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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- After several videos went viral of the Russian army using donkeys on the front lines, the Russian State Duma declared that donkeys at the front line "are completely normal".
Читать полностью…🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Syrian government forces firing rockets at Zaiter clan positions well inside Lebanese territory.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We hope that Hezbollah's influence in Lebanon will end and the era of the party's terror in Lebanon and the world has ended," - US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The United States has drawn a red line under which Hezbollah will not be part of the government that will be formed in Lebanon," - US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East.
Читать полностью…🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Turkish Airlines will start to resume flights to Israel in June, with full operations restored in October 2025," - Globes.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- DR Congo military reinforcements arrive in Bukavu, South Kivu region, eastern DR Congo.
Читать полностью…🇿🇦🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- South African National Defense Forces, SANDF, will likely withdraw from DR Congo in the next 72 hours, after 14 SANDF were killed in action fighting the M23.
SANDF follows Malawian troops which withdrew a few days ago.
🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Negotiations with America are not intelligent, wise, or honorable. It has no impact on solving the country's problems," - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- "The new US administration will take a different approach to the Houthis than the previous one. We are not going to sit back and wait for them to attack us. Expect us to escalate and intensify in the coming weeks," - al-Arabiya, Saudi outlet, citing a source in the Trump administration.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Satellite images prove the expansion of the Kanombe military cemetery in Kigali, Rwanda.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Sources say thousands of Rwandan soldiers killed supporting M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, intensifying pressure on Kigali [Rwandan capital]" - The Guardian.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇦⚡- "We hope Panama reconsiders its decision to exit the Belt and Road Initiative," - China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Читать полностью…🇵🇱⚡- Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, has been accused of treason, with the Polish Constitutional Court opening a formal investigation.
Читать полностью…🇵🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "The Saudi monarchy can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia, they have a lot of land over there," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸⚡- Plane carrying 10 people disappears from radar near Nome, Alaska, US.
Читать полностью…🇬🇪🇩🇪⚡- Salome Zourabichvili, former Georgian President, will be attending this year's Munich Security Conference.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧❗️People protesting the US Envoy statements about Hezbollah and Israel.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel defeated Hezbollah and we are grateful to it for that and we emphasize the issue of the party not participating in the new Lebanese government in any way," - US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East.
Читать полностью…🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Clashes continue between the Syrian government forces and pro-Hezbollah clans (the Zaiter and Jafaar families mainly) along the Syrian-Lebanese border.
Footage published by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham affiliated media.
🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Al-Mayadeen, Lebanese outlet, says two Syrian rockets fell inside Lebanese territory, Hermel region.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: The Russian army has captured Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk).
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "If Americans threaten us, we will threaten them. If they carry out their threat against us, we will carry out our threat. If the Americans attack the security of the Iranian nation, we will undoubtedly attack their security," - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.
Читать полностью…🇮🇷🇵🇸🇱🇧⚡- "Iran knew about Hamas' plans to invade Israel in the summer of 2023.
Back in the summer of 2023, Hamas informed the IRGC of the date of the upcoming attack on Israel. Iran, however, decided not to inform Hezbollah of these plans.
Iran decided not to inform Hezbollah about Hamas' plans so as not to interfere with the organization's former leader Nasrallah's plans to carry out his own armed invasion of northern Israeli towns, or Iran chose to sacrifice Hamas so as not to put Hezbollah, its closest ally in the region, at risk," - i24, Israeli media.
The report published, citing Israeli intelligence, contradicts Iranian statements by Mohammad Javad Zarif, Vice President for Strategic Affairs and former Foreign Minister of Iran, who had earlier said Iran was not aware of Hamas' operation.
🇺🇸🇰🇼🇮🇷⚡- The US Department of State approves $1 billion in infrastructure construction for the Kuwaiti Navy to build a naval base in Kuwait.
The State Department says this "will not change the military balance in the region," even though it will be in very close proximity to Iran.
"The proposed sale will advance the foreign policy and national security goals of the United States, by helping improve the infrastructure of a major non-NATO ally that is an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," - Department of State.
🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Satellite imagery of one military cemetery in the Rwandan capital of Kigali indicates at least 600 graves have been dug," - The Guardian.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Rwandan troops dying in large numbers in DRC, despite Rwandan official denials of role," - The Guardian.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇦🇲⚡- Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan met with US Vice President Vance in Washington. Bilateral relations and the regional agenda were discussed.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🏳️🇺🇿⚡- Seven Black Hawk helicopters, which were flown to Uzbekistan by Afghan pilots during the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, have been returned to the US.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸⚡- US Coast Guard plane arrives at the site near Nome, Alaska, to assist with the search and rescue efforts.
Читать полностью…Tonight we are celebrating 8 YEARS of America First!
Nick has accomplished so much in under a decade! Here's to the next 8 years 🥂