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Fire reported at oil storage tanks at UAE’s Fujairah port A fire broke out at oil storage facilities at the United Arab Emirates’ Port of Fujairah early Saturday following an attack, Anadolu news agency reported.  The report said that authorities were assessing the situation at the major Gulf energy hub, which serves as a key storage and export point for regional oil supplies. Details about the extent of the damage were not immediately available.

These are the casualties and cost of the war in Iran 2 weeks into the conflict  Georgia Public Broadcasting

These are the casualties and cost of the war in Iran 2 weeks into the conflict  NPR

These are the casualties and cost of the war in Iran 2 weeks into the conflict  Jefferson Public Radio

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The Army Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran has downed the seven drones of the enemy over the past 48 hours.

March 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was hit in a missiles attack, Iraqi security sources told Reuters on Saturday. The attack caused smoke to rise from the embassy's building, the sources said, without providing details on the damage. (Reporting by Muayad Hameed; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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Even as the first western journalist to interview Ayatollah Khomeini, I had no inkling of what was to come. Perhaps we should have learned from history Watching Iran in flames, I can’t help wondering whether history is coming a grotesque full circle 47 years after the fall of the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty, or whether western powers are simply repeating past errors by attempting violent regime change from outside. As a young reporter, I had a ringside seat for part of the 1979 revolution that overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and installed an austere Islamic republic headed by a Shia Muslim cleric with the titles of “leader of the revolution” and “guardian jurist” (vali-e faqih). Continue reading...

Iran Conflict Update: Pentagon Names Six Air Force Personnel Killed in Crash, Total American Loss at 13  Homeland Security Today

Iranian Retaliation Widens as Conflict Escalates Across Gulf  Bloomberg.com

Shopping Will Take a Hit From the Iran War. Retail Stocks Are Paying the Price.  Barron's

Vessel traffic through Strait of Hormuz fell to one transit March 12: CAS  S&P Global

Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.

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Trump’s Frustration Over the Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz  WANA News Agency

North Korea on Saturday has fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military says, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States

Defense secretary described Iran’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the ‘so-called not-so-supreme leader’ who is ‘wounded and likely disfigured’

Tehran threatens to reduce US-linked oil facilities to 'pile of ashes' if oil structures on the island are targeted.

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Ali Mousavi has said that the outbreak of tension in the Strait of Hormuz is the result of the illegal US-Israeli aggression waged against Iran.

Trump claims 'many countries' sending ships to keep Hormuz strait open  Euronews.com