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Footage reportedly showing drone strikes in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, as sirens are active amidst another wave of Iranian strikes against Iraq.
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The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq was targeted in todayโ€™s most recent Iranian strikes on the Green Zone and surrounding areas, with fires seen burning in the area following strikes.
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The Saudi Ministry of Defense has announced that they intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile over the Al-Kharj Governorate and that as a result of the interception, debris fell near Prince Sultan Air Base.
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Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo said today that a U.S.-Taiwan Foreign Military Sale (FMS), worth $14 billion, is on track to gain U.S. President Donald J. Trumpโ€™s approval following his now delayed visit to China. The FMS, which includes interceptor missiles, is purportedly still on track and in the process of being expedited despite the ongoing, air defense intensive, conflict in the Middle East, says Reuters.
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In comments that interestingly align with those of French President Emmanuel Macron, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that a new post-war framework for the Strait of Hormuz must be put into place. While itโ€™s yet unclear if Araghchiโ€™s comments were made in an effort to synchronize French-Iranian signaling, it nonetheless aligns with what Franceโ€™s President has said in the past few days, amidst increasing communication between the two nations during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald J. Trumpโ€™s judge nominee for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, Anna St. John, voting 51-45. St. John previously served as the president and general counsel of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
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Iran has now launched 61 waves of ballistic missiles and drones against U.S. bases and infrastructure throughout the Middle East, Israel, and the Gulf Nations.
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Cluster munitions from an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile seen falling over Central Israel during the latest attack by Iran.
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Damage from cluster munitions seen in Tel Aviv, Central Israel, following the latest ballistic missile attack by Iran.
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Reports of strikes this morning against energy infrastructure associated with the South Pars Natural Gas Field in the Bushehr Province of Southern Iran by Israel and/or the United States. Such strikes represent yet another major escalation in the Iran War, with Iran having previously threatened to attack oil and gas pipelines, as well as other infrastructure, in countries across the Middle East if its energy facilities were targeted by the U.S. or Israel.
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Funeral procession this morning in Tehran for Iranian Security Chief Ali Larjani, following an Israeli strike that killed the principal Iranian decision-maker on Tuesday.
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The Israel Defense Force said it struck a grouping of Lebanese Hezbollah (LH) terrorists who were viewed unloading weapons, including an RPG, from a vehicle in Southern Lebanon. The IDF also identified LH terrorists who used indirect fires to target IDF positions.
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The Arab Spokesperson for the Israel Defense Force announced that the IDF will be striking bridges over the Litani River and urged all civilians south of the river to evacuate north of the Zahrani River, as the IDF is set to begin targeted strikes against all Lebanese Hezbollah groupings of forces and infrastructure in Southern Lebanon.
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Iraq has started exporting oil through Turkey, in an effort to avoid the majority closed Strait of Hormuz, causing oil prices to sink. However, analysts say that the respite will likely only be temporary, as the conflict in the Middle East has yet to see an off ramp.
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The Israel Defense Forceโ€™s Arabic page announced that it conducted a targeted strikes against overnight that eliminated Iranโ€™s Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in Tehran, Iran.
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The Israel Defense Force has confirmed that it carried out a decapitation strike overnight that reportedly killed Iranian Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib.
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Confusing post this morning from President Trump regarding Iran and the โ€œStraightโ€ of Hormuz.
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Israeli officials have confirmed that Israel targeted Iran's largest natural gas processing facility this morning in the Bushehr Province of Southern Iran. Iranian reports indicate that facilities affiliated with the South Pars Offshore Gas Field and Asaluyeh Oil Industry were struck by Israel, with several phases offline at South Pars.
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Iranโ€™s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued evacuation orders for four energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, following this morningโ€™s Israeli strikes against energy infrastructure in Southern Iran. These facilities include:

- Samref Refinery - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

- Al-Hasan Gas Field - United Arab Emirates

- Jubail Petrochemical Complex - Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

- Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex and Mesaieed Holding Company (affiliated with Chevron) - Qatar
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