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Trump sends new message to NATO allies over Strait of Hormuz  CBS News

Army says it will bomb Litani River crossings used by Hezbollah as it repeats warning for south Lebanon residents to flee northward following Hezbollah rocket barrage on north The post IDF strikes Hezbollah financial, military sites; Lebanese authorities report 14 dead appeared first on The Times of Israel.

An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded.

Iran’s South Pars Gas Field Is Attacked, Sending Energy Prices Soaring  The New York Times

Republicans insist Trump has a strategy on the Strait of Hormuz — even as it changes by the hour  MS NOW

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that China had agreed to postpone U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing, originally scheduled in just two weeks. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that the White House was working to secure a new date for the visit as soon as possible. Trump, citing the demands of the Iran war, said on Tuesday that he would take the trip to Asia in "about five or six weeks" but did not specify a date.

The U.S. attacked Iran to show its power but the war is already lost. Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail  Fortune

The upheaval in Iran's leadership since the start of the war with Israel and the United States has further strengthened the political influence of the Islamic republic's ideological army, the Revolutionary Guards, analysts said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was set up on the orders of revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini shortly after the 1979 ousting of the shah, with a mandate separate from the regular armed forces to protect the revolution from internal and external threats.

US President Donald Trump's administration scrambled Wednesday to rein in surging energy costs from war in the Middle East, temporarily waiving a century-old shipping law and easing Venezuela sanctions. The moves came after oil prices rocketed following US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. Tehran's retaliation brought commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to a virtual halt, snarling energy supply chains. Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas pass through the critical waterway during peacetime.

For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region  The New York Times

Group claims Israel hitting cops who are trying to maintain security and stability, which Jerusalem rejects, saying it targets terror operatives who pose active threat to its troops The post Hamas accuses Israel of targeting police force as group tightens grip on Gaza appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Iraq’s gas imports from Iran halted after Israel strikes facilities Iraq’s gas supply from Iran has stopped following the strikes on Iranian gas sites earlier today, according to a report from the Iraqi electricity ministry. Iraq is heavily reliant on Iranian energy, importing over a third of its gas and power from Iran.  “As a result of the repercussions of developments in the region, Iranian gas flows to Iraq stopped completely,” electricity ministry spokesperson Ahmed Moussa told the Iraqi News Agency.

We're buying more shares of a company immune from the Iran war uncertainty  CNBC

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Nato allies are ‘working collectively’ to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, says Rutte Nato allies are discussing how they can get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters during a visit to Norway. “We all agree, of course, that trade has to open up again. And what I know is that allies are working together, discussing how to do that. They’re working on that collectively, to find a way forward,” Rutte said. This comes after comments from French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that France will never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's failed strong-arming of allies on Iran shows that pressure is losing its effect  PBS

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Ship traffic in Strait of Hormuz has plunged. The White House response keeps shifting.  Yahoo Finance

A viral video claiming to show an Iranian strike on a US warship has even fooled Donald Trump.