Reports of gunfire and explosions over the Black Sea coastal city of Sukhumi in the Russian-backed Georgian breakaway nation of Abkhazia, amidst a possible drone attack, with air defense and electronic warfare activity confirmed by the Abkhazian Ministry of Defense.

The U.S. Senate just blocked the efforts of Democrats to force U.S. President Donald J. Trump to withdraw all stop the operation of U.S. forces against Iran.
The vote was 47-53.

The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan had denied all reports today from media outlets, citing American, Israeli and Kurdish officials, regarding the start of a ground offensive by Iranian-Iraqi Kurds against forces of the Islamic Republic in Northwestern Iran.

After UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that UK and Ukrainian counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) experts would be deploying to Gulf states to aid in C-UAS efforts, Tom Cotterill, defense editor at The Telegraph, has said that British C-UAS experts who trained alongside Ukrainians have now arrived in the Middle East.

The Saudi Ministry of Defense has announced that air defenses successfully intercepted three cruise missiles earlier outside Al-Kharj, to the south of the capital of Riyadh, that were launched by Iran.

Footage showing what appears to be an exoatmospheric ballistic missile interception, likely by a U.S. Army THAAD or U.S. Navy SM-3, earlier over Northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Iranian ballistic missile was attempting to target Incirlik Air Base, in what would be the second attack today against the territory of Turkey by Iran.

Video credit: @MHJournalist

Israeli strikes reported against a high-rise residential building in Beirut, Lebanon.

Footage posted by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showing highlights from the first “100 Hours” of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing strike campaign against Iran.

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Sgt. Brian McGinnis seen being manhandled and having his arm visibly broken by officers with the U.S. Capitol Police assisted by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT), after McGinnis interrupted a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support to protest Israel and the ongoing war with Iran.

Senate Republicans respond to today’s incident involving Sen. Tim Sheehy and a Marine Veteran during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support.

Per Fox News, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will travel to Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida tomorrow to be briefed by CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper on ongoing operations against Iran.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Office has just published a new advisory about a suspected attack on a merchant ship in the Northern Persian Gulf 30NM southeast of Mubarak Al Kabeer, Kuwait. The ship reported a large explosion on the port (left) side of the ship and a visible oil sheen on the water as a small craft departed the vicinity.

On Monday, a Qatari F-15QA shot down a pair of Iranian Su-24s that were detected crossing that Persian Gulf at low-altitude in the direction of Qatar, with officials telling CNN that the Su-24s came “within two minutes” of launching strikes on U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base.

The U.S. Department of Defense has identified the fifth soldier of six that were killed while serving with the U.S. Army’s 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait on Sunday, after the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) they were in was struck by a one-way attack drone launched from Iran. The fifth soldier is identified as Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, who died on March 1, 2026, in Kuwait.

The U.S. Department of Defense had identified who is believed to be the sixth and final reserve soldier with the U.S. Army’s 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command that was killed in an Iranian drone strike at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait on Sunday, as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California, who was at the scene of the incident and has been missing since March 1, 2026. Positive identification of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Marzan will be completed by the medical examiner, as an investigation continues into the attack on the Port of Shuaiba.

Video footage has now been released of the moment the IRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi, a Soleimani-class corvette serving with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN), was targeted today by a U.S. strike off the coast of Bandar Abbas. Immediately following the strike, some kind of munition - likely an anti-ship cruise missile - is seen cooking off from the flight deck of the Shahid Sayyad Shirazi.

The Qatar Ministry of Interior announced that it is evacuating residents who live near the U.S. Embassy in Doha as a temporary precautionary measure. Out of an abundance of caution, please avoid the immediate area of the U.S. Embassy.

We have made the decision to delete reports made last night regarding the crash of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle in Iran and the successful evacuation of the crewmembers by U.S. and Israeli Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR). Defender Media maintains confidence in its sources, however, the story is as of now being officially and publicly denied by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has placed a request with the Pentagon for more military intelligence officers at it's headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days, but likely through September, according to Politico.

In a notable development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and committed to send Chinese envoys to the Middle East in an attempt to mediate some sort of peace process between nations that are involved in the conflict with Iran.

New footage from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showing strikes against Iranian forces across Iran, as Operation Epic Fury continues.