🇺🇸⚡️- Donald Trump posted a record 959 word wall of text on Truth Social and then reposted it via screenshots a few hours later.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Explosions in Kuwait.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi says there has been no communication with Steve Witkoff, and that any information claiming otherwise is false and an attempt to save oil markets.

🇮🇷🇮🇶🇰🇼⚡️- Explosions in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, and sirens in Kuwait.

🇺🇸🇲🇾⚡️- Two Gulf-based U.S. minesweeper ships, the USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, left the Gulf and traveled 4,000 miles to Malaysia for what the U.S. military is calling a "logistical stop", according to the Financial Times.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian missile launches to central Israel.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- The Trump administration has told Cuban negotiators that President Miguel Díaz-Canel has to go, according to the New York Times.

The U.S. so far is not pushing for any action against members of the Castro family, who remain Cuba's top power brokers.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- Multiple explosions in Dubai, UAE.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Sirens in Bahrain.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation shows that the U.S. base in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, has been struck by projectiles.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- The U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, is under attack.

C-RAM systems are active, attempting to intercept incoming drones.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- BREAKING: The United Arab Emirates has announced a closure of its airspace temporarily.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation of the moment a drone struck the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, moments ago.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Three violent explosions were heard just now in Baghdad, Iraq, near the U.S. embassy, locals tell Rerum Novarum.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Initial reports indicate an ongoing emergency situation at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel involving a U.S. KC-135 refueling plane.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- BREAKING: A drone has struck oil facilities in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A huge fire has broken out, and authorities are working to contain it.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Clashes are ongoing between Hezbollah Radwan forces and IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian missile launches to Israel.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- Explosions in UAE, air defense activity.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - WAR IN IRAN | MARCH 16th, DAY 17 RECAP:

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷 - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been secretly advising Trump to keep hitting Iran hard, despite Riyadh's public rhetoric against the war, the New York Times reports.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Israeli forces have begun a “limited” ground invasion of southern Lebanon. Clashes have been ongoing for hours between Hezbollah and IDF forces. Hezbollah says they destroyed five Merkava tanks throughout the day.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Iran launched missile attacks toward central and northern Israel and continues attacks on multiple Gulf states.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 - U.S./Israeli attacks continue in Iran, targeting western Iran.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷 - “We will not be drawn into the wider war.” — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇦🇪 - Citibank said most of its branches and offices in the UAE will remain closed until further notice, part of a broader banking industry response to worsening security conditions due to the Iran war, according to Reuters.

🇮🇷🇦🇪 - Oil loading operations have been suspended at the Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates after a drone attack sparked a fire at the refinery.

🇺🇸🇩🇪🇮🇷 - “What does Trump expect a handful of European frigates to do that the powerful U.S. Navy cannot? This is not our war, and we did not start it.” — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 - The European Troika (E3), including Germany, the UK, and France, have rejected Trump's demand to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz and help lift the Iranian blockade.

🇮🇷🇵🇰 - Three Pakistani tankers safely transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 10 days, suggesting Tehran is allowing certain countries safe passage, CNN reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Axios reported that U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi resumed communication in recent days. Araghchi directly rejected the claim, saying it is absolutely false and an attempt to stabilize oil markets. He reiterated that Iran is not negotiating or communicating with the United States.

🇱🇧🇮🇱🇪🇺 - In a joint press release, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom opposed a major Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon.

🇮🇷🇮🇶 - A drone directly impacted the Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. Locals say the hotel is hosting European delegations.

🇺🇸🇲🇾 - Two Gulf-based U.S. minesweeper ships, the USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, left the Gulf and traveled 4,000 miles to Malaysia for what the U.S. military is calling a “logistical stop,” according to the Financial Times.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The U.S. base in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, was struck by projectiles.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, was targeted by multiple drones and directly struck.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - Reports indicate an ongoing emergency situation at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel involving a U.S. KC-135 refueling plane.

🇮🇷🇦🇪 - A drone struck oil facilities in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A large fire broke out, and authorities are working to contain it.

🛢 - Crude oil is trading at $95.20. Brent oil is at $103.

Here's our recap from yesterday: https://x.com/officialrnintel/status/2033371422714736972?s=20