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Report: US War Department Considers Additional Troops for Middle East Deployment + Secretary of State Rubio: US Can Achieve War Objectives Without Ground Troops + Israel Strikes Arak Heavy Water Reactor; Uranium Extraction Facility; Steel Factories
For review:1. Ten U.S. service members were wounded Friday in an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported. Friday’s strike reportedly damaged multiple U.S. refueling aircraft and i...
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29:43
CENTCOM CDR: US Has Struck More Than 10,000 Targets + Report: US To Deploy Forces from 82d Airborne Division + IDF Controls All Bridges Over Litani River + Lebanon Withdraws Iranian Ambassador's Credentials; Must Leave Country by 29 March
For review:1. The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days, according to three people with knowledge of the plans.2. Chief of the US Central C...
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Episode 640
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33:45
Report: Direct Talks Between US & Iran Could Happen This Week In Islamabad + President Trump Postpones Military Strikes on Iranian Power Plants & Infrastruture for Five-Day Period + IDF Destroys Fifth Bridge Over Litani River + FCAS & GCAP Update
For review:1. The United States is reportedly planning a weeks-long operation to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, an Israeli report claimed Sunday2. In a bombshell announcement, US President Donald Trump revealed early M...
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US Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility + Israel Strikes Nuclear Weapons Research Facility at Melak Ashtar University in Tehran + Iran Launched Two Ballistic Missiles at Diego Garcia (4000k from Iran) + Four IDF Divisions Operating in S. Lebanon
For review:1. The United States struck Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility on Saturday, several media reports claimed, Iranian media said US-Israeli forces attacked the Shahid Ahmadi-Roshan Natanz enrichment complex on ...
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Israel Strikes South Pars Gas Field in Iran: Iran Hits Back at Gulf Energy Infrastruture + Israeli PM Netanyahu: "Iran Can No Longer Enrich Uranium" + Army Says 1st Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery To Be Operational in Weeks
For review:1. The Israeli Air Force struck Iranian gas infrastructure in the country’s south on Wednesday. The strikes targeted Iran’s massive offshore South Pars natural gas field. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the...
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Episode 637
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27:53
Israel Kills Iran's Top Leader Ali Larijani in Airstrike + President Trump: "Not Surprised" on Lack of NATO Assistance in Securing Hormuz Strait + Expanded Buffer Zone: IDF Has Three Divisions in S. Lebanon
For review:1. Top Iranian official Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight Monday-Tuesday, Israel’s military and top leaders announced on Tuesday.The Israel Defense Forces said that the commander of Iran’s oppres...
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Episode 636
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25:34
Report: President Trump Considers Seizing Kharg Island + Report: President Trump to Announce Multinational Coalition to Secure Strait of Hormuz; EU Seeks "Strategic Clarity" Before Support + Army Precision Strike Missile Used in Combat Against Iran
For review:1. A missile strike on a house in Baghdad on Tuesday killed two people, with initial reports suggesting they are “Iranian advisers” to Tehran-backed groups, a security official tells AFP.2. Rockets and at least five dro...
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Report: Iran's Supreme Leader in Russia for Medical Treatment + IDF: At least Three More Weeks of Operations; Thousands of Targets; Focused Effort is Destruction of Iran's Defense Industry
For review:1. On Sunday, citing “a senior source close to the new Iranian leader,” Kuwait’s Al-Jarida news outlet reported that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had been smuggled out of Iran in a secretive Russian operation on Thursday to...
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US & Iran Reject Diplomatic Negotiation Efforts + Report: Israel & Lebanon Direct Talks Expected + Israel Planning Massive Ground Invasion of S. Lebanon + US Navy Extends Carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Service Life to 2027
For review:1. US President Donald Trump’s administration has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war. Iran, for its part, has rejected talk of a ceasefire until US and Israe...
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Episode 633
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30:58
US Attacks Military Targets on Iran's Kharg Island + Iranian Missile Strike Damages Five US Refueling Planes at Prince Sultan Air Base + IDF Destroys Zrarieh Bridge over Litani River + USMC 31st MEU Ordered to Middle East
For review:1. Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “wounded and likely disfigured,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a briefing Friday.2. US President Donald Trump announces that American forces “totally oblitera...
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27:52
IDF Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facility at Taleghan Compound + Iran Supreme Leader Releases First Public Statement + US KC-135 Tanker Crashes in Iraq; CENTCOM says No Hostile or Friendly Fire + IEA to Release 400 Million Barrels From Oil Reserves
For review:1.Two oil tankers were struck in the Gulf, killing one person, as Iran continued its attacks on targets across the region and the IDF reported hitting a “critical” nuclear site near Tehran, amid ongoing US-Israeli strikes on t...
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US Destroys 16 Iranian Minelaying Vessels Near Strait of Hormuz + Half of Iranian Ballistic Missiles Fired at Israel Have Cluster Bomb Warheads + Additional B-52 Bombers Land at RAF Fairford
For review:1.The Swedish Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, published its global arms export and import report on Monday, comparing the arms exports of various countries in the years 2016–2020 to 2021–2025.2. Kurdis...
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Episode 630
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33:21
President Trump on Iran War: "It's Going to be Ended Soon" + Iran Fires Second Ballistic Missile at Turkey; Turkey Send Six F-16 Fighters to Cyprus + France to Send Ten Warships to Middle East Region; 10 x Frigates & 2 x Amphib Assault Ships
For review:1. Turkey said on Monday that NATO air defenses shot down a second ballistic missile that was fired from Iran and had entered Turkish airspace, warning it will take any necessary steps against threats.2. Turkey deployed...
