New York (APP – Urdu Point / Pakistan Point News – 29 Mar, 2026) Thousands of American sailors and Marines have arrived at… middle US Central Command announced, on Friday, in a post on the X website, that the Pentagon is considering its next steps in the US-Israeli war on Iran, a month after it began.
It is unclear where the troops will go specifically, but speculation is growing in the United States that they may be tasked with seizing Iran’s Kharg Island. essential A center for Iranian oil exports.
Meanwhile, the scope of the war expanded as Houthi fighters in Yemen fired a second missile toward Israel, hours after the first attack that marked the group’s entry into the conflict, according to CNN. television network.
In Islamabad, countries in the region are scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss how to end the fighting that threatens global supplies of oil, natural gas and fertilizers and disrupts the air. He travels.
Iran’s grip on the strategic Strait of Hormuz has shaken markets Prices. The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have targeted Israel and the neighboring Gulf. Arab Countries. More than 3,000 people were killed, most of them in Iran where civilian targets were attacked.
On the other hand, the authorities were able to put out a massive fire Kuwait The Kuwaiti army said that a drone attack hit fuel tanks there after a drone attack on the international airport.
CNN said it had geolocated several videos showing damaged buildings at the University of Engineering in Tehran after they were bombed during the night.
Across the region, falling debris from an interceptor missile injured 11 people and damaged several buildings in Eshtalul, central Israel, according to medical reports.
The residence of the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region was attacked, according to the Prime Minister’s Media Office.
A major global aluminum company said its smelter site suffered “significant damage” from Iranian missile and drone attacks on Abu Dhabi.
Although US President Donald Trump said there were “very robust talks” underway with Iran about a diplomatic solution, the series of strikes that occurred on Friday and Saturday gave no sign of the fighting abating.
While there were no reports of casualties in the ballistic missile attack launched by the Houthis on Israel, the group, which controls a large part of Yemen, could further destabilize global markets, according to analysts. During the war in Gaza, the Houthis disrupted international shipping by threatening ships in the Red Sea. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Houthi group, said that the attacks started from… Yemen It will continue “until the aggression ends.”
The 2,500 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit sent by President Trump to the Middle East are part of the amphibious ready group USS Tripoli, accompanied by 2,500 sailors, U.S. military officials said.
The Marines, usually stationed in Okinawa, Japan, are expected to be part of Trump’s efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been mostly closed by Iranian forces. Although American officials claim that the Iranian Navy has been largely crippled by the American and Israeli bombing campaign, they said that Iran is still capable of deploying speedboats loaded with mines or explosives from the rugged coastline or small islands of the strait.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the United States does not need ground forces to achieve its goals in Iran and expected the war to end within weeks, not months.
But President Trump has not ruled out using Marines or special forces.
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