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The U.S. Army has quietly raised the maximum enlistment age from 34 to 42, effective March 20, 2026.
The change applies to both first-time applicants and those with prior military service.
Also buried in the same update: the Army is eliminating the waiver requirement for a single marijuana conviction or drug paraphernalia conviction.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️Iranian news agency IRNA: The US and Israel carried out strikes in the area of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr
🇮🇶💥🇺🇸 BREAKING: Iraq gives PMF green light to respond to US/Israeli aggressions “BY ALL MEANS AVAILABLE.”
Iraq’s Ministerial Council for National Security authorizes the PMF to respond under the principle of the right of response and self-defense."
This was triggered by a US airstrike on the PMF operations headquarters in Anbar province this morning killed Saad al-Baiji, the PMF’s Anbar operations commander, along with 14 of his men. 30 total killed and wounded. The strike hit during a security meeting attended by senior commanders.
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Holy shit. This is huge. Iraq joining the war on Iran’s side.
🇮🇶🚨🇺🇸 Iraq has summoned the U.S. acting ambassador over American strikes on PMF positions.
The PMF is not a militia, it is an official branch of the Iraqi armed forces.
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❗️Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich, speaking to Israel’s Radio 94FM:
“The battle in Lebanon must end, at the very least, with the Litani River becoming the new border of the State of Israel. We must, of course, continue striking Hezbollah and decisively defeat it.”
Host: “Do you mean establishing settlements?”
Smotrich: “No, not at this stage. We are talking about a fully cleared security strip. Alongside the security aspect, there is also the need to instill in the enemy the ‘cost of mistakes’ and the ‘cost of defeat.’”
“Arabs, whether in Gaza or Lebanon, do not calculate in terms of casualties. What matters to them is land and territory. Everyone in the region dealing with us must understand that when they lose, they lose land to us.”
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/55398
The shamelessness of these ghouls will never stop making my blood boil. I’m genuinely going to throw a party they get their just desserts.
🇮🇷🇵🇰🇦🇫 — ‘I am ready to do whatever is necessary to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Pakistan is a country that was held in special affection by our martyred leader. I ask our two brotherly countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, to establish better relations between them for the sake of God’s pleasure, and I, in turn, am ready to do everything necessary in this regard.’
— The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, may God protect him, in his latest message
@SimurghRes
❗️UAE expands secret air network across Africa to arm Sudan’s RSF militia as war deepens
The United Arab Emirates has built covert air routes across Africa to supply Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, according to reporting by Le Monde. Cargo flights have moved through hubs in Ethiopia and the Central African Republic, forming a sustained logistical chain using aircraft with obscured ownership and limited tracking visibility.
The RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, is at the center of Sudan’s war against forces loyal to Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, with widespread reports of atrocities in Darfur and other areas. Analysts link Abu Dhabi’s growing economic presence in Central Africa to the expansion of these supply corridors, turning the region into a key transit zone for weapons and fighters.
The war has spilled across borders, pulling in actors from Chad to eastern Libya, where networks tied to Khalifa Haftar continue to facilitate supply lines.
What are the odds of the US fully seizing control of Venezuela now that there will be oil shortages
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj9znklprlo
Absolutely zero.
However, just straight up buying oil from Venezuela had always been an option.
Im not sure thats possible, atleast not quickly. Part of the reason for the fast retreat, was that Venezuela had prepared for a long battle of attrition in Venezuela, that at minimum would hold the US in a quagmire even if the US did end up winning. While Venezuela has taken a “strategic retreat” to contenue living, that doesn’t work if the next threat is you stop existing, and I am not sure the US can afford to be in 2 wars of attrition at the moment
If the US government was at least somewhat rational, I would say the chances are low because their military is already over-strained, over-stretched, under-maintained and under-supplied to a level that is just not remotely sustainable and they cannot afford yet another front, not even against the weak Venezuelan military.
But the US government and their Pentagon lackeys appears to be a bunched of fools and clowns with a gift for wasting resources on obviously doomed projects and have it all backfire in the worst way possible.
💠 Israel’s Channel 12 admission of inability to counter Iranian missiles: 100% interception is never possible
🔹 The base of the Zionist regime’s Channel 12 addressed in a report the reason for the inability to intercept Iranian missiles and wrote: According to military experts, complete and 100% interception of missiles launched by Iran will never be achieved.
🔹 The reason for this is the ongoing competition between Iranian missiles and Israeli defense systems. This competition is such that Iran learns from each wave of attacks on Israel and if the objectives are not achieved, it corrects the shortcomings of the previous wave in the next wave of attacks, and Israel, in case of failure of its defense systems, will fix the defects of its systems in subsequent waves of attacks.
🇱🇧✝️☪️🇮🇷 Christians and Hezbollah Unite Against ‘Epstein Empire’
March 23, 2026 — Originally published in The Telegraph and since REMOVED from their website, though it remains accessible via Yahoo News.
Ras Baalbek, a Catholic town of 6,000 in Lebanon’s northern Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border, shows the complexity of the country’s sectarian landscape. Here, Christian residents have forged an unlikely alliance with Hezbollah to protect their heritage and their lives. Each year, the Iranian-backed group buys the town a Christmas tree, a small but symbolic gesture of solidarity.
“The relationship between the village and Hezbollah is stronger than with the Pope,” says Rifiat Nasrallah, 60, a quarryman whose marble sarcophagi line the cemetery. “The Vatican did nothing for us, but Hezbollah spilled their blood to protect us. The Pope only has prayers.”
Two Lebanese soldiers were in Rifiat Nasrallah’s home as he spoke. On the wall hung a crucifix beside a portrait of Hezbollah’s former secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah. The two men are not related. The image captured the coexistence of the village’s Catholic faith and Hezbollah’s presence.
During the Syrian civil war, the threat that brought Christians and Hezbollah together came from the east. Islamic State fighters attacked from nearby Qasr in Syria, kidnapping workers and threatening to behead villagers. The Lebanese army initially stayed on the sidelines. Hezbollah responded first, sending fighters and coordinating defensive operations alongside local residents.
“At first, it was only Hezbollah and the villagers who fought the Salafists,” Nasrallah recalls. “We fought together with missiles and rockets. Many were wounded, some died. I was nearly killed by shrapnel.”
The Lebanese army later joined in and is credited with driving IS out of the region by 2017, but the early defense cemented the bond between the Catholic village and the Shia militia.
Today, renewed regional tensions fuel anxiety in Ras Baalbek. Christians worry about attacks from Syrian Salafist groups, while Hezbollah monitors Israeli activity across Syrian airspace. Nasrallah is clear about his priorities. “Israel is our first enemy. Hezbollah is our friend.”
Shia refugees in the valley recall constant drone strikes, air raids, and daily violence during the last ceasefire. One described it as the “cruellest” period of the war. Trauma has deepened suspicion toward global powers. “We are at war with the Epstein people,” the refugee said. “They eat, fry, and rape kids. They are monsters. The worst part is they rule the world.”
For Ras Baalbek, Hezbollah is no abstract force. The militia defended the village from IS, provided medical care during Covid, delivered electricity when generators were scarce, and maintained Christmas traditions.
Nasrallah is unequivocal. “How can we as Christians here not be with Hezbollah? They protect our churches. They fought Isis with us. They gave us care, generators, even a Christmas tree. How can we not be with them now?”
🇧🇩: 🇵🇭 : 🇮🇩 | Our sources in the Iranian consulates of Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Indonesia have confirmed the huge influx of humanitarian aid from all parts of society. In Bangladesh, the members of Jamat al-Islami have contributed their best from their side.
🇺🇸🇰🇼⚔️🇮🇷 As reported numerous times, here’s yet another example of the US using regional countries to launch attacks on Iran.
Video of ATACMS/PrSM launches from Kuwait — or, as we like to call it, “soon to be Iraq.”
Video in https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179106
Kuwait — or, as we like to call it, “soon to be Iraq.”
Justified. Kuwait was originally a province of Iraq that the British ripped out of Iraq to make a convenient little client protectorate for control over the region’s oil.
yeah we dont need fake sheiklets anymore.
I don’t see what’s wrong. They have enough diesel for the current quarter. That’s as far as anyone should care about, right?
Of course. Nobody should care about Ukraine
🔥🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷SAUDI PRINCE ENCOURAGES TRUMP TO CONTINUE THE WAR AGAINST IRAN — NYT
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Shalom, urges Trump to continue the war against Iran, calling it a “historic opportunity” to change the situation in the Middle East and potentially weaken or overthrow the Iranian government. He believes that Iran represents a “long-term threat that must be decisively combated”.
“For the country to live the
KingPrince must die”MBS knows this is the end of the line for the Monarchy. If the US withdraws, his rule is fucked. The people will not tolerate a blatant monarchy for long (especially given the religious connotation to this war), and he won’t have US military support to quell any domestic rebellion. To top it off, Iran has always supported anti-imperialist causes in West Asia. MBS would get his head put on a spike by a Hezbollah equivalent in less than a year.
He’s going all out. Either the US stays or the Monarchy goes.
Yep, there is a reason the Gulf states are so hesitant to get directly involved, empowering their own trying domestic militaries will lead to a Gaddifi couping their asses and Iran knows it. Their paper thin rule depends on material wealth to keep their populations placated and for the US to act their as their personal bouncers.
Yea, that tracks
🇮🇱😵Israeli media: A reserve soldier in the Israeli army was found dead in Bat Yam after shooting himself inside a shelter.
A shame he didn’t drag anyone else to hell with him.
Based.
🇵🇭The President of the Philippines: We may be forced to ground aircraft due to fuel shortages caused by the war in Iran. Some countries have informed our airlines that they cannot supply fuel to our planes.
