#MidEast - "Gulf allies privately make the case to #Trump to keep fighting until #Iran is decisively defeated" apnews.com/article/trum...

9/ The IDF said on March 29 that it intercepted two Houthi drones near Eilat, southern Israel, marking the third time that the Houthis have attacked Israel since entering the conflict on March 28. Iran Update Special Report March 30, 2026:

8/ Hezbollah claimed that it conducted 65 attacks targeting Israeli forces and communities in northern Israel and southern Lebanon between 2:00 PM ET on March 29 and 2:00 PM ET on March 30.

NEW: US President Donald Trump told the Financial Times on March 30 that the combined force has struck 13,000 targets since the start of the war on February 28. Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

"Tensions surge in final stretch of Hungarian election" - #Hungary www.politico.eu/article/tens...

ISW-CTP will provide further analysis on the war with Iran in its March 30 Iran Update. Read ISW-CTP’s latest analysis about the war here: understandingwar.org....

7/ The Turkish Defense Ministry announced that an Iranian ballistic missile entered Turkish airspace and that NATO air defense systems shot down the missile over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. This marks the 4th time that an Iranian projectile has entered Turkish airspace since the start of the war.

NEW: The IDF has launched at least two waves of airstrikes against Iranian defense industrial sites since ISW-CTP’s last data cutoff at 2 PM ET on 3/29. An Israeli military correspondent reported that the IDF has struck around 40 defense industrial sites in the past two days. (1/7)

5/ Ukrainian forces conducted long-range strikes against the Russian defense industrial base (DIB). Russian forces launched 164 drones and one missile against Ukraine. Read more:

4/ Ukrainian forces advanced near Slovyansk and in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area. Russian forces advanced near Hulyaipole, in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.

NEW: Ukraine’s operational and strategic ability to inflict mounting costs on Russia is generating increasing anxiety in the Russian ultranationalist information space. Read more in the March 30, 2026, Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar033026

NASA starts countdown for first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

War effort in Iran relies on Israel’s expertise in targeted killings - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

"Building the F-35 capability becomes concrete - the first F-35A is scheduled to arrive in #Finland in the autumn" puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206...

🔥 Russian oil terminals in Primorsk and Ust-Luga continue to burn — Radio Liberty In Primorsk, almost half of the tank fleet was damaged - 8/18 units. The cost of the fuel that could have been in them is estimated at ~$160 million.

"What the #Iran War Means for #China" www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-i...

❗️🇺🇦 Syrskyi: Russians planned to capture the entire Donetsk, Luhansk regions, a significant part of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia, create buffer zones in Sumy and Kharkiv regions and begin operations in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions in 2025.

" #Putin Is Not Trapped: Why Regime Survival Does Not Depend on Victory" - #Russia warontherocks.com/2026/03/puti...

"How the US could try to seize #Iran 's #Kharg Island" www.bbc.com/news/article...

" #France sentences tanker captain as #EU countries crack down on Russian #shadowfleet" - #Russia www.politico.eu/article/chin...

Haifa oil storage hit.

" #Zelenskyy offers #Ukraine ’s help to unblock #Hormuz" - #MidEast #Iran www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

"Russian oil tanker reaches #Cuba after #Trump appears to loosen blockade" - #Russia www.bbc.com/news/article...

#DPRK - "North Korea- #Russia axis bolstered by #Belarus" www.dw.com/en/north-kor...

" #Iran war: #Trump threatens to 'blow up' desalination plants" www.dw.com/en/iran-war-...

" #Ukraine to seek alternatives to Patriot missiles amid global shortage, Zelenskyy says" www.politico.eu/article/time...

#Iran - " #Trump threatens ‘completely obliterating’ Iranian infrastructure" www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

#Russia - " #Putin likely to stage another Salisbury-style attack, exiled oligarch says" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Orbán has been in power for 16 years -an unusually long time for a healthy democracy.Orbán&Fidesz have now faced a strong challenger:Péter Magyar&TISZA The elections in Hungary aren’t just a domestic political battle.They are also part of a broader struggle between Russia&the EU for Eastern Europe

President Donald Trump said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade. n.pr/4s47WQT

“To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people.” www.ft.com/content/3bd9...

**BREAKING** in the defence universe… China is serial producing Zubrs. What’s a Zubr? It’s the world’s largest hovercraft; it’s fast, it can carry tanks or 500 troops, and land them across beaches other landing craft would get stuck on… #OSINT www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

"The video is part of a highly targeted and unusually inflammatory Kremlin-linked campaign ahead of next month’s Hungarian election." @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/pro-...

"The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a peacekeeper was killed when a projectile exploded at one of its ​positions near the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr on Sunday." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Please, please. Republicans. Please put a stop to this. You know it’s wrong. Are there any sane people left? open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...

" #Trump appears to relax de facto oil blockade on #Cuba as Russian oil tanker nears island" - #Russia www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

" #Iran war: #Israel approves billions in new military funds" - #MidEast www.dw.com/en/iran-war-...

5/ Iran Update Special Report, March 29, 2026:

4/ Russia continues to help Iran conduct attacks across the Middle East. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is providing Iran with satellite imagery of US military assets in the region.

NEW: The Washington Post reported on March 29 that the combined force has struck four key Iranian ballistic missile production facilities and 29 missile launch bases. ISW-CTP has similarly recorded strikes on over 20 missile bases during the war. (1/5) Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

"How Viktor #Orbán became #Putin’s best friend in the #EU" #Hungary #Russia www.politico.eu/article/vikt...

"‘Don’t make me chase you’: Leaked texts reveal how Russian spies recruit, pressure and run their informants" - #Russia www.politico.eu/article/russ...

ISW-CTP will provide further analysis on the war with Iran in its March 29 Iran Update. Read ISW-CTP's latest analysis about the war here: www.criticalthreats.... (9/9)

The combined force continued to kill senior Iranian officials. Iranian media reported that airstrikes killed the head of research at the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) in Borujerd, Lorestan Province, on March 28. (8/9)

NEW: Iran has conducted five waves of ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel since ISW-CTP’s last data cutoff. Iran launched one missile in three of the waves, two missiles in one wave, and a “small” number of missiles in another wave. (1/9)

8/ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 29, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar032926

7/ Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka and Hulyaipole directions. Russian forces recently advanced in the Oleksandrivka direction.

NEW: Russian forces are struggling to advance on the northern part of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt following the onset of the Russian Spring-Summer 2026 offensive. 🧵(1/8) Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar032926

⚡️US allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba amid ongoing blockade and energy crisis. The U.S. is allowing a Russian tanker carrying crude oil to reach Cuba, The New York Times reported on March 29, amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington.