An Iranian surface-to-air missile system burns after being targeted by U.S. airstrikes tonight near the Imam Khomeini Port Special Economic Zone in the Khuzestan Province of Southern Iran, on the coast of the Persian Gulf.
Before the war, South Korea had relied on Iraq’s Basrah Heavy for most of its dense, high-sulfur crude. Since the conflict started, that supply has been largely replaced by Canadian Cold Lake crude
Korea’s Thirst for Canadian Cruse Poised to Outlast Iran War
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It now appears that the U.S. strikes, previously telegraphed by both U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, are now underway.
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement Monday that it would abide by the ruling set forth earlier today by Federal District Judge Leonie Brinkema, who ordered a temporary halt in any payouts and/or the creation of the Trump Administration’s planned Anti-Weaponization Fund, which would have paid out millions in taxpayer funds - up to $1.8 billion - to allies of President Trump deemed to be “victims of lawfare and weaponization,” including many who stormed the U.S. Capitol of January 6, 2021.
Today’s ruling followed fierce and rare backlash against the fund by Republican lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Senate Republicans, who threatened to team up with Democrats to block the fund and called for it to be “killed” by the Justice Department. Nearly half the Republican conference appeared ready to vote with Democrats to restrict or kill it, said Republican Senator Ted Cruz, potentially placing a serious rift before the midterms between Republicans in Congress and the White House under President Trump.
Iranian hackers appear to have breached an Instagram account run by the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force, John F. Bentivegna, which has been posting Iranian propaganda for the last few hours, including an infamous psychological warfare broadcast made by Hanoi Hannah (Trịnh Thị Ngọ) during the Vietnam War.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that U.S. forces have now redirected 100 ships in support of the blockade of Iran at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman. Since the operation began, 4 ships have been disabled for failure to follow orders of U.S. forces and divert away while allowing 26 ships to pass carrying humanitarian aid.
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This such a weird “controversy”.
The puck is in. This look is conclusive.
You don’t have to see the whole puck; that would be ridiculous. We all know what shape a puck is. This one is over the line.
I hate replay more than just about anyone, but it worked perfectly here.
According to Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, Hungary-Russia cooperation ventures, including energy cooperation, will be dismantled or continued on a case-by-case basis, adding that as it relates to Hungarian energy imports, Hungary will be seeking to diversify at scale to mitigate the impact that conflicts like the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War have on the Hungarian economy.
According to a release from the Qatari Ministry of Defense, during an Iranian cruise missile attack, a tanker leased QatarEnergy was struck by a missile within Qatar’s economic exclusion zone. All 21 of the crew were evacuated without injury. Three cruise missiles were launched in total, with two out of three being shot down.
WSJ: "Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh refinery was attacked Wednesday by ballistic missiles, a Saudi official familiar with the matter said...It was not immediately clear whether the attack caused damage to the refinery."
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump plans to take control of the Strait of Hormuz by force, despite having so far failed to establish an international coalition of countries, a move that could take upwards of two months and that would likely require significant assistance from Israel, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.
According to CNN, citing a senior Iranian official, Iran is now mulling the possibility of letting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz only if the oil on board is traded in Chinese yuan. The majority of international oil trades are done in U.S. dollars.
Pro Hezbollah channels are reporting a clash between Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a number of towns in the Beqaa Valley in Northeast Lebanon. Reporting indicates that the IDF conducted a helicopter insertion and after advancing someways met heavy enemy fire from fighters in surrounding towns. Pro Hezbollah channels claim that IDF forces were forced to withdraw under the cover of heavy combat air support due to the ferocity of the fire. Additional reporting from Al Jazeera indicates that Hezbollah targeted locations within the Beqaa Valley with indirect fires during efforts to repulse IDF offensive movement. At this time these reports are yet unconfirmed and the IDF has yet to confirm that a ground operation was/is underway in the Beqaa Valley.