The Iranian South Pars offshore gas field was bombed…
Saudi Arabia intercepted Iranian missile ‘s shot at them…
Qatar oil facility was bombed by Iran….
As was the UAE….
(Lots of Iranian Missile’s STILL flying, eh?)
US DNI Gabbard and CIA Dir. Radcliffe told Congress their boss was wrong when he said Iran had the missile capability to hit American anytime soon as a reason to go to War…
Israel IS still taking out high-level Iranian official’s, who seem to be running scared, , not the country…
Oil and Gas prices continue to rise ….
Trump is still upset because countries ain’t helping him in his War after he kept giving them same countries ‘the finger’ when they asked for Ukraine help, when the had to face him down on Greenland, and when the kept getting hit with Tariff’s….
Iran IS Letting some boat traffic go thru the Strait of Hormuz folks….
NY Times….
A missile attack struck a makeshift beauty parlor in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, killing at least three Palestinians and injuring several others, according to Palestinian officials and local residents.
The Israeli military said the attack, in the town of Beit Awwa, was caused by an Iranian missile. Palestinian officials blamed an errant Israeli aerial defense interceptor. It was the first fatal attack on Palestinians in the West Bank since the war began last month. The parlor, a converted caravan, was full of women preparing to celebrate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to the town’s mayor.
Elsewhere, drone and missile attacks targeted major energy facilities in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, hours after Iran vowed retaliation for the largest set of strikes on its energy production in nearly three weeks of war, stoking fears of a worsening global fuel crunch.
Earlier on Wednesday, airstrikes hit the infrastructure of Iran’s vast South Pars offshore gas field, its biggest source of natural gas, which could worsen the country’s already severe energy shortages. Iraq, which normally gets one-third of its natural gas from Iran, said that flow had been completely cut off, knocking out a large part of Iraq’s electric power supply.
In the evening, Qatar’s state-owned energy company said missiles did “extensive damage” to a major energy hub; one of the world’s biggest producers, Qatar has all but halted natural gas exports as Iran effectively blockades shipping traffic in and out of the Persian Gulf.
Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted a drone approaching one of its gas plants, and loud explosions rocked the capital, Riyadh, as its air defenses shot down what it described as waves of incoming missiles.
The government of Qatar said the attack came from Iran, which has aimed missiles and drones at its neighbors since the war began, in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli bombing.
“The Iranian side continues its escalatory policies that are pushing the region toward the brink and drawing countries not party to this crisis into the conflict zone,” Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
In Washington, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that even though the Iranian leadership has been “largely degraded” by U.S. and Israeli attacks, the government still “appears to be intact.”
Ms. Gabbard and John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, also undermined President Trump’s statements that he went to war because Iran would soon have missiles capable of reaching the United States. Iran could “begin to develop” an intercontinental ballistic missile “before 2035, should Tehran attempt to pursue that capability,” Ms. Gabbard said.
Oil and natural gas prices spiked following reports of the South Pars strikes, which hit petrochemical facilities in the southern city of Asaluyeh, Iran said. Those facilities process gas from the South Pars field, which lies under the Persian Gulf. The benchmark crude oil settled above $107 on Wednesday afternoon, then rose to more than $110 in international trading.
Here’s what else we are covering:
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Pentagon: The Pentagon did not comment on the strike on the South Pars gas field. While the Pentagon has held a handful of news conferences, military officials overall have provided few details about specific targets in Iran or Iranian strikes on American facilities. U.S. officials have periodically issued statements that provide an accounting of the number of airstrikes U.S. Central Command has carried out.
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Iran: An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, continuing Israel’s systematic targeting of high-ranking officials that has decimated the government in Tehran. Residents in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran said their lives were gripped by fear and anger, describing attacks coming night and day that were growing in intensity, becoming louder and getting closer. Read more ›
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Israel: In retaliation for the killings of Mr. Larijani and the commander of Iran’s powerful Basij militia, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Wednesday that it had struck Israel. Two people were killed by missile fire in Ramat Gan, outside Tel Aviv, and at least one person was injured by shrapnel, Israel’s emergency service said. Later, Central Israel came under fire, and at least one missile appeared to get through air defenses, authorities said.
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Death toll: It is unclear how many people have been killed in Iran since the start of the war on Feb. 28. A week ago, Iran’s U.N. representative told the Security Council that at least 1,348 civilians had been killed. It’s unclear if that number excludes any government and military officials. No updates have been given since.
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Lebanon: In Lebanon, health officials said that 968 people have been killed. In Israel, at least 14 people have been killed, the authorities said. The Pentagon says that 13 American service members have died since the start of the war…..
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ISW….Iran Update Special Report, March 18, 2026
- The IDF struck critical Iranian energy infrastructure on March 18, including facilities linked to the South Pars natural gas field and the Asaluyeh processing hub in Bushehr Province. These facilities are central to Iran’s domestic natural gas supply and broader energy system, which supports a significant portion of Iran’s economic activity and regime revenue. Iran exports a small share of its natural gas, primarily to Iraq and Turkey, meaning disruptions will also affect regional energy consumption.
- The IDF killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib in an airstrike on March 18. Khatib was responsible for coordinating the regime’s repression of the Iranian population in his role within the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, including overseeing the regime‘s crackdowns on the Winter 2025-2026 protests and the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests.
- The combined force’s decapitation campaign and targeting of security services is reportedly causing paranoia among Iranian regime officials and members of Iranian security services. Israeli strikes targeting internal security services are reportedly hurting “rank-and-file morale” and are driving security forces to sleep in vehicles, mosques, or sports facilities in order to avoid targeting.
- Hezbollah claimed 57 attacks targeting Israeli forces and positions in northern Israel and southern Lebanon since CTP-ISW’s last data cut off. The IDF has continued to conduct airstrikes targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, including strikes targeting Hezbollah’s social and financial service network in Lebanon.
The Guardian….
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Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company reported “extensive damage” caused by fires following Iranian missile attacks on the key industrial city of Ras Laffan. Qatar’s foreign ministry called Tehran’s “brazen” attacks a “direct threat to its national security and the stability of the region” and said it was “pushing the region toward the abyss and drawing in countries that are not parties to this crisis into the circle of conflict”.
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Doha later expelled two diplomats and their staff as a result of Iran’s repeated attacks on the country, the latest of which targeted Ras Laffan. Its foreign ministry said that if Iran continued to take “hostile” action then Qatar would have to take “additional measures” to protect itself.
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It came after Iran vowed to retaliate by attacking Gulf energy infrastructure in response to an Israeli strike on its South Pars gas field facilities – the largest in Iran and one of the largest in the world. The strikes on the South Pars gasfield, which Iran shares with Qatar, were widely reported in Israeli media to have been carried out by Israel with the consent of the US. Tehran named several energy facilities across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to target in retaliation.
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Donald Trump supported the strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field to send a message to Tehran about the strait of Hormuz, but didn’t want any further strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. But, according to the Journal’s report, the US president could be open to targeting more Iranian energy facilities, depending on whether Tehran impedes traffic in the critical waterway.
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Saudi Arabia said it successfully intercepted four ballistic missiles launched towards Riyadh. Debris fell in various parts of the capital due to the interceptions, the ministry said. No damage or injuries were reported. It also intercepted drones attempting to approach gas facilities in the country’s eastern region, with no damages reported there either.
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The UAE also intercepted Iranian missiles and drones.
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The oil price climbed towards $110 a barrel on Wednesday afternoon as the mounting threat to the Gulf’s oil and gas infrastructure fuelled concerns of more disruption to global supplies, amid the continuing blockade of the strait of Hormuz…..
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