Speaking this morning on Fox News, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham advocated for the ongoing conflict with Iran, urging other countries in join, while push for similar military action against Cuba:

“I'm not looking for a fair fight. If we get in a fight, I want to win it. I want to win it quick. I'm in Miami. You see this hat? Free Cuba. Stay tuned. The Liberation of Cuba is upon us. It's just a matter of time now. You see this, that? Make Iran Great. President Trump said the only way to Make Iran Great is for the people to take over. We're marching through the world. We're cleaning out the bad guys. We're going to have relationships with new people that will make us prosperous and safe. I've never seen anybody like it. This is Ronald Reagan Plus. Donald Trump is resetting the world in a way nobody could have dreamed of a year ago. He is the greatest Commander-in-Chief of all time. Our military is the best of all time. Iran is going down and Cuba is next.”

The Israel Defense Force has announced the elimination of Abu al-Qassem Baba’iyan, the Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader and the Chief of Staff of the Emergency Command of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, as a result of a targeted strike Saturday on the Iranian capital of Tehran, utilizing precise intelligence provided by the IDF Intelligence Directorate.

Reports of a serious incident at Kansas City International Airport, resulting in a total ground stop and the evacuation of passengers and staff, with the cause still unknown.

Sources report that the evacuation and ongoing ground stop at Kansas City International Airport was caused by a bomb threat, with police and bomb-sniffing dogs currently searching the concourse and terminals.

The Trump Administration was dismayed by the scale and wide-spread destruction caused by Saturday’s strike campaign by Israel against oil infrastructure in and around the Iranian capital of Tehran, which reportedly targeting 30 oil and fuel depots sparking massive fires across the city that continue to burn into Sunday, according to a U.S. official, Israeli official and a source with knowledge who spoke to Axios.

U.S. officials state that Saturday’s strikes went far beyond what the United States expected when Israel notified it in advance, created large fires in Tehran, igniting flames visible for miles and blanketing the capital in heavy smoke. Senior officials in the Trump Administration are concerned Israeli strikes on infrastructure that serves ordinary Iranians could backfire strategically, rallying Iranian society to support the regime and further driving up oil prices throughout the World.

“The President doesn't like the attack. He wants to save the oil. He doesn't want to burn it. And it reminds people of higher gas prices,” a Trump adviser told Axios. An Israeli official said the U.S. message to Israel was “WTF.” A U.S. official says the disagreement and what the U.S. expects in the war is expected to be addressed soon at senior political levels between Israel and the United States.

Air raid sirens now in Bahrain.

Cluster munitions from an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile seen raining down earlier this evening over Tel Aviv in Central Israel.

Despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, military operations continue against narco-terror groups in Latin America, with U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) having published footage of and announced, that at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the Commander of SOUTHCOM, military forces under Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) carried out a strike today, March 8, against an alleged narco-trafficking vessel operating in the Eastern Pacific. According to SOUTHCOM, intelligence indicated that the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and carrying illicit narcotics, with six total suspected narco-terrorists killed in the strike, all believed to have been members of a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO).

At least eight explosions and several ballistic missile interceptions reported over Doha, Qatar.

The Qatar Ministry of Defense has confirmed that the armed forces intercepted a ballistic missile attack tonight by Iran.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense announced that they tracked and intercepted two drones that were heading towards the Shaybah Oil Field.

Footage published Sunday by the Saudi Ministry of Defense showing F-15D Eagles and Eurofighter Typhoons with the Royal Saudi Air Force downing Iranian one-way attack drones, most appearing to be Shahed-136s, in the last week over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

B-1B “Lancer” Long-Range Heavy Bombers with the U.S. Air Force’s 7th Bomb Wing, based out of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, are prepared and take off fully-loaded with afterburner for strikes against targets in Iran, in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 7, 2026.

Crude oil prices are exploding right now, with Crude Oil WTI up over 10 points in the last few hours, continuing to rise past $116/barrel as the ongoing war in the Middle East shows no signs of ending soon.

Large fire seen burning this morning at the primary refinery for the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) near the capital Manama, following a combined drone and missile attack earlier by Iran against Bahrain.

Another angle of the fire currently burning at the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), following an attack this morning by Iran.

Newly released video shows the moment that a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Cruise Attack Missile (TLAM) fired by the U.S. Navy struck a facility operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Southern Iranian city of Minab on February 28, 2026. In the video, smoke can be seen rising on the right side of the screen from several other buildings that had previously been struck, one of those being the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls’ Primary School, where upwards of 175 children were killed in what appears to have been a U.S. missile strike on the first day of Operation Epic Fury.

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense has announced that NATO air and missile defense assets in the Eastern Mediterranean, likely an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer with the U.S. Navy, intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile this morning over Turkey, with debris from the intercept falling onto an open area in Gaziantep.

The U.S. Embassy in Ankara has ordered all non-essential personnel to depart the Consulate in Adana, located near NATO’s Incirlik Air Base, which has been targeted several times in the last week by ballistic missiles fired by Iran, while urged Americans to immediately leave Southeastern Turkey.

The UAE Ministry of Defense has published the latest data, as of March 9, regarding the number of Iranian drones and missiles fired at and intercepted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the start of military operations by Israel and the United States on February 28:

- 1359/1440 One-Way Attack Drones
- 233/253 Ballistic Missiles
- 8/8 Cruise Missiles

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage showing strikes against surface-to-air systems and ballistic missile launchers in Iran.