🇮🇷 - Crude exports during the first 23 days of March 2026 versus the first 23 days of February 2026, as per TankerTrackers:

- Iraq (Baghdad): -76%.
- Kuwait: -72%.
- Saudi Arabia: -52%.
- Iraq (Kurdistan): -49%.

- Iran: +4%.
- Oman: +7%.
- Russia: +14%.

🇵🇰⚡- Initial reports of all train services being suspended in the disputed region of Balochistan, southwest Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Violent airstrikes across Tehran.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel are refusing to return to their homes due to constant Hezbollah bombardment, according to Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - WAR IN IRAN | MARCH 26th, DAY 27 RECAP:

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷 - "Turkey is conducting intensive diplomatic efforts to try and prevent Gulf Arab countries from joining the US-Israeli war against Iran," - Bloomberg.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱 - "Iran has told intermediaries that Hezbollah must be included in any ceasefire agreement with the United States and Israel," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to call on Iranians to flood the streets to protest their government last week, but President Trump told him it was just too risky. 'Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they'll just get mowed down?' Trump said to Netanyahu during their call," - Axios.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - The IDF announced the death of two soldiers, and an additional six were wounded during clashes with Hezbollah yesterday.

🛢 - Brent oil prices have risen to $106 per barrel, marking an increase of over 3.5%.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US/Israel strikes continue in Tehran and western Iran.

🇮🇷🇸🇦🇮🇱 - Iran continues strikes using missiles and drones against GCC countries and Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - "The Pentagon is developing military options for a 'final blow' in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign. A dramatic military escalation will grow more likely if no progress is made in diplomatic talks and, in particular, if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed." - Axios, citing two senior US officials.

🇾🇪🇮🇷 - The Houthis stand ready to strike shipping in the Red Sea in solidarity with Tehran, according to Reuters, quoting one of the group’s leaders.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - FOX News reports that an improvised explosive device was discovered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. FBI Director Kash Patel says that a brother and sister have been indicted for the plot, with one in custody and the other evading arrest in China.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - President Trump has extended the Iranian power plant strikes by 10 days, to April 6th. He says the Iranians asked; Iran has outright rejected the idea of asking for any extended time, and mediators have also said Iran has not asked for more time.

🇺🇸 - Wall Street has had its worst day since the war with Iran began, according to the Associated Press.

🇮🇷 - Iranian hardliners are ramping up calls for a nuclear bomb. With the Revolutionary Guards now dominant following the killing of veteran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war on February 28, hardline views on Iran’s nuclear policy are increasingly ascendant, Iranian sources told Reuters.

🇮🇷🇹🇭 - Thai-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree, which was struck by an Iranian projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, has run aground off Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to Tasnim News.

🇮🇷 - Crude exports during the first 23 days of March 2026 versus the first 23 days of February 2026, as per TankerTrackers:

- Iraq (Baghdad): -76%
- Kuwait: -72%
- Saudi Arabia: -52%
- Iraq (Kurdistan): -49%
- Iran: +4%
- Oman: +7%
- Russia: +14%

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel are refusing to return to their homes due to constant Hezbollah bombardment, according to Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Pentagon is weighing sending up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Here's our recap from yesterday: https://x.com/officialrnintel/status/2036998351057502600?s=20

🇺🇸⚡- Clavicular has been arrested on a charge of assault in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- A serious security incident has occurred in southern Lebanon, with many IDF soldiers reported seriously wounded, according to Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡- California has renamed “Cesar Chavez Day” to “Farmworkers Day” in the wake of Chavez’s alleged inappropriate sexual acts being made public.

🇦🇪🇧🇭🇮🇷⚡- The UAE is calling for a multinational naval force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reports.

Currently, only the UAE and Bahrain are ready to deploy their naval militaries to enforce the plan.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Explosions in Kuwait.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️- Alerts in Qatar for the first time in a week, locals tell Rerum Novarum.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Sirens in Bahrain.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- BREAKING: Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port was struck by multiple drones, causing material damage, according to the port authority.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iran launched missiles from a base in Yazd, even after it had been struck multiple times during the war.

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

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- BREAKING: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port in Kuwait has also been struck by Iranian projectiles and has sustained infrastructure damage, according to the Public Works Ministry.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “We urge the honorable people of the region to leave the areas where American troops are stationed, we have a duty to eliminate the enemy wherever we find them, so we recommend you leave the area where they’re stationed.” - IRGC.

🇫🇷✝️⚡️- Catholic baptisms are skyrocketing in France with 21400 baptisms scheduled for this year's Easter. 10384 were recorded at the same period in 2025.

French Catholic authorities indicate people aged 18 to 25 are now the largest age group being baptised.

🇦🇹⚡️- The Austrian government will move to ban social medias for people under 14.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian authorities claim U.S.- Israeli strikes damaged 120 museums and historical locations in Iran since the war began.