Tasnim reports this is current footage of the Haifa refinery in Israel.

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Via Military Chronicle:

In the Asian segment of TikTok, a video is going viral in which a Chinese sailor allegedly spotted the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and quickly shared its coordinates on his social media accounts.
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Ancient Chinese secret, huh?

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Sabereen News:

"Chinese monitoring systems reveal that in yesterday's Iranian attacks on US bases in Bahrain, about 5 very important radar stations were damaged."
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It's unclear if they are mixing up earlier reports of strikes across the Gulf. Sabereen News, not the Chinese.

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More attacks on Sulaymaniyah in Northern Iraq. A Kurdish fighter attempts to shoot down incoming drones with an American assault rifle.

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Via IRNA:

🚨 🔥 The press secretary of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: we defeated the separatists in cooperation with the Iraqi resistance

Salar Naini:

🔻 The CIA intelligence service actively armed the opposition forces, and, according to reports, Trump himself contacted their leaders to urge them to take action.

🔻 The armed forces and intelligence of Iran, together with the Iraqi resistance, carried out dozens of missile and drone strikes on their bases in the region before the separatists began their activities.

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A building described as a "former UN headquarters" in Sulaymaniyah was hit by drones twice. However, the UN ceased operations in this facility in 1996 when the Kurdish Democratic Party took control during the Kurdish Civil War. Reports vary between the building being disused and used as a headquarters for US forces.

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Are you ready for food prices to skyrocket?

On Monday, Qatar shut down liquefied natural gas production at the world’s largest export facility after it was targeted in an Iranian drone attack.

Natural gas is a crucial input for nitrogen-based fertilizers.

Qatar is a source of some 11% of global urea exports, and nearly 45% of the shipping is via Persian Gulf facilities according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

The Iran war is delivering a potential shock to global food production that has received little attention amid the focus on oil prices: a sharp rise in fertilizer costs hitting just as farmers in the Northern Hemisphere prepare to plant.

Three out of the world’s 10 largest ammonia exporters and one in five top phosphates suppliers rely on the Persian Gulf.

Remember the cost of freight insurance? Lloyds of London is now out....President Trump says he will have the US run all new ship insurance...but no guarantees on naval escorts.

Iran controls 10% to 12% of the global urea trade.

Urea is 46% nitrogen, it has a tendency to dehydrate the soil, so it has to be used where there is adequate water. Urea (46-0-0) has the lowest cost per pound of nitrogen compared to other single-element nitrogen fertilizers.

Now the price of food is going to go way up.

The Gulf region is home to some of the world’s largest fertilizer plants, and the Strait of Hormuz handles about one-third of the global trade for the nutrients. Prices were already high before the latest conflict in the Middle East erupted, and the fresh tensions come as Northern Hemisphere farmers are set to start applying the products to their fields.

A fertilizer price spike is not a short-term event. It translates directly into next season’s harvest—meaning the economic consequences could extend well beyond the duration of the conflict itself—unless, of course, it escalates into civilization-ending nuclear war.

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German election Sunday, March 8, 2026

Opinion polls conducted in advance of the election on Sunday, March 8, of the new state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, point to a doubling of votes for the right-wing AfD to come in third with 18-20%, behind the Greens (24%) and the CDU (28%).

Baden-Württemberg is Germany’s second-largest state and the biggest center of productive Mittelstand companies--- These are the companies that historically drove German development and was an engine of development for the world economy.

The Mittelstand has been decimated in recent years.

Remember in 2025 in Germany:

ermany announced 125,000 industrial job cuts in 6 weeks. Putting that into perspective...

If the U.S. got hit at the same rate, that’s like ~300,000 factory jobs or ~500,000 total jobs gone in a month and a half.

Picture every factory worker in a state like South Carolina unemployed.
That’s the scale.
Recent layoffs announced in Germany:
Auto & Auto Supplier Layoffs (past 12 months):
• Volkswagen: 35,000
• Mercedes-Benz: 40,000
• Audi: 7,500
• Ford (Saarlouis): 2,900
• Daimler Truck: 5,000
• ZF Group: 14,000
• Bosch, Continental, Schaeffler (combined): 7,000

→ Total: 111,400 auto jobs impacted Steel & Heavy Industry Layoffs:
• Thyssenkrupp: 11,000 (≈40% of workforce) Rail & Transport Layoffs:
• Deutsche Bahn: 30,000
• DB Cargo (subsidiary): 5,000 Postal & Logistics Layoffs:
• Deutsche Post: 8,000 Banking & Finance Layoffs:
• Commerzbank: 3,900 Tech (Germany-specific cuts) Layoffs:
• SAP: 3,500 (10,000 global)

MAJOR implications globally from all of this - so don't brush it off as just German layoffs... And no one’s talking about it.

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Don't worry...oil prices will go down. The US has a Strategic Petroleum Reserve that we refilled...

Remember, Trump said, “right up to the top again.”

Except, we didn't....we don't have the oil...

The reserve currently holds 415 million barrels—barely half its 714 million-barrel capacity—after the Biden administration drew it down heavily in 2022 to contain prices following 🇷🇺Russia’s invasion of 🇺🇦Ukraine.

Trump had cheap oil and a full year to replenish it. But Congress allocated less than $171 million of the $20 billion the energy secretary requested, and the administration made only token purchases.

Anyone know any good escorts? For oil tankers, I mean.

Is there anyone competent in the US leadership?

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American intelligence services have established that Iran could potentially access highly enriched uranium buried after last year's strikes on a nuclear facility in Isfahan, the New York Times reports, citing officials.

