RT News - March 12 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Russia slams a UN Security Council resolution condemning Iranian strikes on American assets in Gulf states, but which fails to fault the US and Israel for starting the war. Daily, mass gatherings continue in Tehran to mourn those killed in the ongoing joint attacks by Washington and West Jerusalem. A historic release of emergency oil reserves as the International Energy Agency prepares to open the floodgates in response to chaos in the Middle East - but analysts say the drastic measure will provide little more than short-term relief. An exclusive RT report from Lebanon's embattled South chronicles the repeated IDF strikes displacing huge numbers of civilians.