Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned that the ongoing Middle East conflict could have “catastrophic consequences” for the oil market and global economy if it continues.

Trump hoped that killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would either cause the regime to collapse or push more moderate officials to cooperate with the U.S.

Instead, his hard-line son Mojtaba Khamenei took power and vowed revenge, and no internal uprising has challenged the regime.

Source: WSJ

The Pentagon spent about $5.6 billion on munitions in the first two days of U.S. strikes on Iran, according to officials.

The high cost is raising concerns in Congress that the military is rapidly using up limited stocks of advanced weapons.

The Trump administration is expected to request tens of billions in additional defense funding from Congress to continue the campaign.

Source: WaPo

Australian sailors embedded on the U.S. submarine USS Charlotte were ordered to their sleeping quarters during the attack that sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean.

The move was meant to ensure the three Royal Australian Navy personnel did not participate in the offensive strike, which killed at least 87 people.

Source: The Nightly

❗️A number of Merkava tanks advanced from the border fence gate in Misgav Am towards homes in the town of Adaysah, under cover of machine gun fire, artillery shelling, and airstrikes by warplanes on the town of Taybeh.

🇱🇧 President Aoun contacted the Lebanese Patriarch and offered condolences for the two Christian locals killed by Israel in south Lebanon

The Lebanese PM didn't say a single word of condemnation to the 500+ Lebanese man, woman and child killed in the same area and around Lebanon

The priest who was killed was buddies with Lebanese in Israel and maintained contact with them throughout the years

He was an advocate for the SLA and a friend of Israel.

Enough that Israeli officials issues a statement to the Lebanese in Israel, including those who serve in the IDF, trying to justify how he "was killed by mistake"

Israeli media confirms the uninterrupted contacts between him and Israelis.

And no, Hezbullah was not in the town of Qlayleh at all. Hezbullah was in the evacuated town of Qawzah according to new corrected and geolocated information.

Nor was Hezbullah there nor was the priest killed checking up on Hezbullah activity in the town

🇮🇷🇮🇱| Iran’s IRGC air defenses have shot down an Israeli Hermes-900 drone, at 1 AM, in Borujerd, Lorestan Province.

This is Maybe the 6-7th confirmed visually?

@FotrosResistancee

🇮🇶🇺🇸| The Iraqi resistance have reportedly shot down an American MQ-9 drone above Basra, Iraq.

13th reportedly now between Iran and Iraq

@FotrosResistancee

Locals from nearby towns who were seeking refuge in Rmeish were kicked out and leaving the town under the protection of the Lebanese army

❗️ Israeli aggression in Beirut has started

Dahyeh, my love

✝ As for the other Christian towns in south Lebanon:

A demonstration in front of the Qlaiaa municipality: "Whoever has someone in their house should kick them out, and everyone we don't know is our enemy."

و كسم باقي الشعب يا ولادة الحرام

Iran's Larijani:

Strait of Hormuz will either be a Strait of peace and prosperity for all or will be a Strait of defeat and suffering for warmongers.

UNICEF says at least 83 children have been killed and 254 injured in Lebanon since March 2 as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates.

On average, more than 10 children are killed and 36 injured each day.

The duo is meeting

❗️ Earlier today Hezbullah hit an Israeli Merkava being transported to the Lebanese border, burning it.

The event was confirmed by the Israeli army now, in an extremely rare acknowledge of material loses (which they rarely ever do)

New Israeli attack on Al-Jamous neighborhood in Dahyeh

🇸🇦🇰🇼🇦🇪 🛢️- Gulf states have lowered their collective oil production by ~6.7 mbpd

To put this in perspective:

The peak feared Russian supply loss, which pushed oil prices to $130, was ~2 mbpd.

This production loss is already ~3× larger.

🔗 Lukas Ekwueme

❗️Medics are responding to reports of missile impacts in the Beit Shemesh area following Iran's latest ballistic missile attack on Israel.