🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡️- "America's friends must help get it out of an illegitimate war." - Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi.

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

🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡️- Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, expressing his condolences over the death of senior Iranian official Ali Larijani:

"Hazrat Ayatollah Seyed Mojtabi Hosseini Khamenei

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran


Your Excellency,
Please accept my deepest condolences on the occasion of the death of Mr. Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

I had the opportunity to meet many times with this wise and far-sighted statesman and politician who firmly and firmly defended the interests of his nation. His good memory will remain in our hearts as a true friend of our country, who took great steps towards the development of comprehensive strategic partnership relations between Moscow and Tehran.

Please express my sincere sympathy and support to the family and relatives of the deceased.

Sincerely,

Vladimir Putin"

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Visual confirmation of Iranian cluster munitions over central Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "President Trump wants no more strikes on Iranian energy sites after Israel’s Wednesday attack on a vital Iranian gas field, U.S. officials said, Trump, who knew about the Israeli strike on South Pars in advance, supported it as a message to Tehran over its block of the Strait of Hormuz. The president believes Iran got the message and is now against attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure, the officials said." - WSJ.

It should be noted that, in retaliation, Iran struck multiple vital oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rocket launches to northern Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Several impact sites in central Israel including a building on fire with initial reports of people trapped inside.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Sirens in Bahrain.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a funding request of over $200 billion for the war in Iran, according to the Washington Post.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- BREAKING: UKMTO reports that a vessel has been struck by a projectile 11 nautical miles east of Khawr Fakkan, United Arab Emirates.

A fire has started on board.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️- Alerts sent out in Doha, Qatar, locals tell Rerum Novarum.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The Trump administration is considering deploying thousands of additional U.S. troops to the Middle East as Trump weighs next steps regarding Iran, which could include an attempt to secure the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

🇺🇸⚡️- The FBI is investigating Joe Kent for allegedly leaking classified information.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️- BREAKING: The Ras Laffan refinery in Qatar has been struck again by Iranian projectiles, causing a large fire, locals tell Rerum Novarum.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️- Visual confirmation shows the sky in Qatar glowing after Iranian missiles have just struck the Ras Laffan refinery for the second time today. Locals tell Rerum Novarum that Patriot interceptors were launched but failed to intercept the Iranian ballistic missile.

Exclusively sent to Rerum Novarum.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Clashes between Hezbollah forces and IDF soldiers are ongoing after Hezbollah ambushed and targeted three Israeli Merkava tanks in Taybeh, southern Lebanon.

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

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - WAR IN IRAN | MARCH 18th, DAY 19 RECAP:

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Israeli media says that, according to the latest estimates, Hezbollah still has several thousand short-range rockets.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - According to Israeli media, Iran's intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, was the target of an assassination strike in Tehran last night.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has released a photo of his son in intensive care after he was wounded in clashes with Hezbollah; he can be seen on a ventilator.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Clashes between Hezbollah forces and IDF soldiers are ongoing after Hezbollah ambushed and targeted six Israeli Merkava tanks in Taybeh, southern Lebanon.

🇹🇷 - NATO is deploying an additional Patriot system in southern Turkey.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Israel attacked Iran's largest natural gas facility in South Pars; the U.S. signed off on it.

🇮🇷🇸🇦 - Iran targeted large Saudi oil facilities, including the Riyadh Industrial Complex 2 and Saudi Aramco; multiple ballistic missile impacts were confirmed and large fires are ongoing.

🇮🇷🇶🇦 - Iran has struck and targeted Qatar's Ras Laffan refinery twice in the span of 12 hours; large fires are ongoing. It is the largest natural gas export facility in the world.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Iran targeted Israel with cluster munitions; reports indicate multiple impacts, multiple wounded, and one confirmed death.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Over $800 billion was wiped from the U.S. stock market today, as the Dow Jones posted its lowest close of 2026 so far.

🛢 - Brent oil is over $111 per barrel; crude oil is over $98 per barrel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - The U.S. is building up forces for an extended operation to secure the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. and Arab forces will provide troops, while Israel provides intelligence, according to Kann News.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇸🇦 - Satellite imagery and verified footage analyzed by ABC News suggest at least 10 radar sites have been struck, including expensive and sensitive systems critical to early warning networks. Analysis also identified over 25 strike locations across seven bases in five countries, hitting facilities such as hangars, fuel storage, and logistics buildings. Radar systems in at least seven countries were targeted, including AN/TPY-2 systems linked to THAAD defenses and a phased-array radar in Qatar. The full extent of the damage remains unclear due to limited satellite data.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲 - "America's friends must help get it out of an illegitimate war." - Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi.

🇮🇷 - Iranian speedboats were seen leaving the scene after attacking a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite imagery.

🇷🇺🇮🇷 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, expressing his condolences over the death of senior Iranian official Ali Larijani.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - "President Trump wants no more strikes on Iranian energy sites after Israel’s Wednesday attack on a vital Iranian gas field, U.S. officials said. Trump, who knew about the Israeli strike on South Pars in advance, supported it as a message to Tehran over its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The president believes Iran got the message and is now against attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure, the officials said." - WSJ.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a funding request of over $200 billion for the war in Iran. It will need to go through Congress, according to The Washington Post.

🇮🇷🇦🇪 - UKMTO reported that a vessel has been struck by a projectile 11 nautical miles east of Khawr Fakkan, United Arab Emirates.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Trump administration is considering deploying thousands of additional U.S. troops to the Middle East as Trump weighs next steps regarding Iran, which could include an attempt to secure the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

🇺🇸 - The FBI is investigating Joe Kent for allegedly leaking classified information, confirmed by Fox News and Semafor.

Here's our recap from yesterday, thanks for all of the support recently: https://x.com/officialrnintel/status/2034091765569904866?s=20