Sources confirm suspension of crude oil exports from Sheskharis terminal in Black Sea port of #Novorossiysk in SW #Russia, following #Ukraine drone attack and large fire
Port handles around 35% of Russia’s maritime oil exports
Another attack - 5th in 2 weeks - on key Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga
#Israel military issues another evacuation order for southern suburbs of #Beirut, moments after announcing its forces are continuing “combat and ground operations” against #Hezbollah
1 million+ in #Lebanon displaced as Israel expands its zone of occupation
#IranWar
"We are seeing #Russia stuttering over this invasion and how it might keep going.
Relative silence from #Kremlin over the last few weeks has been interesting. It has to be concerned that it could not get #Ukraine surrender over the winter, and for 1st time since 2022, they lost territory on ground"
EA-Times Radio VideoCast: #Trump Camp’s Lack of Strategy From #Iran to #Ukraine (Scott Lucas with Philip Ingram on Frontline)
#IranWar #UkraineWar #TrumpRussia
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#Israel continues attacks on #Lebanon this AM, w artillery fire and drone strikes on the south
Hour before the ceasefire over #Iran was announced, Israelis bomb a car in front of beach-side cafes in Saida, killing 8 people and wounding 22
#IranWar
#Russia satellites conducted 24+ surveys of areas in 11 Middle Eastern countries from March 21 to 31, covering military bases of the US and its allies, airports, and oilfields
Within days of surveys,, military bases and headquarters targeted by #Iran ballistic missiles and drones
#IranWar
#UkraineWar, Day 1,505: How #Russia Helped #Iran Target US Forces
#IranWar #TrumpRussia
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EA- #Ukraine VideoCast: #Kyiv 's Squeeze on #Russia 's Oil Exports (Scott Lucas with Daniel Tkiie)
#UkraineWar
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#Trump already furious that outlets reporting terms of ceasefire in #IranWar
Says CNN summary is a "FRAUD...linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria)"
Claims he has launched an investigation, with results to be announced in the near future
#Iran
#Netanyahu insists ceasefire in #IranWar does not include #Israel attacks/expansion of occupation in #Lebanon
#Iran
#Trump bails out on threat that " #Iran 's civilization will die tonight"
Agrees to negotiate on basis of Iran 10-point proposals: freedom of #StraitOfHormuz, end to all conflicts in region, end to US sanctions, compensation for reconstruction, and commitment not to pursue nuclear weapons
#IranWar
US- #Israel War on #Iran, Day 40: #Trump Backs Down With 2-Week Ceasefire
#IranWar #StraitOfHormuz
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Yes! Morning….
US journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped by #Iran- backed #Iraq militia Kata'ib Hezbollah from a Baghdad street corner last week, has been released
#IranWar
#Russia & #China veto #Bahrain resolution at UN Security Council to reopen #StraitOfHormuz
Vote was 11-2 w 2 abstentions
Initial proposal gave clear UN mandate to any state wishing to use force to unblock Strait - Objections from France, Russia, and China made clear any action must be "defensive"
29-minute analysis
Linking US- #Israel War on #Iran and #Russia invasion of #Ukraine through #Trump camp's lack of intelligence on both cases
Failure to anticipate #Iran retaliation, closure of #StraitOfHormuz, & regime resilience
Abandoning #Ukraine - But #Kyiv, w Europe support, counter-attacks
EA-Times Radio VideoCast: #Trump Camp’s Lack of Strategy From #Iran to #Ukraine (Scott Lucas with Philip Ingram on Frontline)
#IranWar #UkraineWar #TrumpRussia
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In southern #Iraq near Basra, 3+ killed and 5 wounded by rockets fired from direction of #Kuwait
Some family members remain under the debris
#IranWar
Toll from #Israel attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has reached 1,530 killed --- including 102 women, 130 children, and 57 health workers --- and 4,812 injured
#Iran #IranWar
#France nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, held as political prisoners in #Iran since May 2022 and given long prison sentences in June 2025, on their way home
#Macron: "This is a relief for all of us and obviously for their families"
#IranWar
Hungary PM Orbán told #Putin that he would be a “mouse” to help #Russia “lion”.
“Yesterday our friendship rose to such high level that I can help in any way. In any matter where I can be of assistance, I am at your service. More friends we make, more possibilities we have to resist our adversaries"
US officials and Iranian semi-official media report American strikes on #KhargIsland, hub in northern Persian Gulf handling more than 90% of #Iran oil exports
#IranWar
#Trump on social media: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again"
#Iran #IranWar
#Israel is bombing #Iran railways
Strike on rail bridge in Kashan killed 2 people.
Another rail bridge between Hashtgerd and Tabriz damaged
The Israel Defense Forces warned Iranians to stay away from trains early Tuesday
#IranWar
3 people --- 2 of them attackers --- killed and 2 police officers injured in shooting near #Israel Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
3rd assailant captured
#IranWar
With Monocle Radio on #Trump "deadline"
"We have been here before.
Fundamentally, the Trump Administration is still unsure where it goes next. Plan A failed to get regime surrender.
So it may expand these attacks, but it is still caught between seeking talks w #Iran or deploying ground forces"
EA on International Outlets: US- #Israel War on #Iran — “Desperate” #Trump ’s Foul-Mouthed Threats of War Crimes
#IranWar #StraitOfHormuz
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#France Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot responds to #Trump threats v. #Iran
“We oppose any strike on civilian infrastructure. [It would] open a new phase of escalation and reprisal which would worsen an already concerning situation. The risk is that we see a regional conflagration without limits"
Governor of Belgorod region in western #Russia may be dismissed soon because of his criticism of #Kremlin restrictions on the Internet
Three officials in the Kremlin said Vyacheslav Gladkov may "step down" before regional gubernatorial elections in September
#UkraineWar
#Ukraine drone reportedly sinks #Russia cargo ship, carrying grain from occupied territory, on Saturday
Three people were killed on the Volgo-Balt 138
#UkraineWar