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Syria's defense minsitry said it reinforced its border with Lebanon, and eight Syrian and Lebanese ‌sources said this included rocket units and thousands of troops as conflict spread in the region including between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Reuters reported. 

The sources included five Syrian military officers, a Syrian security official and two Lebanese security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Syrian defense ministry said ​in a statement on Wednesday that the army has reinforced its deployment along the Syrian borders with Lebanon ​and Iraq as part of efforts to “protect and control the borders amid the escalating regional conflict”.

Iranian airstrikes on Gulf states could push them into a broad coalition aligned with the United States and widen the war against Iran, Middle East analysts said, after attacks on ports, cities and oil facilities in a vital energy-producing region, Reuters reported. 

By striking at the Gulf’s economic lifelines ​in its response to U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, Tehran may be driving wary Gulf states closer to Washington and towards coordinated action against the Islamic Republic, analysts said.

The aim of the strikes against six Gulf states, all of which are U.S. allies and host American military bases, was to ensure those countries put pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump to halt the war, but Iranappears to have miscalculated, they said, according to Reuters. 

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a ​full U.S. trade embargo on Spain on Tuesday after the European and NATO ally refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran, Reuters reported. 

"Spain has been terrible," Trump told reporters during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, adding that he had told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "cut off all dealings" with Spain.

"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain," he added, according to Reuters. 

The Election Commission (EC) has informed that it made the banking and financial institutions open some of their branches on public holidays as well. 

The government has given public holidays from March 4 to 6 for the House of Representatives elections. However, to facilitate elections, the EC requested the banks and financial institutions to run some of their branches on these holidays too.

The EC requested the Office of Comptroller General for facilitating in submission of revenue, an essential part of financial responsibility.