The U.S. is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, according to officials.

The move includes the USS Boxer and its Marine unit, sent earlier than planned.

Source: Reuters

Trump on Iran:

The difference between them and us is that they had a navy two weeks ago; they have no navy anymore.

It is all at the bottom of the sea—58 ships down in two days.

Trump on Iran:

When I mentioned the navy that we just destroyed, I said, “Are they good ships?” “Yeah, they’re great ships.” Then I said, “Why didn’t we save them? We could’ve used them ourselves.”

They said the difference was that they didn’t know how to use them.

Trump on Iran:

We are doing extremely well in Iran.

Trump on Iran:

We want to talk to them, and there is nobody to talk to... we like it that way.

Trump on Iran:

Iran wanted to take over the Middle East.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

The attacks that took place in Türkiye and Oman—both of which have good relations with us—against certain locations in those countries were in no way carried out by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic or other forces of the Resistance Front.

This is a deception by the Zionist enemy, using a false-flag tactic to create division between the Islamic Republic and its neighbors, and it may also occur in some other countries.

NATO states that its entire mission in Iraq has been redeployed to Europe.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

I request that our two brotherly countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, establish better relations with each other for the sake of God and to prevent division among Muslims.

For my part, I am ready to take the necessary steps.

U.S. prosecutors in New York are investigating Gustavo Petro over possible connections to drug traffickers, including whether his campaign received illicit funds.

The inquiry is still in its early stages, and no charges have been filed.

Source: NYT

Trump:

I have much more power in my second term.

Trump on Venezuela:

We took Venezuela in a matter of minutes.

Trump on Iran:

It’s not even a contest.

They had a lot of great equipment, Russian and Chinese equipment. That equipment was useless against us.

Russia proposed a deal to the United States: it would stop sharing intelligence with Iran if the U.S. stopped providing intelligence to Ukraine.

Washington rejected the offer.

Source: POLITICO

Trump on Iran:

I think I could leave right now and it would take them 10 years to rebuild. But I don’t think that’s an acceptable situation.

If we stay longer, they’ll never rebuild.

Source: MS NOW

Trump said regime change is “not the majors” in the operation in Iran, although the U.S. could “possibly” influence who controls the country’s leadership.

He emphasized that “the major thing is that they cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

Source: MS NOW

Federal authorities arrested 11 people accused of stealing elderly homeowners’ identities to fraudulently obtain real estate loans in Los Angeles.

CONFIRMED: In an attack between March 5 and 6, shrapnel from an explosion caused minor damage to two Italian Eurofighter jets at the base.

Source: Il Messaggero

As part of Syria’s economic recovery, President al-Sharaa said GDP grew 30–35% in 2025 to around $32 billion.

Qatar’s Energy Minister and QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi said he had repeatedly warned U.S. officials and industry partners about the risks of provoking Iran, saying, “I was always warning… that that could be detrimental to us.”

Source: Reuters

Iranian officials are unwilling to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz as they prioritize surviving ongoing US-Israeli attacks.

Source: Bloomberg