Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 01:22

📝 Much like with the Russians, initial reports from officials present at today's summit appear quite pleased with today's summit. Whether this is the Russians and Europeans just playing along with Trump, or if the Trump administration has formed a really good first draft of sorts, remains to be seen.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:57

🇮🇱❌🇸🇾 — Interestingly, the settlement they tried to establish inside of Syria is called "Neve Bashan".

➡️Bashan was an ancient kingdom that included parts of modern-day Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. In the Torah, Moses defeated its last ruler, King Og of Bashan, who was a giant. Afterward, the Israelites took over the kingdom.

➡️The largest Israeli aerial operation against Syria was called "Arrows of Bashan" took place directly after the fall of Assad and destroyed the country's military capabilities.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:47

🇮🇱❌🇸🇾 — A number of Israeli families crossed into Syria and attempted to start building houses/tents to settle there before the IDF evacuated them back.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:23

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — The journalist Islam Al-Koumi has been killed in an Israeli strike on Al-Sabra neighborhood in north Gaza. Israel's systematic targeting of journalists continues.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:18

🇺🇸🤝🇪🇺🇺🇦 — President Trump announces discussing security guarantees provided by European states to Ukraine with American coordination.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:15

#BREAKING 🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺 — President Trump announces himself, Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, and Special Envoy Witkoff are coordinating with the Russians and Ukrainians to create a bilateral peace meeting between the two states, followed with a trilateral meeting between the two states and America.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:46

🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 — President Trump and President Zelensky at the White House, looking thrilled.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:36

🇺🇸📞🇷🇺 — Axios likewise reports that President Trump called President Putin in the middle of the meeting, however the White House refused to confirm such a call had occured.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:27

🇺🇦 — President Zelensky's interview with FOX News, intended to discuss the results of today's summit, has been canceled.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:10

🇺🇸📞🇷🇺 — German Bild newspaper:

Trump halted negotiations with European leaders to make a phone call with Putin, and the meeting will resume at the White House after speaking with Russian President Putin.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 22:52

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸✝ — A group of Israelis vandalized the church of Baniyas and destroyed its crosses.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 22:33

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — The Israeli authorities released the child Saleh Firas Laddadwa (14 years old) from north of Ramallah, after spending 3 months in their prisons. In addition, a decision was issued against him to pay a fine of 3500 shekels.

➡️As of today, there are more than 300 child held in Israeli prisons, about 37% of them are held in administrative detention, meaning without charge or trials.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 21:26

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸 — Closed-door meeting between President Trump, President Zelensky, Secretary General Rutte, and European leaders has begun.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 21:18

🇺🇸🇺🇦 — Presidents Trump and Zelensky in front of the map in question.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 21:15

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 — Disagreement between European leaders and President Trump over a ceasefire preceding a peace deal, with multiple European leaders voicing their support for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 01:19

🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺 — President Zelensky confirms his readiness to meet with President Putin.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:54

🇺🇦🇺🇸 — President Zelensky has left the White House.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:46

🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺 — AFP reports that President Putin is ready to meet with President Zelensky.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:21

🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺 — President Trump is hoping the first summit could happen by the end of the month.

Geopolitics Watch

19 August 2025 00:16

🇺🇦🇷🇺 — No deal has been announced to halt or end the current war between Russia and Ukraine: the fight goes on.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:59

🇸🇾 📝🇹🇷— Syria and Turkey have signed an agreement removing the restrictions on land travel between the two countries, meaning there is no need for a permit to be allowed to travel between the two.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:41

🇺🇦🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸 — NEW: Ukraine has pledged to purchase $100 billion worth of U.S. weapons, funded by Europe, along with a $50 billion drone deal, in exchange for Trump’s security guarantees once peace with Russia is reached, according to the Financial Times.

➡️ Kyiv stressed it will not agree to any settlement involving territorial concessions and insists that a ceasefire must come first as the foundation for a full peace agreement.

@TabZLIVE

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:33

🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🇪🇺 — Bild reports that President Trump is guiding the European officials on a tour of the White House.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 23:27

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 — Around half an hour ago, the meeting ended; every foreign official present remains in the White House, however.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 22:58

🇮🇱🤝🇸🇾 — The Minister for Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, who is scheduled to meet in the coming days with the Syrian Foreign Minister Al-Shaibani in Paris, met today with Sheikh Mofak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel.

➡️In the meeting, the two discussed the situation in Suweida, the lifting of the imposed siege, and the opening of a land-based humanitarian corridor to Suweida.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 22:44

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Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 22:29

🇺🇸 Brian Glenn:

President Zelenskyy, you look fabulous in that suit.

I said the same.

You are in the same suit. I changed, you did not.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 21:20

🇺🇸 — President Trump believes he'll know if the Russia-Ukraine war can really be solved "within a week or two".

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 21:16

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 — President Macron has proposed a Russia-America-Ukraine-EU summit to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Geopolitics Watch

18 August 2025 21:13

🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦 — European leaders are emphasizing their shared want for peace and security guarantees in Ukraine.