💢 NEW: Iranian strikes damage one of world’s largest aluminum hubs in UAE
Emirates Global Aluminium said its Al Taweelah site at Khalifa Economic Zone Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) sustained “significant damage” in Iranian missile and drone attacks, with interceptions sparking fires and multiple workers injured, though none critically.
The site is a cornerstone of both the UAE economy and global supply chains. It produced 1.6 million tonnes of aluminum in 2025, and EGA accounts for roughly 4% of global production.
The strike follows Israeli attacks that caused extensive damage to two of Iran’s largest steel plants, as well as power and nuclear infrastructure. Iranian officials had warned of retaliation and urged U.S. and Israel-linked industrial facilities in the region to evacuate.
Al Taweelah is among the largest single-site smelters in the world and a key supplier of high-purity “premium aluminum” used in aerospace, automotive, and advanced manufacturing.
Aluminum is the UAE’s largest export after oil and gas, reaching customers in over 50 countries, with the sector supporting around 60,000 jobs. The facility also anchors the country’s push into advanced manufacturing, recycling, and low-carbon “green aluminum.”
Damage assessments are ongoing.
(Source: Bloomberg, Reuters, official statement)
The Israeli vile enemy has released footage of the airstrike that targeted the car of Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib and Al-Mayadeen correspondent Fatima Ftouni in Jezzine along with her brother camera-man Mohamad Ftouni.
How utterly audacious and deeply criminal it is to not only carry out such an attack, but to proudly broadcast it to the world. The deliberate targeting of news reporters, a civilian whose only weapon is the truth, is a blatant violation of international law. And yet, this crime is showcased openly while the world watches in deafening silence.
⚡️⭕️Fatima's Last Report
🎦 The last report of the martyred journalist Fatima Ftouni before she got assassinated by Israel alongside Ali Shoeib and hee cameraman
📍 Lebanon | 📅 28/03/2026
Unable to compete with Chinese electric vehicles, Nazi-era weapons maker Volkswagen eyes a return to arms production, this time with Israel
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A library for deaf children in Burundi, built entirely from compressed earth blocks and baked clay tiles.
The hammock ceiling is hand-woven sisal rope. The floor is local clay tile. The community built it with them.
Utility doesn’t have to be ugly. Local materials prove it every time.
📍 Library of Muyinga, Burundi
Design: BC Architects
🔴 Iran's FM Araghchi delivers speech at Emergency UN Human Rights Council session on attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab:
🔺Iran is under an illegal war imposed by the US and Israel, two nuclear-armed aggressor regimes. This war is unjustified and brutally ruthless.
BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially posts its lowest close in 232 days, erasing another -$1 trillion of market cap today.
This brings total S&P 500 losses since the Iran War began to -$4.8 trillion.
Martyred Hezbollah leader Nasrallah:
"When they (US soldiers) came in vertically and returned horizontally, it's then that Trump and his administration will realize that they lost the region..."
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20 years ago, after the July War in 2006, George Habash sent a letter to Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah that is poignant and relevant to the current moment in many ways. I have never seen an English translation before so decided to make one.
🇮🇷⚠️ URGENT: Iran has issued direct warnings to workers and residents near steel facilities in six countries to evacuate immediately.
The targeted facilities:
🇮🇱 Israel — Yehuda Steel, Ashdod
🇧🇭 Bahrain — Foulath (SULB & GIC), Al-Hidd
🇦🇪 UAE — Emirates Steel Arkan, Abu Dhabi
🇰🇼 Kuwait — United Steel Industrial Co., Shuaiba
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Hadeed (SABIC), Al-Jubail
🇶🇦 Qatar — Qatar Steel, Mesaieed
The warning states these facilities have become "direct and legitimate military targets" and may be struck within the coming hours. All workers, citizens, and residents in the vicinity are ordered to evacuate immediately.
The IRGC Air Force Commander said this morning the response will no longer be "an eye for an eye."