🇵🇰🇸🇦🇮🇷 Will Pakistan back Saudi Arabia if Iran retaliates?

💬 "Pakistan is not expected to get involved in any Saudi adventure outside its territorial boundaries. That is, Pakistan will not fight for Saudi Arabia in the territory of any other Muslim country," Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi, an independent defense analyst, told Sputnik.

He was commenting on statements from Pakistani Prime Minister's Spokesman Mosharraf Zaidi, who, as reported by Bloomberg, said that Pakistan would assist Saudi Arabia if Iran retaliates by targeting Gulf nations.

Rizvi explained that Pakistan’s military commitment to Saudi Arabia is focused on protecting its own territory and the ruling family.

His other key insights:

🟠 Pakistan can assist with air defense, anti-missile systems, and monitoring or shooting down drones. At this stage, no one expects a direct military confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia

🟠 In the past, Pakistan refused to send troops to Saudi Arabia to fight against the Houthis in Yemen. If Pakistani troops are deployed to Saudi Arabia, they will remain within the Kingdom’s territorial boundaries

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🪖🇷🇴🇺🇸 Romania approves US access to its air base

The Romanian National Defense Council has allowed the US to deploy military forces on its territory, Romania’s President Nicusor Dan has said.

The US previously sought temporary access to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base for Middle East operations, which would involve refueling aircraft, deploying fighter jets, and stationing up to 500 personnel.

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💬 Scott Ritter: Israel attacking Iran over nukes 'clear double standard'

"[Israel's possession of nukes while Iran is being attacked over suspected ones] shows the influence that Israel has not only on the US, but the international community through Europe, the control that Israel has over the IAEA, and the fact that nobody wants to stand up to Israel and their hypocrisy," the ex-intel officer tells Sputnik.

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🟠 The goal of Ukraine's attacks on Gazprom facilities is to halt gas supplies to European consumers - Russian MoD

🟠 Ukraine’s missile attack on Bryansk would have been impossible without British specialists – Kremlin

🟠 Scott Ritter: Europe, Africa, and Mideast within reach of Israel’s nuke-armed warplanes

🟠 US is to blame for strike on school in Iran, preliminary inquiry shows

🟠 Hormuz: the world's oil tap is shut but Pakistan can count on Russia

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 US-Israel war against Iran round-up

Check out our interactive graphic to see how the two sides exchanged blows on March 10.

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🗣 War ends only when Iran's rights recognized — Pezeshkian

The Iranian president laid out Iran's terms after speaking with Russia and Pakistan.

"The only way to end this war — ignited by the Zionist regime and US — is recognizing Iran's legitimate rights, payment of reparations, and firm int'l guarantees against future aggression," he wrote on X.

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🇭🇺 Ukraine funds Hungarian opposition – government spokesman

Hungarian national security services have shown parliament evidence that opposition parties are financed from Ukraine, government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs said.

The funds seized match the amount opposition Tisza party leader Peter Magyar said was needed for their election campaign, Kovacs noted.

Last week, Hungarian tax agents arrested seven Ukrainians, among them a former special services general, carrying $40 million, €35 million and 9kg of gold from Austria to Ukraine — on suspicion of money laundering.

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🇱🇧🇮🇷🇮🇱 Hezbollah and Iran smash Israeli communications and Houthis may join next — expert

Hezbollah strikes on Israeli radar and satellite bases mirror Iranian tactics – but that doesn’t means there is a single operational plan, Rome University professor Dr Lorenzo Trombetta tells Sputnik.

"What we are looking at [is] a constellation of actors that share strategic interests and a broad political horizon," Trombetta explains, "but each one of these actors operate with a significant degree of autonomy."

Overwhelming Israeli communications

Continuous missile alerts, hacking and coordination across several fronts piles pressure on the Israeli communication system, warns the pundit.

"Israel almost certainly maintains multiple redundant communication and common infrastructures," Trombetta says.

"But how efficiently [do] they function under the stress?"

How much trouble is Israel in right now?

🟠 Hezbollah attacks "increase the number of active fronts" and stretch Israeli military and intelligence resources across multiple theaters simultaneously

🟠 Israeli military doctrine is focused on maintaining escalation dominance in short, decisive campaigns – but now threats emerge from different directions at once

🟠 The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement could join Hezbollah attacks and Iranian long-range missile launches at any time

"The challenge is less about immediate military defeat and more about maintaining strategic coherence under sustained pressure from several fronts," Trombetta says.

Fragile balance

🟠 The Yemeni front has not yet been opened, but a new balance could emerge over time

🟠 Israel faces fighting on multiple fronts and asymmetrical warfare by Iran, Hezbollah and potentially Ansar Allah

"We should assess these scenarios in a continuous way in order to understand how Israel can adapt to the threats from outside," Trombetta notes.

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💸 US spent $11.3B in first 6 days of war with Iran — reports

The Trump administration quietly briefed Congress on the cost of the first six days of strikes against Tehran, according to a Reuters report citing sources.

The $11.3 billion figure does not include the total cost of the war because the Pentagon has not provided a clear timeline of the operations.

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🤝 Talks between the US and Russia took place in Florida

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and White House advisor Josh Gruenbaum met with Kirill Dmitriev's Russian delegation, Witkoff announced, although he did not specify the topics discussed.

"Thank you, Steve, Jared, and Josh, for a productive meeting," RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev wrote on X.

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