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โŒ๐Ÿ›ข Oil Armageddon? Strait of Hormuz shuts, choking global energy supplies The world's most critical energy artery has been severed. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been utterly disrupted following US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Sputnik mapsโ€ฆ
๐ŸšจStrait of Hormuz: key facts

Itโ€™s the only maritime route providing an outlet from the Persian Gulf to the world's oceans.

โœ… Length: ~167 km

โœ… Narrowest point width: ~ 33 km

โœ… LNG trade: >30%

โœ… Oil & petroleum trade: ~ 20%

โœ… Vessels passing daily before war: 200-300

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โš ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ US Embassy in Kuwait suspends operations

The US State Department announced the suspension of operations at the US Embassy in Kuwait City, according to a statement released on March 5.

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๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israeli forces announce series of strikes on Hezbollah command centers in Beirut ๐Ÿ”Š "A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force completed a wave of intelligence-based strikes in Beirut against several command centers belonging to the Hezbollah," the IDFโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง IDF kills Hezbollah firepower commander in Beirut โ€” statement

The Israeli military said its air force carried out a strike in the Beirut area that killed Zaid Ali Jama'a, whom it described as the Hezbollah official responsible for managing the groupโ€™s firepower and artillery in southern Lebanon.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œAs part of his role, Jama'a was in charge of launching thousands of rockets, missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles towards the State of Israel from Lebanese territory,โ€ the IDF said on X.


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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท 'We don't see any reason why we should negotiate with the US' - Araghchi

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Iranian missiles head toward Tel Aviv

Circulating footage filmed over Nablus appears to show Iranian missiles heading toward Tel Aviv during an ongoing attack.

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๐Ÿ“น โ€˜We want to fight now more than they doโ€™ โ€” Trump on Iran

President Donald Trump claimed it was โ€œa little bit late" for negotiations.

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๐Ÿ“น โ€˜We want to fight now more than they doโ€™ โ€” Trump on Iran President Donald Trump claimed it was โ€œa little bit late" for negotiations. ๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
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๐Ÿ“น Trump urges Iranian forces to surrender

President Donald Trump called on members of Iranโ€™s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military, and police to lay down their arms amid the ongoing US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œAccept immunity. Weโ€™ll give you immunityโ€ฆ or youโ€™ll face absolutely guaranteed death,โ€ Trump claimed.


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๐Ÿ’ฅ Iranian drone strikes US air base in Kuwait - reports

An Iranian drone struck the US Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwai, local media reported.

The NASA FIRMS satellite fire-tracking system detected a significant thermal anomaly inside the base area following the reported strike.

Footage from social media

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๐Ÿ“น Cuba's next โ€” Trump calls it โ€˜a question of timeโ€™

President Donald Trump suggested that the situation in Cuba could follow developments in Iran.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œWe want to finish this one firstโ€ฆ but that will be just a question of time before youโ€ฆ are going to be going back to Cuba,โ€ Trump said.


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๐Ÿ“น Israel strikes the southern suburbs of Beirut

The IDF has launched airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, hitting several targets, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ“ก Iranian strikes hit key US missile-defense radar sites โ€” reports

Satellite imagery suggests Iranian attacks damaged US-made radar systems linked to THAAD missile defenses in the Middle East, according to CNN.

CNN reported that a THAAD radar site at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan appears to have been struck and likely destroyed, while buildings housing similar radar systems in the UAE were also hit.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThe AN/TPY-2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery,โ€ munitions expert N.R. Jenzen-Jones told CNN, adding that losing one would be โ€œan operationally significant event.โ€


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๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistanโ€™s MoD advisor highlights Iranโ€™s advantages in conflict with US and Israel

The ongoing conflict with Iran is a war of attrition, and Tehran holds certain advantages in it, according to Dr. Maria Sultan, an advisor to Pakistanโ€™s Ministry of Defence.

In an interview with Sputnik, she stated that US assets are "measurable, visible, and extremely costly โ€” even when used for defense."

However, Sultan also acknowledged that the success of US and Israel in taking out senior Iranian officials suggested a intelligence failure on Tehranโ€™s part.

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๐Ÿšจ Iran war casualties: latest figures

As of March 5, casualties include 1,230 dead in Iran, including 168 girls killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Minab on February 28.

Casualties were also reported in several other countries across the Middle East amid the latest escalation.

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โŒ US House rejects effort to stop war with Iran โ€” reports

The US House of Representatives voted 212โ€“219 to reject a war powers resolution that would have forced the US to withdraw from its aggression against Iran unless Congress formally authorized military action.

The measure, introduced by Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna, was largely defeated along party lines. It followed a similar proposal that the Senate also rejected earlier in the week, The Guardian reported.

Supporters of the resolution argued that the US Constitution requires congressional approval before entering a military conflict.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThe 1973 War Powers Resolution states plainly that the president may only introduce US armed forces into hostilitiesโ€ under specific conditions, Massie said, adding that โ€œnone of those conditions exist today.โ€


Critics of the conflict warned the US had launched military action without a clear objective.
๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œWe have no concrete justification for why we are putting American troops in harmโ€™s way and spending billions of dollars on a foreign war,โ€ House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.


According to The Guardian, the fighting has already resulted in six US troops killed and more than 1,200 people killed in Iran, as the conflict spreads across the Middle East.

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