in the west, and will spend an infinite amount of money to do so. If we’re going to cure cancer, it’s going to be AI that does it
Iranian missiles struck Prince Sultan Air Base on March 13, damaging five USAF KC-135 Stratotankers, the primary aerial refueling platform for Operation Epic Fury. President Donald Trump reported that four of the aircraft sustained only minor damage and are already...
Five US Air Force Refueling Planes Hit in Iranian Strike on Saudi Arabia, WSJ Reports https://t.co/Ahgy1YmGnx #groundnews via @Ground_app
Iran has not asked anyone for help, they are fighting alone… The Trump regime is bombing Iran along the Netanyahu regime with cooperation from the UK, France & some Gulf countries. But Trump is now crying for more countries to...
U.N. Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres told reporters in Beirut that diplomatic channels remain open to end the war between Israel and Iran‑backed Hezbollah. He condemned attacks on UN peacekeepers, noting three Ghanaian soldiers were wounded, and emphasized that there is no...
U.S. forces struck Kharg Island after seeing "indications" it might be reinforced with Iranian defenses, a U.S. official with knowledge of the operation says. The strikes, the official said, were designed to eliminate that possibility.
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“The battlefield is the ultimate arms exhibition. Countries that spend billions of dollars on military equipment…Every destroyed radar, every neutralized air defense battery, and every successful penetration of an air defense network sends a signal to the global defense market”
Schmuel bar underestimates how much disruption Iran can still inflict @clairlemon His long-term view is sound but his short-term perspective is too confident that Iran's regime will fold.
We're told Russia has always been good at electronic warfare. Russia has been bogged down in Ukraine for four YEARS by drones, etc. US investors believe drones, etc. will not keep Hormuz closed much longer. Here's what happens if Hormuz stays closed for...
2 weeks in and Trump finally has a goal for his war, and a strategy: --> Trump's goal for his war is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz --> Trump's strategy is do that by 'hoping' China and others send ships https://t.co/qPNqIFfEk9
“We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability” and “but it’s easy for them to send drones, drop mines, or shoot missiles” https://t.co/rFsTB96ha4
