Gulf attacks continue as strikes hit major industrial sites

A number of people are said to have been injured after attacks on aluminium sites in the UAE and Bahrain.

How Iran is making a mint from Donald Trump’s war

China is helping the Revolutionary Guards profit from Iranian crude

Iran’s aggression will bring Gulf countries closer to the US

Despite their resentment, states in the region need American and Israeli technology to defend themselves

Oil on track for record monthly surge as Iran war disrupts markets

Brent crude jumps 51% since start of March and gold suffers fifth-largest monthly fall in 50 years Middle East crisis – latest updates The Brent crude oil price is on track for its biggest monthly gain on record in March after the Iran war caused mayhem in the markets. Brent crude, the international benchmark, has climbed by 51% since the start of March, LSEG data shows, beating the previous monthly record of 46% in September 1990 after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, leading to the first Gu...

By Graeme Wearden

Politics chat: No Kings rallies across the U.S., more troops deployed

Thousands more U.S. troops are arriving in the Middle East, as diplomats meet for talks to end the war in Iran. Meanwhile, millions of people protested President Trump at "No Kings" rallies.

By Don Gonyea

Pentagon readies for weeks of US ground operations in Iran: Report

Uncertainty looms over Trump's approval of the Pentagon's plans for limited ground operations in Iran's strategic regions.

Houthis enter Iran war with missile attacks on Israel – as it happened - thetimes.com

Houthis enter Iran war with missile attacks on Israel – as it happened  thetimes.com

Bahrain aluminum giant says Iranian attack targeted its facility

Aluminium Bahrain, or Alba, hosts the world's largest smelter and the attack adds to the pressure on global supplies of the metal.

Iran targets Bahrain aluminium, 2 injured amid Hormuz closure

Aluminium Bahrain, which runs one of the world’s largest smelters, said on Sunday it was assessing the damage following Iranian strikes on the facility and another major aluminium producer in the United Arab Emirates. Two employees at Aluminium Bahrain were hurt in Saturday’s attack, the state-controlled company said, while regional peer Emirates Global Aluminium’s site sustained ‌significant damage from missile and drone strikes the same day. Most Gulf aluminium producers, which account for...

By Reuters

Iran war: Tehran warns US against ground assault

Iran says its forces are "waiting" for the arrival of US ground troops to "set them on fire." Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard has threatened to strike American universities in the region. DW has more.

Iran: 3,500 US marines arrive in Middle East

Uncertainty still surrounds the potential deployment of U.S. ground forces, even as American reinforcements continue to arrive in the region.The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli has now reached the area, carrying 3,500 Marines on board. Daniel Quinlan reports.

By FRANCE24

Iran's drone war is exposing deep cracks in US and allied air defenses

Ukraine has become the world leader in defending against attack drones after four years of war with Russia. Viktor Lysenko/BI There is a sound — a low, persistent buzzing — that links Iran's asymmetric warfare against US and Israeli targets in the Middle East to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It is the sound of a terrifying weapon that symbolizes a new economy of war — cheap, expendable, and mass-produced — and makes its presence known long before it strikes. In Ukraine, they call...

Key E-3 Sentry plane damaged in Saudi Base attack: Why is the US Air Force AWACS aircraft so important? Explained

A pivotal US Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was damaged in an Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.

‘We are waiting for you’: Tehran’s warning after US gears up for ground ops in Iran

Iran shuts down Tehran cafe chain over ‘suspicious’ cup designs - The Straits Times

Iran shuts down Tehran cafe chain over ‘suspicious’ cup designs  The Straits Times

Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on

WASHINGTON -- US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest. Ongoing strikes and counterstrikes on Persian Gulf refineries , pipelines, gas fields and tanker terminals threaten to the prolong the global economic pain for months, even years. “A week ago or certainly two weeks ago, I would have said: If the war stop

By The Korea Herald

Iran warns US over ground attack as regional powers meet in Pakistan

Iran said it was ready to respond to a US ground attack, accusing Washington on Sunday of preparing a land assault even as it sought negotiations and as regional powers held talks in Pakistan to try to end the fighting The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt were set to meet in […]

Iran issues directive to counter potential US ground operation

The state-affiliated Tehran Times, citing “an Iranian security analyst,” reported that in the event of a US ground attack, Iran would seize the coastlines of the UAE and Bahrain.

Series of explosions heard in Iranian capital

As the war in the Middle East enters it's fifth week, Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have fired rockets towards Israel ahead of talks in Pakistan to stop fighting in the region.

Helplines buzz with alerts from seafarers trapped in Middle East war

Seafarers’ helplines say they are overwhelmed with messages from crews stuck in the Gulf by the Middle East war, desperately seeking repatriation, compensation and onboard supplies. “Writing to urgently inform you that our vessel is currently facing a critical situation regarding provisions and one crew health conditions,” read an email from one seafarer on March 24 to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)’s Seafarer Support team. “Immediate supply of food, drinking water, bas...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Iran power struggle deepens as war and economic pressure mount

A serious split appears to be opening inside Iran’s leadership, with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Revolutionary Guards commander Ahmad Vahidi at odds over the handling of the war and its cost to Iran’s already strained economy, according to a report by Iran International citing sources familiar with the discussions. The same sources described sharp disagreements […]

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US marines arrive in Middle East amid reports Pentagon 'preparing for weeks of ground operations'

It comes as the Trump administration recently insisted that the US can achieve its objectives in Iran without ground troops.

Iran warns of strikes on US-linked universities in region after campus bombings

Fars agency reports the US has until March 30 to condemn the bombing of Iranian universities

By AFP

US using diplomatic overture as cover for ground offensive: Iran

Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, accused the U.S. Sunday of covertly preparing a ground offensive even as Washington publicly pursues diplomatic efforts to end...

Iran accuses US of plotting ground attack despite diplomatic efforts

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday that the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war. The post Iran accuses US of plotting ground attack despite diplomatic efforts appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Akinbayo Wahab

Why the Houthis entered the war now: A message to the US not to proceed in the Red Sea and Hormuz

Houthis and Iran are creating a “ring of fire” stretching for thousands of kilometers in the Gulf – Concerns also over Saudi Arabia’s key East-West pipeline, through which up to 7 million barrels per day now pass The post Why the Houthis entered the war now: A message to the US not to proceed in the Red Sea and Hormuz appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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U.S. campuses in Qatar temporarily closed, remain remote after IRGC retaliatory warning

In a statement posted by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting early Sunday, IRGC warned that U.S. universities in the region would be targeted, after U.S.-Israeli attacks targeted Iran University of… (The post U.S. campuses in Qatar temporarily closed, remain remote after IRGC retaliatory warning is from Doha News | Qatar.)

By Adijata Ziga

IRGC strikes US-Israeli industrial sites in retaliation for infrastructure attacks - PressTV

IRGC strikes US-Israeli industrial sites in retaliation for infrastructure attacks  PressTV