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The U.S. military is speeding up the deployment of thousands of Marines and sailors to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran. The USS Boxer group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are leaving early, carrying about 4,000 personnel with aircraft, missiles, and assault vehicles. They will join other ships, including the USS Tripoli. Source: Newsmax

BREAKING: 4000 additional US service members specialized for amphibious assault and landing operations deployed to the Middle East. -Newsmax

BREAKING: The Trump administration is pushing to loosen the capital restrictions put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, per WSJ

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Providing an update on the damage from the missile attacks on Ras Laffan Industrial City H.E. Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi: The missile attacks reduced Qatar’s LNG export capacity by 17% and caused an estimated loss of $20 billion in annual revenue - Extensive damage to our production facilities will take up to five years to repair and will compel us to declare long-term force majeure QatarEnergy expects the damage to its Ras Laffan Industrial City caused by missile strikes, which occurred on Wednesday 18 March 2026, and in the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2026, to cost about $20 billion a year in lost revenue and to take up to five years to repair, impacting supply to markets in Europe and Asia. Providing an update on the damage to the facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City, His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, said “I am relieved to confirm that no one was injured by these unjustified and senseless attacks, which weren’t just an attack on the State of Qatar but attacks on global energy security and stability. This was an attack on all of us who stand for development and human progress that is sustained by a fair, reliable, and secure access to energy.” The attacks damaged two liquefied natural gas (LNG) producing Trains 4 and 6 totaling 12.8 million tons per annum (MTPA) of production, representing approximately 17% of Qatar’s exports. Train 4 is a joint venture between QatarEnergy (66%) and ExxonMobil (34%), and Train 6 is a joint venture between QatarEnergy (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%). His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi said: “The damage sustained by the LNG facilities will take between three to five years to repair. The impact is on China, South Korea, Italy and Belgium. This means that we will be compelled to declare force majeure for up to five years on some long-term LNG contracts.” The attacks also targeted the Pearl GTL (Gas-to-Liquids) facility, a production sharing agreement operated by Shell, that converts natural gas into high-quality cleaner burning drop-in fuels and produces base oils used to make premium engine oils and lubricants, and paraffins and waxes. “The damage caused to one of the two trains at Pearl GTL is being assessed and is expected to be offline for a minimum of one year” His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi added. It should be noted that there will be a loss of associated product production due to this outage as follows: · Condensates: 18.6 million barrels which is around 24% of Qatar’s exports · LPG: 1.281 MT which is around 13% of Qatar’s exports · Naphtha: 0.594 MT which is around 6% of Qatar’s exports · Sulfur: 0.18 MT which is around 6% of Qatar’s exports · Helium: 309.54 MCFA which is around 14% of Qatar’s exports His Excellency the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy paid tribute to the Qatari military and security forces and to the energy sector emergency response teams whose courage and extraordinary professionalism ensured the situation was contained quickly and safely. #Qatar

BREAKING: Canada, allies ready to ‘contribute to appropriate efforts’ on Strait of Hormuz blockage, per CTV

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@clary_co How many of them were 5th generation fighter jets?

In the 1991 Persian Gulf war, the United States had 86 aircraft destroyed or damaged by enemy action. Of those, more than half (~51) were attrited within the first 20 days of the onset of the air war. (Gulf Airpower Survey, p. 61.)

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⚡Netanyahu opens his remarks in English: I just want to say - I am alive, and you are witnesses to this

BREAKING: Netanyahu says the Iranian regime 'may survive', but it will be 'much weaker'.

Kya matlab ki this was from a shady account, and now my bank account is frozen, and I have to make frequent visits to an obscure police station in Kerala to alter it!

Tension between the two countries were so high that a retired Turkish policeman assassinated the Russian Ambassador.

Damn 3 minutes! Russian Su-24 was in Turkish airspace for just 17 seconds before being shot. Both the pilot lost their life. To even it out, after 5 years, Russia in an airstrike over Syria took out 30 approx Turkish soldiers.

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⚡️#BREAKING While netanyahu speaks about Iran not having missiles, Iran has fired a few towards the north

*US AUTHORIZES DELIVERY, SALE OF CRUDE OIL FROM RUSSIA

"SEVERAL MORE WEEKS"

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Israel cut outbound flight capacity by ~50% after Iranian missile strikes damaged planes at Ben-Gurion Airport. Source: Haaretz