For the first time since March 14, 2019, the American flag was raised at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

Additional footage of strikes against Iran have been published by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), with some of the targets including radar sites, air defenses, as well as ballistic missile and drone launch sites operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The USS John Finn (DDG-113), a Flight llA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, fires a total of 13 BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM) at Iranian targets in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 10, 2026.

F/A-18E Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning lls assigned to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9), carry out daytime and nighttime flight operations against Iran onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), from its position in the Arabian Sea, in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 12, 2026.

Following reports that 2,500-5,000 Marines have been ordered to the Middle East and that the Trump Administration is considering a possible operation to seize Iran’s Kharg Island in the Northern Persian Gulf, chances that U.S. forces enter Iran have skyrocketed on Polymarket, with traders now predicting there is a near 70% chance that American troops will enter Iran by the end of 2026.

Satellite imagery from earlier today, March 14, captured the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) and her 2,500 embarked Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), quickly steaming towards the Middle East, having already entered the South China Sea.

This follows reports Friday that the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, which consists of the Tripoli and the San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks USS New Orleans (LPD-18) and USS San Diego (LPD-22), along with Marines from the 31st MEU and roughly 20 F-35B Lightning lls, had been ordered to the Middle East near Iran.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump said in an interview Saturday with NBC News that he’s not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran despite the country’s willingness to do so “because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” but declined to say what those terms would be, while adding that he is working with other countries on a plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump said he was “surprised” that Iran decided to attack other Middle Eastern countries in response to the U.S.-Israeli strike operation, and that U.S. strikes on Kharg Island on Saturday “totally demolished” most of the island but that “we may hit it a few more times just for fun,” during his interview Saturday with NBC News.

During his interview Saturday with NBC News about the Iran War, President Trump suddenly attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has sent counter drone systems and experts to the Middle East to assist combating the threat of Iranian one-way attack drones, saying “I’m surprised that Zelensky doesn’t want to make a deal. Tell Zelensky to make a deal because Putin’s willing to make a deal.” Trump added that Zelensky was “far more difficult to make a deal with” than Russian President Vladimir Putin over efforts to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In a first, the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah, not to be confused with Lebanese Hezbollah, has targeted the Camp Victory Base in Baghdad with FPV drones, albeit with little effect. Kataib Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed Iraqi group that is nominally subordinate to the larger Popular Mobilization Front (PMF).

Speaking about Iran’s newly selected Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, President Trump questioned whether he was still alive, telling NBC News, “I don’t know if he’s even alive. So far, nobody’s been able to show him,” adding that, “I’m hearing he’s not alive, and if he is, he should do something very smart for his country, and that’s surrender,” though calling the news of his death “a rumor.”

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has released a statement following their decision to cancel both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix for Formula One.

The U.S. Department of Defense has identified the six servicemembers who were killed in Thursday’s crash of an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker in Western Iraq, following a mid-air collision with another KC-135 while supporting Operation Epic Fury.

Assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida:
- Maj. John A. Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama
- Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington
- Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky

Assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing out of Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio:
- Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana
- Capt. Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio
- Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, 28, of Columbus, Ohio