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🇸🇾❌🏴🇺🇿 — 3 suspected IS terrorists killed and 4 arrested as operations continues in eastern Aleppo
➡️ Combing operations ongoing in Aleppo, looking through IS hideouts, one IS terrorists reportedly blew himself up during the clashes leading to unknown casualties.
➡️ 3 members of the General Security were confirmed killed so far, some unverified reports state the clashes broke out when the General Security attempted to arrest Uzbek foreign fighters in the city.
➡️ This is the first direct battle between the new Syrian government and Islamic State terrorists since the Damascus takeover, the terrorist group has not released a statement as a confirmation yet.
🇺🇸🇸🇦🇸🇾 — Trump says he lifted sanctions to give Syria a chance after Saudi crown prince Muhammed Bin Salman asked him.
He also once again calls the Syrian President a "handsome guy".
⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - The IDF has announced that it has launched the first stages of the "Gideon's Chariots" major offensive operation in Gaza.
📝 The IDF in the statement [click to expand]:
» Over the past day, the IDF launched extensive attacks and mobilized forces to seize strategic areas in the Gaza Strip, as part of the opening moves of Operation Gideon's Chariots and the expansion of the campaign in Gaza, to achieve all the goals of the war in Gaza, including the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas.
» IDF troops in the Southern Command will continue to operate to protect Israeli citizens and realize the goals of the war.
🇺🇸📞🇱🇾 — According to NBC news, Haftar was reached for a comment but they didn't respond.
➡️If the report is true then it's most likely Haftar's government, due to his close ties to Israel and UAE.
➡️Moreover, the last time a minister in Dbeibah's government (GNU) held talks with Israel a year ago, she was expelled outside the country and mass protests outbroke in the country, Haftar however, has a firm grip on security in such events.
⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - A clearer image of a "Merkava III" Tank with [classified] ERA on the sides.
The mass-equipment of these ERA blocks on older model "MK.III" tanks likely is preparations for the upcoming "Gideon's Chariots" Operation in Gaza.
🇺🇸🇮🇴⚡️ Last week, six American B-2 stealth bombers departed Diego Garcia and were replaced by four B-52 bombers.
➡️ Additionally, six KC-135 refueling tankers and possibly a P-8 anti-submarine/maritime patrol aircraft are also deployed at the base.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷⁉️ — Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi denies Trump's claims and says Iran hasn't received any proposals from the US.
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🇱🇾🇺🇸 — A U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone has been surveilling the Libyan coast, likely gathering intelligence amid rising tensions. Recent protests have called for the government's overthrow, following clashes between militias in the capital, Tripoli.
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🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 — Israeli airforce is conducting airstrikes on Yemen.
🇦🇱🇪🇺⚡️ WATCH: At the European Political Community meeting in Tirana, European leaders were shown AI-generated baby versions of themselves.
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🇸🇾🤝🇦🇪🇩🇪 — Syria plans to print a newly-designed currency in the UAE and Germany instead of Russia, according to Reuters.
🇺🇸🇸🇦 — US President Trump:
I shaked more hands than any human being is capable of doing, they were starving for love, because our country didn't give them love, they gave them a fist bump, you remember the fist bump in Saudi Arabia? He [Biden] traveled all the way to Saudi Arabia to give them a fist bump, that's not what they want, they want to shake his hand.Читать полностью…
🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦 — For the first time since 2022, Russian and Ukrainian officials meet in Istanbul for ceasefire negotiations.
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— 🇺🇸/🇦🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: Trump was taken to the local Synagogue in Abu Dhabi at the 'Abrahamic family house'
During the visit, President Trump stated: 'That's great, as you know I'm part Jewish, and I love Jewish people a lot.'
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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — Local sources report continuous IDF Airstrikes and shelling in the areas of "AlAmoudi" and "AlSultan" of "Beit Lahia", northern Gaza.
➡️Simultaneously, ongoing reports state the IDF has begun an incursion towards the "Sultans" Cemetery area, northwest of "Beit Lahia", northern Gaza.
➡️Image attached displays an illustration of the maneuver, as well as the extent of IDF control in "Beit Lahia".
1️⃣ ⚡️— Final statement of the Arab Summit:
We reiterate our categorical rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people and call for the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip.
🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Earlier reports about Trump standing up to Netanyahu appear incorrect.
