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🇸🇦 A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress is refueled during a combat flight supporting Operation Epic Fury, March 26.

Officials in the Trump administration say they can’t guarantee reopening the Strait of Hormuz before ending the war with Iran.

While reopening the vital oil route is a key goal to stabilize global energy prices, it could take weeks or months—longer than the administration’s timeline to end the conflict.

Source: CNN

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Israel:

Israel dealt with Syria in a negative way… bombing locations and violating the 1974 agreement.

We tried dialogue — indirect and direct negotiations — and reached good points, but the Israelis changed their opinion at the last minute.

Q: Have you helped stop Iranian weapons getting to Hezbollah in Lebanon?

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa: It is the duty of the Syrian state to protect its borders.

No state would accept open borders and smuggling of weapons.

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel will destroy “all houses” in Lebanese border villages.

He stated: “All houses in villages near the Lebanese border will be destroyed”, following a Gaza-style “Rafah model.”

Trump on Iran:

We knocked out one regime, and then we knocked out the second regime.

Now we have a group of reasonable people.

We achieved regime change.

The UAE is shifting toward joining the U.S. and allies in military action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

It’s pushing for a UN resolution to justify force and may help with operations like mine-clearing or securing key areas.

Source: WSJ

“How the Iran War Cracked Dubai’s Liberal Facade”

TIME reports that while Dubai brands itself as “the safest city in the world,” the Iran war has exposed a harsher reality.

After Iranian drone and missile strikes, authorities imposed sweeping censorship and arrests under cybercrime laws.

Even survivors who shared photos privately were detained. One expat says:

“The UAE is so much about public perception and they’re trying to protect that image.”

Officials argue sharing footage could create “a false impression of the country’s actual situation,” but rights groups say the crackdown has been broad and “draconian.”

Despite marketing itself as a carefree oasis, the war has shattered the illusion of invulnerability.

As one critic put it:

“Had they simply focused on defending the country… they would have come out looking praiseworthy.”

Instead, censorship and arrests may have caused lasting reputational damage — testing whether residents will accept “more of a dictatorship than the West” so long as safety remains intact.

The U.S. has lost 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the Iran war began, including two near Isfahan this week.

Each Reaper costs around $30 million — making the losses potentially worth nearly $500 million.

Source: CBS

The clown clowns and prepares to sacrifice others to save face

Trump on Iran:

The war was going to be over in three days. My prediction.

Trump:

If the Iran deal doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance.

If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran:

We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next 2–3 weeks.

We are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran:

If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard, and probably simultaneously.

Trump:

American involvement in WW1 lasted one year, seven months, and five days.

WW2 lasted for three years, eight months, and 25 days.

The Korean War lasted for three years, one month, and two days.

The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, five months, and 29 days.

Iraq went on for eight years, eight months, and 28 days.

We are in this military operation for 32 days.

Trump:

We have not hit their oil, even though that is the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding.

But we could hit it, and there is not a thing they can do about it.

Senator Graham is now talking about destroying stuff that allows Iran “to function as a nation.”

Hegseth:

Back to the Stone Age.

Went from 3 days to 3 more weeks

With threats of destroying a whole nation of 90 million and threatening civilian infrastructure and the basis of a country's economy

All this without a pretext or an imminent threat to the U.S from Iran, but the U.S military has a nation to bully to death every few years

Hezbollah has fired more than 50 rockets at northern Israel this morning, according to IDF assessments.

One rocket struck the border city of Kiryat Shmona, lightly injuring two people.