Middle East and North Africa

Sana’a - Saba: On this day, April 7, the aircraft of the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression launched dozens of raids on villages, hospitals, schools, roads, and bridges, committing crimes that shame humanity against children and women.

On April 7, 2015, two students were martyred and dozens were injured as a result of the aggression’s aircraft targeting Al-Shaheed Al-Rashidi Basic School in Ainan area, Al-Sabra district in Ibb province.

Eleven citizens were injured and buildings were damaged as a result of a series of raids launched by the aggression’s aircraft on the mountains overlooking the Jarban Amad area in Sanhan district in Sana’a province. It also launched raids on the Special Operations Forces camp in Al-Sabaha in Bani Matar district.

Five citizens were injured as a result of Saudi artillery, missile, and air bombardment targeting villages in the border districts of Saada province, while the aircraft launched a series of raids on Al-Dhahir district and artillery shelling targeted mobile phone networks and Al-Aqsa New Hospital in the district.

The aggression’s aircraft destroyed Aqan bridge near the city of Karsh in Lahj province, which is considered one of the important bridges and the only link between Taiz and Lahj provinces.

On April 7, 2016, the aggression’s aircraft launched a raid on Al-Rubaei area west of Taiz city, a raid on Jabal Al-Han overlooking Al-Dhabab area, and a series of raids on Al-Shaouba areas in Al-Wazi’iyah district, Huthran and Al-Dhabab, and the surroundings of the Republican Palace and the eastern neighborhoods of the city, which led to damage to houses and vehicles.

The aggression’s aircraft launched two raids on Wadi Al-Masrouhi in Al-Gharbi area, Mustaba district in Hajjah province, and targeted a culvert in Al-Abisa area in Kushar district between Hajjah and Amran provinces. It also launched three raids on Jabal Al-Ashqari and a raid on the airport area in Sirwah district in Marib province, and targeted Al-Ghail district in Al-Jawf province.

On April 7, 2017, three citizens were martyred and more than five were injured in two raids by the aggression’s aircraft targeting two houses in Al-Jamna village in Hairan district in Hajjah province, while two children were martyred and 13 others, including women and children, were injured in raids targeting two houses in Al-Khouba area in the district.

Three women were injured as a result of artillery shelling by mercenaries targeting Al-Rawas village in Al-Hashma area in Taiz province, while the aircraft launched two raids north of Al-Omari schools in Dhubab district, two raids on the Air Defense hill at the old airport, and two raids in the vicinity of 50th Street in Taiz city.

A citizen was martyred in a raid by the aggression’s aircraft on Bani Saad area in Al-Dhahir district in Saada province. It also targeted citizens’ farms in Al-Khouba with two raids, launched three raids on Al-Rasifat and Al Abu Jabbarah, and 11 raids on Al-Baqa area in Kataf district, and a raid on Shada district that caused widespread destruction to citizens’ farms and properties, while Al-Hafouz area in Haidan district was subjected to Saudi missile shelling targeting citizens’ homes and farms.

Mercenaries of the aggression targeted with artillery and missiles the airport areas, Al Hajlan, Wadi Noa, and the Sirwah market in Marib province, causing major damage to citizens’ homes and farms.

The hostile aircraft launched three raids on Kahboub area in Lahj province.

On April 7, 2018, four children and a woman were martyred and a fifth child was injured as a result of a raid by the aggression’s aircraft targeting a house in Ram area in Mustaba district in Hajjah province.

The aggression’s aircraft targeted Jabal Al-Sanara in Saada with a raid, Bani Muadh area in Sahar district with a raid, and the main road linking Saada and Sana’a with a raid, causing damage to public and private property.

The aggression’s aircraft launched two raids on Al-Khokha district and a raid on Wadi Zabid in Hodeida province, four raids on Harf Sufyan district in Amran province, and 23 raids on Haradh and Midi districts in Hajjah province.

On April 7, 2019, 12 citizens, most of them students, were martyred and 92 others, most of them women and children, were injured as a result of the aggression’s aircraft targeting a school and a residential neighborhood in Sawwan in the capital Sana’a.

Mercenaries of the aggression ran over two citizens with a military vehicle in Al-Tuhayta district in Hodeida province, and Al-Tuhayta and Al-Dhabibi neighborhood in Hodeida city were subjected to artillery shelling by the mercenaries.

The aggression’s aircraft targeted Mustaba district in Hajjah province with a raid, and launched a raid on Baqim district in Saada province, while Baqim and Razeh districts were subjected to heavy Saudi missile and artillery shelling.

On April 7, 2020, a child was injured in a raid by the aggression’s aircraft on Mukayras district in Al-Bayda province. It also launched 31 raids on Qaniyah area and Nati’ district, and a raid near the customs in Al-Sawadiyah district.

A number of African migrants were killed and injured as a result of Saudi artillery shelling targeting Al-Raqo area in Munabbih border district in Saada province. Saudi missile and artillery shelling targeted populated villages in Razeh border district, while the aircraft launched a raid on Al-Malahidh area in Al-Dhahir district.

The hostile aircraft targeted Sirwah district in Marib province with 15 raids, causing damage to citizens’ property, and launched a raid on Nihm district, another on Al-Watada area in Khawlan Al-Tiyal district in Sana’a province, a raid on Al-Dailami Air Base in the capital secretariat, and three raids on Khab and Al-Sha’af district in Al-Jawf province.

Mercenaries shelled with artillery Al-Dahfash village on the outskirts of Al-Durayhimi city in Hodeida province, a house in Al-Qaraa village in Al-Taiziyah district, and Dream Land park in Al-Hawban area in Taiz city.

On April 7, 2021, the aggression’s reconnaissance aircraft launched three raids on the Kilometre 16 area in Al-Durayhimi district and Al-Tuhayta district in Hodeida province.

The aggression’s warplanes launched a raid on Al-Hasama area in Al-Dhahir district in Saada province, five raids on Sirwah district, and three raids on Madghal, Majzar, and Jabal Murad districts in Marib province.

On April 7, 2022, the aggression’s reconnaissance aircraft launched nine raids on Al-Fakher in Al-Dhalea province, Mal’a area, and Al-Juba district in Marib province, while mercenaries’ artillery shelling targeted Al-Balq Al-Sharqi and Sirwah in the same province.

On April 7, 2023, the aggression’s reconnaissance aircraft launched eight raids on Maqbanah district in Taiz province and Hays district in Hodeida province, while mercenaries established combat fortifications in Hays and shelled several areas in the province with artillery and various firearms.

This is the point of imperialist war, moreso than winning. Just waging, on every cat + dog + tree + old lady + newscaster + dentiSSt.

The Ministry of Telecommunications in Sana’a announced cumulative losses to the telecom & postal sector from 11 years of aggression & blockade exceed $6.265 billion. The Saudi‑led coalition “directly targeted the infrastructure, destroying telephone exchanges and communication towers, isolating more than 114 residential areas, affecting more than 14 million citizens.” Coalition airstrikes targeted 1,114 facilities, 711 completely destroyed, killed 80 sector workers, blockaded three submarine cables, & seized roughly 6.8 million SIM cards & vital equipment.

Apologies if the title is mistranslated!

More ongoing imperialism & retaliatory response:

One Lebanese citizen martyred, 14 others wounded in Israeli enemy airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon – SABA

Meanwhile, Hezbollah has reported regular retaliatory attacks on Israeli military bases and troops, including in the strategic border town of Khiam in recent days and in the village of Qawzah on Tuesday.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported attacks in the country’s south and east, as well as near Beirut, following a night of bombardment on the capital’s southern suburbs.

On Tuesday morning in south Beirut, reporters witnessed vast destruction near the site of an overnight Israeli strike, with rubble piled up and debris covering the street.

The overnight strikes hit infrastructure in Beirut and other areas of Lebanon. In Bshamoun, a town in the Aley region southeast of Beirut, Abbas Qassem, 55, wept as he surveyed the damage to his unoccupied flat near the targeted apartment.

"There's nothing left. It's all burned or destroyed... No walls, the windows are gone, the facade is gone, all my hard work has been lost," he said. "What have I done to have my home destroyed? I'm just a normal person," added Qassem, who works for the state telecoms provider.

Lebanon’s health ministry said three people were killed, including a three-year-old girl, and reported five others killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon.

Israel has killed at least 1,039 people and displaced more than one million others during more than three weeks of the latest aggression.

Hezbollah began launching retaliatory attacks on Israel earlier this month after Tel Aviv bombed southern and eastern Lebanon on a daily basis in violation of the November 2024 ceasefire.

Israel Katz, the minister of military affairs, said on Tuesday that the military "will control... the security zone up to the Litani" under the pretext of establishing a so-called security and buffer zone.

He claimed that displaced Lebanese residents would not be allowed to return south of the river "until security is guaranteed for the residents of the north" of the Israeli-occupied territories.

Katz stated that Israel's military was "following the model of Rafah and Beit Hanoun"—two cities that were effectively razed during more than two years of brutal assault on Gaza and remain under Israeli military occupation.

In recent days, Israeli forces have blown up bridges and destroyed civilian infrastructure in the area south of the Litani.

That area had already seen vast destruction since Israel launched its aggression against Lebanon in 2023, following the brutal war on Gaza, and despite a November 2024 ceasefire.

Many border villages were largely empty of residents even before the Israeli army resumed heavy bombardment and incursions into the area more than three weeks ago, when the latest Israeli aggression erupted.

https://xcancel.com/iribnews_irib/status/2036216875378508132#m

This is the most WarClaude™-coded thing I have ever seen. Bombing the meteorology institute on World Weather day was also like an AI joke. Moronic and devoid of anything approaching "strategy".

🚨After Trump threat to bomb Iran’s electrical infrastructure, US in cooperation with Israel, this morning assassinated Dr. Saeed Shamghadari a professor of electrical engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. https://xcancel.com/iribnews_irib/status/2036052224053260612#m

Egypt will begin curbing some electricity use, including by ordering shops and cafes to close earlier, as the North African energy importer grapples with soaring global fuel costs caused by the Iran war.

Starting March 28, malls, eateries and retailers will all have to shut by 9 p.m. for five days of the week, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told reporters on Wednesday. At weekends, they’ll need to close at 10 p.m. — still early for many in the country of 110 million, where shopping and dining long into the night is common.

The moves show the challenges the latest Middle Eastern conflict in forcing on Egypt, which relies on natural gas imports for much of its power generation and had been striving to revamp the economy after securing a $57 billion global bailout and devaluing its currency in 2024.

Other rationing will include turning off illuminated advertising billboards and reducing public lighting to a safe minimum. Many government buildings will also close by 6 p.m., while authorities are considering mandating work-from-home one or two days a week for both the public and private sectors.

“We need to begin to ration the amounts of fuel and electricity we’re using,” Madbouly said. The steps will be reviewed after a month and “God willing, if the crisis ends,” will be reversed, he added.

Madbouly said that before the US-Israeli war against Iran erupted on Feb. 28, the nation’s gas-import bill was about $560 million a month. It’s now around $1.65 billion due to the spike in global oil and gas prices caused by chaos in the Persian Gulf.

“We’re trying to take the situation in a gradual way” so as not to rattle the economy, the premier said. He described limiting energy consumption as preferable to raising fuel prices again, as the government did last week.

• Sana’a - Saba: On this day, March 22, the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression targeted civilians and infrastructure in various governorates with air and ground strikes, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of many and the destruction of public and private property.
• Mercenaries targeted Kilo 16, Al-Manzar, and Al-Khamri monitoring points with 183 artillery shells and missiles, and various gunfire in several areas of the governorate.
• The aggression’s aircraft launched 34 airstrikes on various areas in Khabb and Al-Sha’af district in Al-Jawf governorate, causing damage to citizens’ property.
• On March 22, 2021, the aggression’s aircraft launched three airstrikes on Khabb and Al-Sha’af district in Al-Jawf governorate, and targeted Sirwah district with 17 airstrikes and Madghal district in Ma’rib governorate with three airstrikes, causing damage to public and private property.
• A shell fired by the aggression’s mercenaries fell on a citizen’s house in Khaled bin Al-Walid neighborhood in Al-Hali district in Hodeida governorate, and they also shelled several areas with missiles, artillery, and various gunfire.
• The Saudi army carried out missile and artillery shelling targeting various areas in the border district of Razih in Saada governorate.
• The aggression’s aircraft launched one airstrike on Sana’a International Airport and one airstrike on Bani Hassan area in Abs district in Hajjah governorate.
• On March 22, 2022, three citizens were injured by Saudi army fire in Al-Raqo and Al-Sheikh areas in the border district of Munabbih in Saada governorate.
• Two women were martyred, a man was injured, and a large number of livestock perished as a result of an airstrike by the aggression’s aircraft targeting nomadic Bedouins in Malaha area in Al-Maslub district in Al-Jawf governorate.
• In Hodeida governorate, reconnaissance aircraft launched five airstrikes on Hays district and Al-Jabaliya area in Al-Tuhayta district, and mercenaries shelled several areas with artillery and various gunfire.

Just the other day he said the strait would "open itself" so take it all with a heaping of salt

As the third week of the Zionist war on Lebanon nears end, the Israeli occupation forces are still unable to achieve a remarkable progress in South Lebanon due to the firm resistance. On Saturday, March 21, the Islamic Resistance fighters fiercely clashed with enemy troops in in the two towns of Khiam and Naqoura, South Lebanon.

Hezbollah Military Media issued a long series of statements that detailed the Resistance operations and their outcomes.

In defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted the Filon base south of Rosh Pina with a rocket barrage at 02:05 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, according to statement 1.

At 10:45 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in the vicinity of the Khiam detention center with a rocket salvo, according to statement 2.

At 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters clashed with an Israeli force that attempted to infiltrate from the Tabasin area towards the municipality building in the town of Naqoura, using light and medium weapons and achieving direct hits, according to statement 3.

At 02:30 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles at the Marj site opposite the border town of Markaba with a rocket barrage, according to statement 4.

At 06:20 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in Khallat al-Aqsa, on the outskirts of the border town of al-Adisa, with a sophisticated missile, according to statement 5.

At 06:30 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the Taybeh project with a qualitative missile, according to statement 6.

Since 10:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters have been engaged in direct clashes with the Israeli enemy army forces in the city of Khiam, using light and medium weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. The clashes are still ongoing at the time of this statement, according to statement 7.

At 12:20 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at the Calf Hill site, north of the Kfar Yuval settlement, with a rocket barrage, according to statement 8.

At 12:20 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Metula with a rocket barrage, according to statement 9.

At 12:15 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the Taybeh project with a rocket barrage, according to statement 10.

At 12:45 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the eastern neighborhood of the city of Khiam with a rocket salvo, according to statement 11.

At 01:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers at the newly established site in Nimr al-Jamal, opposite the border town of Alma al-Shaab, with a drone attack and achieved direct hits, according to statement 12.

At 01:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at the newly established Balat site in southern Lebanon with a drone strike, achieving direct hits, according to statement 13.

The clashes waged by the Islamic Resistance fighters in the city of Khiam have continued since 10:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in the Al-Jalahiya neighborhood and the eastern part of the city, using light and medium weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, according to statement 14.

At 13:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers east of the town of Naqoura with rocket barrages and artillery shells, according to statement 15.

At 13:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Golani Junction base west of Lake Tiberias with a rocket barrage, according to statement 16.

At 13:30 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the headquarters of the Northern Command of the Israeli enemy army (Dado base) north of the occupied city of Safed with a rocket salvo, according to statement 17.

At 12:15 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Naftali base west of Lake Tiberias with a rocket barrage, according to statement 18.

At 2:15 PM on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the vicinity of Naqoura with a guided missile, scoring a direct hit. The enemy is currently attempting to recover the tank under a thick smoke screen, according to statement 19.

At 14:45 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the headquarters of the Northern Command of the Israeli enemy army (Dado base) north of the occupied city of Safed for the second time with a barrage of rockets, according to statement 20.

At 14:30 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a squadron of attack drones, according to statement 21.

At 14:30 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers at the Marj site opposite the border town of Markaba with a rocket barrage, according to statement 22.

At 16:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in the city of Khiam with a barrage of high-quality missiles, according to statement 23.

As part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, at 15:15 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a rocket barrage, according to statement 24.

As part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, at 2:30 PM on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Avivim settlement with a rocket barrage, according to statement 25.

At 15:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers at the Hadabat Al-Ejel (Calf Hill) site, north of the Kfar Yuval settlement, for the second time with a rocket salvo, according to statement 26.

As part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, at 17:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Nahariya settlement with a rocket barrage, according to statement 27.

At 18:00 on Saturday, 21/03/2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the air defense system in Ma’alot-Tarshiha with a missile salvo, according to statement 28.

As part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, at 18:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Shomera barracks with a rocket barrage, according to statement 29.

At 16:05 on Saturday, 21/03/2026, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted the Ze’ev Air Defense Base in the occupied city of Haifa with a squadron of attack drones, according to statement 30.

At 18:00 on Saturday, 21/03/2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Khiam with a guided missile and hit it directly, according to statement 31.

As part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, at 17:20 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Avivim settlement with a rocket barrage, according to statement 32.

At 17:20 on Saturday, 21/03/2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in the Al-Maasara neighborhood of the border town of Maroun Al-Ras with artillery shells, according to statement 33.

At 14:00 on Saturday, March 21, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in Khallat al-Aaksa, in the outskirts of the border town of al-Adaisseh, with a rocket barrage, according to statement 34.

At 14:00 on Saturday, 21/03/2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters will target a gathering of soldiers and vehicles of the Israeli enemy army at the occupied Khirbet Yaroun site (a Lebanese army site) in southern Lebanon with a qualitative missile, according to statement 35.

At 16:05 on Saturday, 21/03/2026, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted the Ze’ev Air Defense Base in the occupied city of Haifa with a squadron of attack drones, according to statement 30.

Video displays Hezbollah missile fire at a gathering of Israeli occupation forces in Hadbat Al-Ejel site north of the Kfar Yuval settlement pic.twitter.com/mvqLly0YQX
— Al-Manar English (@manarenglish) March 21, 2026 https://xcancel.com/manarenglish/status/2035408226083074278

https://english.almanar.com.lb/article/40307/

Tehran

To make this extra clear for certain passive-aggressive know-it-alls, this is based on an allegedly accurate translation from an Iranian general, and the graphic is illustrative. I'll open up Krita and make you a collage next time, I really promise. [lying] There, are you happy?

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund reduced the value of its US-listed equity holdings to $12.9 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, down from $19.4 billion at the close of the third quarter, according to its latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission