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The United States has suggested that the government of former al-Qaeda jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria is considering operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Damascus and weighing the prospects of entering the greater war on Iran, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Chile National Prosecutor Ángel Valencia on Monday requested U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to interrogate Nicolás Maduro about the assassination of exiled Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda.

The Taliban junta in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that at least 400 people were killed and 250 injured by a Pakistani airstrike that hit a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul.

President Donald Trump has decided to delay his trip to China by “a month or so,” reportedly due to the Iran war.

Joe Kent’s resignation from his national security post over opposition to military action against Iran follows earlier public statements in which he warned about threats posed by the country and supported striking its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “it’s a good thing” that Joe Kent has resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and that Kent was “very weak on security.” 

The Israeli military on Tuesday announced it has eliminated Iran’s de facto leader, Ali Larijani, with an airstrike.

President Donald Trump’s opposition in the media and political class are celebrating Joe Kent’s resignation as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center over the war in Iran.

Military commanders testify before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee about U.S. combat operations in North and South America on Wednesday, March 17.

Leftist former President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador over the weekend launched a fundraising campaign for Cuba’s communist Castro regime, inviting everyone to donate money to a recently established charity that will purchase “humanitarian aid” to allegedly “help the Cuban people.”

President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that Iran is using artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology as a “disinformation weapon” to deceive and demoralize the American people.

The Taiwan Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Chinese military aircraft are once again flying near the island after a two-week pause.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed on Sunday that his government would “welcome any regional initiative that leads to a just end” to the war – even as Iran continued launching wanton attacks against every other country in the region.

North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un declared that the country’s enemies – namely, America and South Korea – would soon understand “destructive power of tactical nuclear weapon” [sic] during a rocket launch this weekend, state media reported on Sunday.

President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that he might delay his planned trip to China due to the Iran war, especially if China refuses to help secure the Strait of Hormuz against Iranian terror attacks on civilian tankers and cargo ships.

Sandro Castro, grandson of late Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro, published a “comedy sketch” over the weekend in which a man impersonating President Donald Trump tells Castro that he chose him to reach a deal to “buy Cuba.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of eliminated longtime dictator Ali Khamenei and the country’s new “supreme leader,” was “in perfect health” on Sunday, apparently responding to a flurry of wild rumors claiming that the younger Khamenei is severely injured.

Nightly protests against communism throughout Cuba reached a fever pitch this weekend as protesters, armed with little more than local piles of garbage and combustible material, set fire to the Communist Party headquarters in Morón, Ciego de Ávila, in the early morning hours of Saturday.

The military operation in Iran entered its sixteenth day on Sunday. The eyes of the world continue to focus on the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on international energy markets, while both President Trump and the remnants of the Iranian regime both reject suggestions of peace negotiations.

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that “many countries” will be dispatching warships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, suggesting that it is “still easy” for its military to inflict damage on vessels there “no matter how badly defeated they are.”

Sen. Banks is sounding the alarm about Chinese training in the U.S. to become pilots, a fact first revealed in Peter Schweizer’s book “The Invisible Coup.”

More than quick, aggressive military action, strategy would be necessary to defeat the South. Winfield Scott’s “Anaconda Plan” aimed to strangle the South economically through a naval blockade and other means. Similarly, the air war in Iran, which has been brilliantly executed, led some to have high hopes for a swift victory through decapitation. 

A Greek-flagged oil tanker was damaged in a suspected drone attack in the Black Sea while approaching the Russian port of Novorossiysk, authorities said.

A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded at least 15 overnight into Saturday, according to the head of the regional administration for the Ukrainian capital.

The military operation in Iran is now over two weeks old. While overnight U.S. attacks on the critical Kharg Island avoided striking Iranian oil facilities, the Islamist regime in Tehran continues to attack energy infrastructure throughout the Gulf region.

Commercial vessels sailing near the Strait of Hormuz are reportedly identifying themselves as Chinese-owned or crewed by Chinese nationals, in an effort to avoid terrorist attacks from Iran.

The Lebanese government pushed for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah this week, citing the vast number of civilians displaced from southern Lebanon by the fighting.

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) is hinting at legislation to de-naturalize citizens of the United States who are convicted of terrorism crimes, including plotting to commit terrorism. 

A delegation of The People’s Forum, a far-left organization linked with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda efforts, visited Cuba this week to express “solidarity” with the Cuban communist Castro regime against the United States.

The government of Saudi Arabia confirmed that it successfully shot down dozens of Iranian drones, and at least two ballistic missiles, on Thursday and Friday, condemning Tehran for its continued attacks on nearly all of its Middle Eastern neighbors.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the U.S. Navy will “soon” begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz to protect them from Iranian terrorist attacks.

Various Iranian officials reinforced their disposition towards continuing the war against the United States and Israel without dialogue on Friday, led by the Foreign Ministry’s declaration that America would soon learn an “unforgettable lesson.”

Chen Wei, a deputy to China’s rubber-stamp National People’s Congress, on Wednesday suggested teaching mandatory sex ed classes to kindergarten children in a desperate effort to shore up China’s collapsing birthrates.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, the communist figurehead “president” of Cuba, admitted on Friday morning that officials from the Castro regime have engaged in “sensible” talks with U.S government representatives

Iran’s top diplomat at the United Nations declared Thursday, “We are not going to close the Strait of Hormuz.”

On “The Alex Marlow Show,” Under Secretary of War Emil Michael discusses A.I. and explains why the Department of War cut ties with Anthropic.