BREAKING: Kurdish forces from Iraq launched a ground offensive into Iran.

Thousands of Kurdish fighters moved into Iranian territory and took combat positions on Monday, March 2.

Source: i24NEWS

IDF says a large wave of Israeli airstrikes in central and western Iran destroyed dozens of ballistic missile launchers and air defense systems, some were hit while Iranian crews were operating them.

Arab intelligence says the Houthis may attack key targets in Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones.

Security around King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been increased.

Saudi sources warn that if the Houthis join Iran in attacks, Saudi Arabia will retaliate, though for now Riyadh is letting the U.S. and Israel continue operations against Iran.

Source: Kan News

BIG: An Iranian military official warns that if the U.S. and Israel attempt regime change through armed unrest, Iran will strike Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor.

Source: Iran Nuances

The UN refugee agency says about 100,000 people fled Tehran in the first two days of the war, based on Iranian government estimates.

Around 1,000–2,000 vehicles per day have been leaving the city, mostly heading north.

So far, no increase in people crossing international borders has been reported, but officials say the situation remains uncertain.

Source: AP

Trump:

Delcy Rodríguez, who is the President of Venezuela, is doing a great job, and working with U.S. Representatives very well.

The Oil is beginning to flow, and the professionalism and dedication between both Countries is a very nice thing to see!

Texas Governor Greg Abbott:

There is a 100% certainty that Sharia Law will be completely banned in Texas this next session.

Trump on Iran:

Somebody asked: on a scale of 10, where would you rate it? I said about a 15.

Trump on Iran:

Their leadership is rapidly going.

Everybody that seems to want to be a leader ends up dead.

Trump on Iran:

It is a nation that was out of control.

They would have used it on us if we let them.

Trump on Venezuela:

We have a wonderful relationship with the President and the various representatives. And we’re taking out hundreds of millions of barrels of oil. That goes to our benefit and to Venezuela’s benefit, and they’ll be doing better than they’ve ever done before.

And we will get a big piece of that. It will be wonderful for the people of Venezuela, who have been hit very, very badly.

Trump on Iran:

If we didn't do it first, they would've done it to Israel.

Trump insists the U.S. could fight Iran “forever,” but many advisers fear the war could become a major political liability as casualties rise and public support remains weak.

Officials are also struggling to explain why the war began and what the endgame is, leading to conflicting messaging inside the administration.

Some allies are pushing Trump to declare victory quickly and exit within weeks to avoid damage ahead of the midterm elections.

Source: CNN

Trump on Iran:

When crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said tensions with the Trump administration stem partly from the company not donating to Trump, unlike OpenAI figures.

He wrote:

“The real reasons… [they] do not like us is that we haven’t donated to Trump.”

Amodei also said Anthropic refused to give “dictator-style praise” to Trump, supported AI regulation opposed by the administration, and warned about AI risks like job displacement, which he said put the company at odds with the government’s agenda.

Source: The Information

Former Saudi Intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal:

Forget normalization, let alone what Israel is doing in Gaza and the West Bank.

This is Netanyahu's war.

You talked about the dog and the tail, who's wagging who.

It is definitely Mr. Netanyahu, who as you mentioned, seven trips to America and obviously he somehow convinced the president to, to support his, his views.

And so Netanyahu has been trying to do this in order to get away from the murky and, and terrible conduct that he led Israel into, not just in Gaza, but in the West Bank and internally.

He wants to change the constitution of Israel to allow him to undertake whatever he wants to do without check.

So that is why he has been pushing for this war is to drive people's attention away from what is happening on the ground in Palestine.

Trump:

China makes all the windmills; the only problem is that they don't have wind farms.

They make the windmills, and they sell them to the suckers over in Europe. Europe is buying them by the thousands.

Trump on coal:

In the Trump administration, you are not allowed to use the word coal unless you precede it by saying “clean, beautiful.”

US official to Fox News:

Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive in Iran.

Trump on Iran:

I have to go back and look at the war.

A lot of things are happening.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) says the Kurdistan Region is not part of the war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, while warning of rising tensions in the region.

“The Kurdistan Region is not part of this war.”

It urged the Iraqi federal government to “stop militias and illegal armed groups attacking the Kurdistan Region.”

The KDP also stressed that Iraq and the Kurdistan Region must be kept out of the conflict and called for political unity and support for security forces to maintain stability.

Source: Rudaw