NYPD and FBI arrested a JDL 613 Brotherhood member on 27 March 2026 as he assembled firebombs targeting a pro-Palestine activist's New York City home; eight Molotov cocktails were recovered and federal charges filed.

A man was arrested in Paris after placing an IED at a Bank of America branch; a second suspect fled; France's counter-terrorism prosecutor has jurisdiction, and the attack method is consistent with low-cost directed attack recruitment patterns used by both ISIS and Iran-linked networks.

The US has fired 850+ Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of Operation Epic Fury — approximately 21% of the estimated pre-war inventory of 4,000. Pentagon officials told WaPo and TWZ that Middle East theater reserves are "alarmingly low" with one warning of approaching "Winchester."

Two siblings indicted March 26 in connection with IED placement at MacDill AFB (CENTCOM HQ) on March 10, 2026. Primary suspect Alen Zheng (20) fled to China before apprehension; sister Ann Mary Zheng (27) arrested for accessory and evidence tampering. First confirmed Iran-war-linked domestic IED plot targeting a US military installation. Extradition of primary suspect assessed as improbable under current US-China diplomatic conditions.

The Pentagon has ordered 2,000 to 3,000 82nd Airborne paratroopers to the Middle East, with movement beginning within one week. Division commander Maj. Gen. Tegtmeier will lead the force. Two MEUs with ARGs are also forward-deployed. The rapid-reaction posture suggests the administration is keeping forcible entry options open against Iran. The deployment will likely intensify militia pressure on US bases in Iraq and complicate the ongoing Islamabad diplomatic track.

On 25 March, fiber-optic-guided FPV drones from Kataib Hezbollah/Islamic Resistance in Iraq destroyed a US UH-60M Black Hawk and an AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar at Victory Base Complex, Baghdad. This is the first confirmed destruction of a US military aircraft by enemy drone action in the current conflict. Fiber-optic guidance defeats all current US jamming countermeasures. The cost per drone is a few hundred dollars. All US installations in Iraq and Syria face elevated risk from this technology.