➡️Trump says he is not frustrated with the Israeli PM despite his numerous attempts to undermine the US.
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🇵🇸❌🇮🇱🇺🇸📞🇸🇾 — NBC report says Syria is also under discussion as a possible location to relocate Palestinains.
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🇱🇾🇺🇸❌🇵🇸 — According to NBC news, Trump is planning to move 1 million Gazans to Libya, talks are ongoing regarding the matter.
🏴❌🇸🇾🇺🇸 — Islamic State terrorists are spreading this leaflet in Syrian circles, amid an ongoing recruitment campaign
➡️ The terrorist group is targeting mostly foreign fighters, who are most of the time more radical than locals, and are also at risk of being expelled by the new government in place
➡️ Islamic State seeks to exploit the Syrian President's visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince MBS and US President Trump, turning this event into treason against the fighters who toppled the former regime.
➡️ Local sources reported to GeoPWatch growing discontent among Syrian fighters in general but foreign fighters in particular, who face an unsure future, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Chechens and other foreign nationalities are among those targeted.
➡️Excerpt from the leaflet:
The invitation remains open to you. Don't allow al-Julani to sacrifice you for seeking international recognition. What a loss it would be if your journey to the Levant ended this way. Repent and join the Islamic State spreading among you in the countryside and outskirtsЧитать полностью…
🇺🇸🇱🇾 — U.S. Air Force C-130J-30 military transport aircraft (#Reg. 11-5740) departed NAS Sigonella, landed at Libya's Misrata Airport this morning, and returned a few hours later.
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🇾🇪❌🇮🇱📞🇺🇸 — Israel's defense minister following the attack on Yemen:
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🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 — Israel attacked the three Yemeni ports.
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🇮🇱❌🇾🇪⁉️ — Eyewitnesses report warplanes flying over Eilat, amid Israeli hints of an imminent attack on Yemen.
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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — The Ukrainian Air Force announced the loss of an F-16 Fighting Falcon last night during a combat mission due to an "on-board emergency".
➡️ According to Ukraine, the pilot was attempting to repel an enemy air attack, shooting down three air targets, and was attempting to shoot down a fourth when the emergency occurred.
➡️The pilot successfully ejected and was quickly located and evacuated to a medical facility.
➡️This marks the third F-16 lost by Ukraine since it entered active service with the Ukrainian Air Force in 2024.
🇮🇹🇦🇱 — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama welcomed Giorgia Meloni by kneeling on the red carpet.
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🇺🇸📞🇮🇷 — President Trump confirmed that the U.S. gave Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal, stating:
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✡️❌🇮🇱 — Israel's national of security minister, Ben Gvir, called the cops after spotting a Palestinian flag in the neighborhood of the Neturei Karta orthodox jews in Bet Shemesh.
➡️They then gathered around him and yelled at him "murderer, Zionist" and other things condemning his actions.
➡️Neturei Karta Jews are aligned with the Old Yishuv idealogy, which refers to the jews who lived in Palestine prior to the zionist project, believing the jews shouldn't have their own state until the arrival of the Messiah, similar idealogy to the first anti-zionist jew assassinated by the Hagana, Jacob Israel De Haan.
⚡️🇵🇸🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 - Latest illustrative map of Rafah, including the "Morag" Corridor (green), and the "Phelidelphi" Corridor (yellow), as well as IDF sites and bases in the area.
Blue represents IDF "control", though some areas remain contested, due to ongoing AlQassam Brigades "Gates of Hell" Operations.
Recent IDF advancements were seen in the areas of "Tel AlSultan", "AlBayuk", "Nabat AlZar'" and "AlJanina".
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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — Footage surfaced of IDF Armored Units stationed and prepared in an undisclosed location near the Gaza borders, in light of the expansion of the ongoing operation.
This comes following extensive IDF bombardment in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza earlier today.
📝Vehicles shown include:
➡️ 11 "NAMER" APC's.Читать полностью…
➡️ 10 "D9 Caterpillar" Bulldozers.
➡️ 6 "Merkava" Tanks, including 2 "MK.IV(M)" variants and 1 "MK.IV(B)".
➡️ 1 "M548 Alfa" Logistic Carrier.
➡️ 2 Caterpillar excavators
➡️ 2 "HEMTT" carriers.