Iran can gain access to uranium through a very narrow access point. It's unclear how quickly Iran will be able to move the uranium, which is in gas form and stored in containers,

the article says.

The publication's sources also stated that American intelligence services are constantly monitoring the Isfahan facility and have a high degree of confidence that they will be able to detect and respond to any attempt by the Iranian government or other groups to move the uranium.

Source: Izvestia
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I don't even know, what mental disorder makes NYT write things like this... 🤦🏻‍♀️

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😱The Swedish Coast Guard showed footage of the capture of the cargo ship CAFFA with a Russian crew.

Earlier, the Russian embassy reported that it was in contact with the competent authorities. There were a total of 11 crew members on board, of whom 10 were Russian citizens.

The ship was heading to St. Petersburg under the flag of Guinea.

Source: Zvezda
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Capturing a civil vessel is, of course, a great deed of courage and honor. But I have to remind, that it was Russia that figured out how to combat Somalian pirates. What if such crews will appear on the vessels that do not want to be victims of piracy?

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❗️Iran will not give up a single inch of its territory, said the country's President, Pazheshkian.

Earlier, Trump said that the map of Iran could change after a conflict.

Source: Раньше всех ну почти
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I'm inclined to think that the US would he the country that will change after the conflict. And I don't think Trump will like these changes.

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On the night of March 8 (around 1:00 local time), an explosion occurred at the US embassy in Oslo. Norwegian police confirmed that an explosive device detonated at the entrance to the consular section

The building suffered minor damage, and thick smoke rose, but no one was injured.

Source: Новости со всего света
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This was written in 2024. Damn it, how could Trump have known all this back then? Is he some kind of Zhirinovsky?

Source: Коза кричала
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⚡️The Russian Armed Forces struck the preparation and launch sites of long-range strike drones, as well as temporary dislocation points of Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries in 143 districts.
 
Air defense systems shot down seven guided aerial bombs, 13 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system produced in the USA, and 180 aircraft-type UAVs.

Source: Zvezda
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Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation congratulating women on the 8th of March:

Fearless and beautiful: women warriors

Nadezhda Durova, Dasha Sevastopolskaya, Maria Bochkareva, Lydia Litvyak, Lyudmila Bolilaya – their names are inscribed in gold letters in the history of our country. In honor of the holiday – a modest gift, tulips, for those who dedicated their lives to serving their Motherland.

🔥Nadezhda Durova (Patriotic War of 1812) – the first female officer, participant of the Battle of Borodino.
🕊 Dasha Sevastopolskaya (Crimean War) – the first sister of mercy, who saved the wounded during the defense of Sevastopol.
⚔️ Maria Bochkareva (First World War) – commander of the "Women's Death Battalion", full holder of the Order of St. George.
✈️ Lydia Litvyak (Great Patriotic War) – ace pilot, "White Lily of Stalingrad", shot down 16 enemy aircraft.
▫️Lyudmila Bolilaya (Special Military Operation) – nurse, Hero of Russia, who saved the wounded by shielding them from shrapnel with her own body.

Created by a neural network with respect for history.

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АДЕКВАТ Z on Iran. Latest:

Agent Donald is doing his utmost to burn all bridges behind him, eliminating the possibility of retreating with an uncertain outcome, even in theory. The claim that he killed 150 girls in an Iranian primary school himself is, if anything, even more unforgivable than the actual murder itself. Iranian propaganda has eagerly seized on this and is exploiting it to the fullest: it would be impossible to offend Iranians more, and every ounce of this offense will be squeezed out. This includes the nature of the response to any possible future probing by the aggressor, for example, a ceasefire.

Meanwhile, the pedophile coalition is methodically expanding its targets, striking Iranian desalination plants, oil storage facilities, and oil refineries. The mirror response of desalination in Bahrain and oil refineries in Haifa was not long in coming, and the transition from isolated retaliatory strikes of this kind to the systematic disruption of Israel's infrastructure seems only a matter of time, and not a very long one at that. A week of war has shown that the effectiveness of Israel's air defense is not just subpar, but is getting worse over time. Therefore, they will soon fully realize that throwing stones from a glass house was a very bad idea. When a sudden and irreversible deterioration in a certain aspect of quality of life in a military situation affects the entire or a significant part of the population.

"If you like to shoot, you'd better also learn to dig graves."

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I think it's the best explanation of what the 8th of March means for majority of those who live on post-Soviet space:

Via Norgerussisk:

🈁Dear women! Happy International Women's Day!

Initially, this holiday was born as a day of women's struggle for their rights and equal opportunities. But in Russia, it has gradually turned into a special, truly warm day — when men express admiration, care, and gratitude to all women.

March 8 has become a symbol of spring, renewal, and light. This is a time when nature awakens, and with it, hopes, feelings, and dreams come to life.

May attention, kind words, and tenderness surround you not only on this day, but every day of the year — because it is you who make the world warmer, brighter, and more humane.

Happy holiday, dear women! May spring always live in your hearts. 🌷
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Yes, we don't usually celebrate St.Valentine's day (actually, for many of us it's the day of liberation of Rostov-on-Don from Nazi invaders). Mother's and Father's days are far from being popular in Russia - it's something made of plastic.

Our holidays are 23rd of February - the Day of Defender of Fatherland and the 8th of March. And in our culture it has very little almost nothing to do with feminism or etc. This old soviet greeting card is the best explanation of what this holiday is to us.

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Abundance of all necessary goods for the people in the North Khorasan market

-Tasnim
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Iran prepared for exactly this situation. Obviously, they understood that the combined attacks of Israel and the USA would be devestating to certain assets, so they knew they would have to prepare for a long siege and fight an asymmetric war.

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