War Against Iran: The U.S. Has Accelerated The Dispatch Of Marines And F-35s

(Updated) The redeployment of forces is ahead of schedule.

In the Middle East, Israel and the United States are continuing Operation Roaring Lion against Iran.

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23:07 The Pentagon is preparing to deploy U.S. ground troops to Iran, according to CBS News.

22:53 The British government has authorized the United States to use military bases in Britain to strike Iranian missile positions from which to launch attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports.

22:44 The allies have succeeded in critically undermining Tehran's defense and nuclear capabilities. Iran has lost the ability to enrich uranium and produce ballistic missiles.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said this at a news conference in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported.

21:16 The United States is urgently moving thousands of Marines and sailors to the Middle East, with some of the forces being sent weeks ahead of schedule, Reuters reported.

20:11 Russian authorities have offered the United States a deal. Moscow has promised to stop sharing intelligence with Iran if Washington stops such exchanges with Ukraine, Politico reported. The Trump administration rejected those trades.

17:56 US aircraft are striking Iran's speedboats near the Strait of Hormuz. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing a US official.

He said that A-10 attack aircraft and AH-64 helicopters have been involved in the operation for several days to attack Iranian speedboats interfering with commercial shipping through the strait.

The source noted that fighter jets redeployed to the region had previously been able to participate in countering Iranian boats and missiles, but the reinforcement of the air grouping allowed the intensity of operations to increase.

15:20 The US and Israel have struck ports in southern Iran. According to Iran's Tasnim news agency, 16 civilian and commercial ships were destroyed in the attack. The strikes hit the ports of Bandar Lenge and Bandar Kerug near the Strait of Hormuz.

13:58 The US and some of its allies began using attack aircraft to hit Iranian warships and Apache helicopters in a drone strike to clear the Strait of Hormuz.

This is the first phase of an operation to allow U.S. Navy ships to enter the strait by organizing security and escorting commercial ships in and out of the Persian Gulf. The sweep of the strait and its coastline could take weeks. Heavily armed A-10 Warthog jets and Apache attack helicopters are flying missions over the strait and off Iran's southern coast. The planes are hunting Iranian speedboats. Some U.S. allies, however, use the helicopters to fight single-use attack drones.

13:19 Iran launched a second airstrike on the Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery in Kuwait on the night of March 20, causing a fire at the site.

According to Al Jazeera, the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was struck by Iranian UAVs early Friday morning. As a result, a fire broke out at the facility. According to preliminary information, no one was killed or injured. Local emergency services are now trying to put out the fires. Some facilities of the refinery have been shut down for safety reasons. This is the second strike by the Iranian army on the Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery in the last two days. Before that, the Iranians attacked it on March 19.

12:44 Iran says it has eliminated a senior security official. The spokesman in question is Ali Mohammad Naini, a spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who was eliminated in a strike on Tehran, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency. Naini played an important role in the corps' information and ideological work for decades, and in recent years was one of the key "voices" of the organization.

12:21 Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation has deprived Iran of the ability to enrich uranium and produce ballistic missiles. According to The Times of Israel, speaking to reporters, he emphasized that Tehran is now "weaker than ever," and its emptying missile and drone arsenals will soon be completely destroyed.

12:19 The U.S. Army, in a military operation against Iran, has launched an airstrike on a military plant in the city of Karaj that produced ballistic

missiles.

10:58 The U.S. bombed a ballistic missile plant in Iran.

The US army, in a military operation against Iran, has launched an airstrike on a military plant in the city of Karaj where ballistic missiles were produced. According to U.S. commanders, the missiles produced at the Karaj plant posed a threat to Americans, neighboring countries, and free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.

08:07 The U.S. has accelerated the dispatch of thousands of Marines and landing ships to the Middle East.

A landing task force led by the USS Boxer and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit has left the U.S. West Coast ahead of its original schedule. The group includes amphibious transport dock landing ships USS Portland and USS Comstock. On board are about 4,000 troops, including 2,500 Marines. In addition to personnel, the ships carry F-35 fighter jets, missiles and land landing equipment. En route to the Middle East, the group will pass through the Indo-Pacific region. After arriving at the conflict zone, it will join up with the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli. The cruiser USS New Orleans and dock ship USS Rushmore will later join the group. The deployment will bring about 8,000 military personnel, including up to 5,000 Marines, to the conflict region.

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