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⭕️ According to AP, US President Donald Trump is expected to announce that the US will officially refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Arabia during his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia.
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Tensions escalated after cross-border strikes hit nine locations in Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir, with New Delhi claiming it targeted terrorist infrastructure in a limited, non-escalatory operation. Islamabad says the strikes killed at least three people, including a child, and damaged civilian sites such as mosques and a religious school.
Pakistan says it has already retaliated, as heavy shelling continues across multiple areas in Kashmir.
Trump waves white flag, ends Yemen war in Omani-mediated truce
Israeli leaders were reportedly caught off guard by Trump's capitulation, which came as Ansarallah officials pledged to retaliate strongly for the destruction of Sanaa International Airport by Tel Aviv
BREAKING | US President Donald Trump announces that the US will stop bombing Yemen, claiming Ansarallah has informed his administration that "they don't want to fight anymore."
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BREAKING | Israeli drone targets car on the University Road between Kfar Reman and Nabatieh in southern Lebanon.
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First the sea, now the sky.
By striking Ben Gurion Airport, Yemen is isolating Israel with modest means.
Israel continues to demolish homes in Tulkarem's Nour Shams Camp, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Muhammad al-Bukhaiti to Al Mayadeen:
"We tell the Americans, the British, and the Zionists that our military operations in support of Gaza will continue, no matter the sacrifices.
The Zionists have crossed red lines and must await Yemen's response."
Iran–US nuclear talks set to resume in Oman as Washington backs off from war threats
Tehran has affirmed that domestic enrichment of Uranium for a civilian nuclear program is a 'red line' ahead of the fourth round of talks with Washington
❗️Quds Brigades have announced that their fighters successfully shot down and took control of an Israeli drone while it was conducting reconnaissance missions east of Gaza City.
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BREAKING | US & Israeli warplanes target Sanaa International Airport with a series of brutal raids.
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❗️Smotrich says Gaza’s population to be expelled abroad ‘within months’
Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated that Israel will be in a position to “declare victory” in Gaza “within months”, according to Arutz Sheva.
Speaking at a conference in the illegal Israeli settlement of Ofra, Smotrich said Gaza will soon “be completely destroyed”, with its population concentrated by an Israeli-imposed security corridor in the south of the enclave. From there, Palestinians “will leave in large numbers to third countries”, said Smotrich, in the comments carried by Arutz Sheva.
This statement from the minister follows PM Netanyahu’s announcement yesterday that Palestinians in Gaza would be moved.
⭕️ The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) dismissed an Israeli proposal to dismantle the current aid system in Gaza.
"We do not accept a proposal and a plan that does not live up to the core fundamental humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, and independent delivery of aid," OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke stated in Geneva.
Laerke also criticized the plan, saying it is "designed to further control and restrict supplies, which is the opposite of what is needed."
BREAKING | Israeli army announces that it will bomb Sanaa International Airport, calling on Yemenis to evacuate the airport and its vicinity.
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⭕️ Mia Schem, who was released in the 2023 prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, says she felt safer in Hamas captivity than in Israel. Her statement comes as she is involved in a high-profile rape case against her Israeli fitness trainer. In 2023, Israel Police opened 6,405 rape investigations, but 81% were closed without indictment, with charges filed in just 16% of cases, and only 2% resulted in a conditional settlement.
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BREAKING | CNN reports that the USS Truman aircraft carrier has lost an F-18 fighter jet, marking the second such incident in less than two weeks.
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❗️President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat says there will be “no retreat from supporting Gaza, no matter the cost.”
He warns that future Yemeni strikes on Israel will be “devastating, painful, and at a level that will not be bearable," and calls on Israelis to “stay in shelters or leave immediately,” as their “failed government will no longer be able to protect” them.
Druze vs Sunni: Israel’s sectarian game in Syria
As Druze–Sunni violence rips through Syria, Israel’s fingerprints are found across the battlefield – from political provocations to direct military intervention.
Syrian Druze refuse to disarm citing fear of sectarian attacks by state forces
The Druze religious minority fears Sunni extremists in Syria's government will carry out massacres similar to those committed in March against Alawites in Syria's coastal region
Israeli army, intel chiefs give 'final tactical approval' for total invasion of Gaza
Top Israeli officials have declared that in a matter of months, Gaza will be totally destroyed' and ready to be occupied by Jewish settlers
Dozens of Israeli airstrikes 'disable' Yemen's main civilian airport
Israeli warplanes also bombed power stations in the capital, Sanaa, in retaliation for an air and sea blockade imposed by the YAF
❗️The Israeli army announces in a statement that it has completely put Sanaa International Airport out of service and carried out strikes on several power stations around Sanaa.
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UPDATE | Nearly two dozen Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa International Airport and multiple civilian sites across Yemen, including power stations, oil facilities, and a cement factory.
Among the targets were the Dhahban and Haiz power stations, a cement plant in Amran, and civilian aircraft and terminals at the airport.
BREAKING | Large fires have broken out as a result of Israel's attacks on different areas in Yemen's capital Sanaa, including the airport.
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❗️Israeli forces to demolish 15 West Bank homes today:
Israeli forces are preparing to tear down dozens of homes – 90 in total – in the Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps in the occupied West Bank, reports The Times of Israel.
Citing the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the report said Palestinian residents were given just five hours to gather their belongings and leave the homes.
The first 15 of 90 homes slated for demolition will be demolished today, said COGAT, according to The Times of Israel.
❗️Iran’s Nour News reports that nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will resume in Muscat, Oman, on Sunday, 11 May.
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❗️Hamas says 'no sense in talks' as Israel advances Gaza takeover, 'war of hunger and extermination'
Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim tells AFP there is “no sense” in pursuing ceasefire negotiations while Israel’s “war of hunger and extermination” continues in Gaza.
These remarks come after Israel approved 'Gideon's Chariots,' involving the "conquest" of the strip and further displacement of its 2.3 million residents.
⭕️ Public backing for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has grown even stronger since his March arrest, which triggered Turkiye's largest protests in ten years, according to recent opinion polls.
Surveys by leading pollsters Metropoll and Konda show Imamoglu leading President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by a significant margin in a potential one-on-one presidential race — despite elections not being scheduled until 2028.
Yemen vows 'unimaginable' response to Israel's bombing campaign of Hodeidah
Dozens were injured, and 70 percent of the Hodeidah port was damaged by the massive Israeli strikes late Monday
❗️Deputy Head of the Popular Committee in Nour Shams Camp, Yousef Fanadqa, to Quds News Network:
– "We do not feel there are any real solutions to the crisis in Nour Shams camp. Some families lost their homes two years ago and still haven’t received alternatives. We feel that Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps are marginalized and are not receiving the needed attention from the relevant authorities."
– "Our issue is not just about aid or food parcels — it's a national issue tied to the camp’s history and the refugee’s right to housing."
– "The demolitions are carried out under Israeli military orders, which means rebuilding is prohibited. This increases people's anxiety and reflects the need for an official stance on the matter."