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Iran Rejects Negotiations, Pledges Ongoing Strikes as Trump Sees War Ending Soon
Conflict over global energy supplies escalates as U.S. strikes thousands of Iranian targets and Iran asserts it will decide the war's end.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signaled progress as the U.S. military struck more than 5,000 targets and damaged over 50 vessels while Iran continued strikes in the 11-day-old war.
- Hezbollah-Linked militants stepped up attacks on Israeli forces, Israel struck targets tied to the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association, and Gulf states intercepted multiple drones, with Kuwait's National Guard downing six and Saudi Arabia's defense ministry destroying two.
- The Pentagon says seven U.S. soldiers have died, U.S. and Israeli strikes killed about 1,300 Iranian civilians, and a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school killing 175.
- Oil markets reacted as oil spiked to nearly $120 a barrel on Monday before retreating after Trump suggested the war might end soon, fighting slowed ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and Pakistan warships escorted merchant vessels Tuesday.
- President Trump intensified warnings Monday, saying 'I will not allow a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop the globe's oil supply', while Iran's IRGC said Iran would decide when the war ends.
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Combatants in Mideast war trade more air strikes as Iran clamps down on dissent
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Phil StewartDUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Israel traded air strikes with Iran's military across the Middle East as the besieged Tehran government warned its state security forces were ready with "fingers on the trigger" to confront any revival of anti-government protests.
The U.S. vowed its 'most intense day of strikes inside Iran'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon was giving President Trump "maximum options" and that the war will not be "endless," a day after the president gave mixed signals about progress.
Trump sees Iran war ending soon; Tehran refuses ceasefire negotiations
As the US-Israel-Iran war entered its 11th day on Tuesday, March 10, United States President Donald Trump said that the war would not last very long while also pledging to hit Iran “twenty times harder” if it disrupts oil trade in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile Iran reported its heaviest ever air raids since the start of the war on February 28, with dozens of explosions being heard in Tehran. Reports also mentioned a US military strike on a sch…
An Israeli security source explained that Jerusalem is aiming to cause maximum damage before the window of opportunity closes, after the US president said the campaign is "almost complete." Today, Trump said he was "not happy with the new leader in Iran," but left open the possibility of negotiations with Tehran.
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