Operation Epic Fury Day Nine

9 March 2026

Daily briefing

1. Middle East war: Fuel prices surge in France amid margin concerns (france24.com)

2. EU leaders set for meeting, oil prices soar amid war (dw.com)

3. Sweden seizes cargo ship with ten Russians on board (rt.com)

4. Brent crude oil price exceeds $119 per barrel for first time since June 17, 2022 (tass.com)

5. New video links timing of school strike to U.S. attack on nearby IRGC facility in Iran (english.news.cn)

6. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s second son named Iran’s new supreme leader (www3.nhk.or.jp)

7. Singapore firms in Middle East say staff safe, operations largely unaffected by war (channelnewsasia.com)

8. Mojtaba Khamenei named supreme leader; Israel bombs Tehran (aljazeera.com)

9. Iran names Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as new supreme leader, oil surges (sabcnews.com)

10. Türkiye deploys six F-16s, defence systems to Northern Cyprus amid US-Israeli war on Iran (trtworld.com)

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