🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇶🇦 — Explosions heard in Doha. No sirens rang beforehand.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🛳 - 16 commercial vessels have been damaged or destroyed in the first 2 weeks of the war. Iran is capable of denying commercial shipping well beyond the Strait of Hormuz, threatening vessels throughout the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

The attacks affect not only the oil trade but also disrupted the food supply of the Gulf States, FT reported. Once responsible for 70% of the region's food supply, the blockaded Hormuz strait has forced countries to turn to costly truck convoys and cargo flights to keep the shelves stocked.

🇮🇷🇮🇶❌🇺🇸 — Sirens ring at the U.S. Embassy in the Green Zone, Baghdad.

#BREAKING
🇮🇶❌🇺🇸 — The radome for the C-RAM air defense system at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad was destroyed by a drone likely launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The C-RAM is no longer operational there.

🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇶🇮🇷 — AP, citing security officials reported that a missile hit a helicopter landing pad inside the American embassy in Baghdad.

🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷🇮🇶 — An Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera that the attack on the US embassy in Baghdad caused the destruction of its air defense system.

🇸🇦🤝🇵🇸📞🇮🇷 — Hamas calls on Iran not to target neighboring countries, and calls on all countries in the region to cooperate to stop the war on Iran:

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, is following with great concern the ongoing war in the region, and reiterates its strong condemnation of the American-Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which violates the rules of international law and international humanitarian law, and threatens security and peace in the region and the world.

While the movement affirms that the interest of the Islamic nation and the region is to stop this war, it calls on all countries and international organizations to work to stop it immediately. The movement also appreciates all efforts made by various countries to prevent its outbreak and to prioritize the language of dialogue and diplomacy.

While the movement affirms the right of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to this aggression by all available means in accordance with international norms and laws, it calls on our brothers in Iran not to target neighboring countries, and calls on all countries in the region to cooperate to stop this aggression and preserve the bonds of brotherhood among them.

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas

Saturday: 25th of Ramadan 1447 AH
Corresponding to: March 14, 2026 AD

🇮🇷🚀🇺🇸🇮🇱 - A study by CSIS in December 2025 highlighted the shortfall in the US missile defense production. In the 12-Day War, the US expenditure of ballistic missile interceptors such as SM-3 and THAAD amounted to over a year worth of production and ~20% of their total inventories.

In the Ramadan War of 2026, Iran has launched, by most estimates, over 1000 ballistic missiles, nearly double the number of launches in the 12-Day War.

The US defense industry is working to ramp up the production of key munitions but the effort will take years. Lockheed Martin recently embarked on a seven-year plan to increase THAAD interceptor production from 96 to 400 a year.

🇰🇵🚀🇯🇵🇰🇷🤝🇺🇸 - North Korea test launched 10 ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, just a few days after the US transferred parts of its THAAD missile defense system from South Korea to the Middle East, AP reported.

🇮🇷🛢❌🇺🇸🇮🇱 - WSJ reported that Iran has begun diverting its oil flow to the smaller export terminal Jask following the US attacks and further threats on Kharg island.

The Jask terminal (Bandar-e Jask) is situated in shallower water just east of the Hormuz and has a lower capacity of 1 million barrels per day, making it less suitable for loading large crude carriers. It is, however, vastly more defensible than Kharg island against a potential amphibious assault.

Iran currently exports 2 million barrels of crude per day.