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Iran Assembly of Experts Select Ayatollah Motjaba Khamenei as new Supreme Leader + President Trump: Decision to End War with be Mutual with PM Netanyahu + Gulf Nations Exercise Fragile Regional Diplomacy & Coordination Amid Iranian Attacks
For review:1. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was chosen Sunday to succeed him, despite never having been elected or appointed to a government position.A secretive figure within the I...
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33:53
President Trump on Kurdish Involvement: "I Don't Want the Kurds Going In" + Report: US Preparing Third Aircraft Carrier for Middle East Deployment + Israel Strikes Iran's Oil Depots in Tehran + IDF Targets IRGC Commanders in Beirut
For review:1. Six top defense contractors have agreed to quadruple production of what President Donald Trump has termed “Exquisite Class Weaponry” following a meeting at the White House on munitions production.Meeting attended by:...
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Episode 627
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43:08
President Trump: No Deal with Iran except Unconditional Surrender + Report: Russia Providing Targeting Data to Iran + Iran Threatens Israel's Dimona Facility + Kurdish Ground Offensive in Iran?
For review:1. Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands will send naval assets to protect Cyprus in the coming days, Rome’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told parliament on Thursday. Crosetto said the deployment would occur in the comin...
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US Submarine Sinks Iranian Frigate Off Sri Lanka Coast + IDF F-35I Air-to-Air Kill of Iranian Yak-130 + Iran Fires Ballistic Missile at Turkiye + IDF Threatens to Target Iranian Officers in Lebanon
Operation Epic Fury & Roaring Lion for review:1. Concerning Iran's New Supreme Leader: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Wednesday that Israel would target whoever leads the Islamic Republic. “Any leader appointed by...
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Episode 625
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29:23
IDF Strikes Undeclared Underground Nuclear Site + IAEA: Recent Damage to Natantz Fuel Enrichment Plant + CENTCOM Commander: 2000 Targets Struck in 100 Hours + IDF Division Expands into S. Lebanon
Operation Epic Fury / Roaring Lion for review:1. France plans to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones, the semi-official Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said on Tuesday...
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33:49
President Trump on Iran Strikes: The Big One is Coming Soon + IDF: 600 Iranian Targets Destroyed + IDF Marks Hezbollah Chief "Target for Elimination" + France Ready to Defend Jordan & Gulf Nations Against Iran Attacks
Operation Epic Fury & Roaring Lion update for review:1. US CJCS: “Our military objectives are clear,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told reporters. “Our mission is to protect and defend ourselves, and together ...
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40:38
Operation Epic Fury / Roaring Lion Continues + Report: Iran Seeks Return to Negotiations + Hezbollah Fires Missiles at Northern Israel in Revenge for Iran's Supreme Leader + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Response to Missile Launches
For review:Operation Epic Fury / Roaring Lion Continues.1. Three American soldiers have been killed, and five have been seriously wounded in the ongoing conflict with Iran, the US Central Command said Sunday, announcing the first ...
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Episode 622
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33:55
US & Israel Strike Iran; Iran's Supreme Leader Dead; IRGC Commander Dead + Iran Hits Back at Israel and Six Arab Regional Neighbors + World Reaction
For review:US & Israel Strike Iran.US: Operation Epic FuryIsrael: Operation Roaring Lion1. US & Israel Strike Iran; Iran's Supreme Leader Dead; IRGC Commander Dead.2. Iran Hits Back at Israel and Six A...
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38:51
President Trump Unhappy with Iran Talks; No Decision On Strike + US Secretary of State Rubio Travels to Israel Monday + US & Iran to Meet in Vienna Monday + Russia & Ukraine Exchange Fallen Soldiers
For review:1. US President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “not happy” with Iran’s conduct in nuclear negotiations after the sides held a third round of talks in Geneva but that he hadn’t made a decision on whether to authorize a mi...
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Episode 620
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24:09
US Vice President Vance on Iran Rebuilding Nuclear Weapon Program: "We've seen evidence" + Outcome of Thursday Talks Will Weigh Heavy on President Trump's Decision to Strike Iran + Israel Warns Hezbollah Against Support to Iran if US Strikes
For review:1. The United States sees evidence that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program after US-led strikes against Iranian nuclear sites in June, US Vice President JD Vance says.2. US Secretary of State Rubio warns that...
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US & Iran to Meet Thursday in Geneva + USAF Cargo Planes & Refuelers Spotted in Tel Aviv; Sofia + USAF Expects B-21 Raider Fielded in 2027 + No 6.8mm for USMC: Will Retain M27 IAR (5.56mm) for Service Requirements
For review:1. The next round of talks between the United States and Iran will be Thursday in Geneva, Oman’s foreign minister said.2. American refueler and cargo planes were spotted at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Monday, am...
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20:50
IRGC Preparing Hezbollah for War with Israel + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley + France-Germany-Spain FCAS 6th Generation Fighter Dead
For review:1. Iran and the United States continued to slide rapidly toward military conflict at the weekend, as hopes faded for a diplomatic solution. Israel and Iran’s Gulf neighbors now consider a conflict to be more likely than a sett...
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Episode 617
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26:23