“The new Damascus regime is a gang, not a legitimate government, and other areas such as Idlib are under the control of extremist Islamic groups," - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

“Kurdish forces in Syria are loyal to the West and we must stand by them," he added.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky:
“Today, I reviewed the details of electricity imports from the EU to Ukraine via Slovakia — accounting for about 19% of the total volume. Fico won’t cut off our imports. We are working with other neighbors in the EU.”

A Lebanese security official reported that Lebanon has expelled roughly 70 SAA soldiers and officers, returning them to Syria after they illegally crossed into the country following the fall of Assad's government.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that they were sent back over via the Arida crossing in Northern Lebanon. These officers and soldiers have been detained by HTS.

Newly released footage shows the moment the air traffic control tower at Sana'a international airport in Yemen was targeted by an Israeli airstrike two days ago.

Greece is reportedly going to donate 24 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine. These missiles have been in use for nearly 40 years and are from Greece’s naval and air force stockpiles.

The Sea Sparrow is an American-made short-range anti-aircraft missile with an operational range of 19km. It has a maximum speed of 4,256 km/h and a 41kg warhead.

Ukraine already has the launchers necessary for this missile.

2 Russian Tu-95ms strategic bombers are currently airborne. One is flying south from Olenya airbase in Murmansk Oblast to Engels-2 airbase in Saratov Oblast, while the other is flying the same course but in the opposite direction.

Engels-2 airbase is used for missile equipment, meaning that the Tu-95 that is flying back from Engels-2 has likely already been equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles, while the Tu-95 flying towards Engels-2 airbase is likely going there to be equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles.

There have been 3 such flights in the past 24 hours, indicating preparations for yet another large-scale missile attack on Ukraine using various types of missiles.

Pakistani air defense has reportedly shot down a Taliban Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft over Paktika, near the border with Pakistan.

The Houthis claimed that they shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone. This would mark the 13th drone of this type being shot down by the Houthis since October 7th, 2023.

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The head of Iran's Police Intelligence in Bandar-e Lengeh along with his assistant were reportedly just assassinated

The total number of vehicles provided to the Burkina Faso Armed Forces by chinese companies has been released:

- 50 CS/VP14 MRAP vehicles
- 30 VN22 6x6 armored personnel carriers
- 10 CS/VN9 6x6 armored personnel carriers
- 90 Shacman H3000 6x4 trucks
- 45 Shacman H3000S 6x4 tractors

Apparently it was a suicide bombing.

Clashes are continuing in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods of northern Aleppo. It appears that HTS is not taking part in these battles, and it is rather the SNA fighting the SDF/YPG.

Initial unconfirmed reports from pro-SNA sources state that 1 SNA fighter has been killed, and 2 others were either captured or killed because the SNA apparently lost contact with them.

Ukrainian defence minister Umerov released figures regarding Ukraine's usage of drones in 2024.

He claimed that 96.2% of all drones used by the AFU were Ukrainian made. He also claimed that this year, Ukrainian enterprises produced more than 1.5 million FPV drones.

A Russian ballistic missile was launched at Sumy Oblast. It was reportedly headed for the border areas but disappeared from the radar.

The owner of the popular Telegram Channel “Jenin News” was killed by a Palestinian Authority sniper in the West Bank city of Jenin.

The moment an American MQ-9 reaper drone was shot down by the Houthis in Yemen using a missile from the KUB (Sa-6) SAM system.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces advanced in the Pokrovsk direction and captured new positions.

After advancing into the southern part of Pishchane along one treeline and being pushed back slightly along the adjacent one, Russian forces advanced back along the second one, reaching the Pishchane mines. They consolidated their positions in the treeline and may have conducted a failed attack, but eventually Russian troops were able to dislodge the Ukrainians from their positions and captured the mines.

They were also able to expand their zone of control along a treeline to the east, thus partially protecting the eastern flank of their advance into the mines.

Now that the mines have fallen, I expect that the rest of Pishchane will be captured in the next 48-72 hours, as Ukraine no longer has any strong positions there.

+ ~1.64km² in favour of Russia.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces advanced in Toretsk again.

After capturing the Toretsk central mines and the Toretsk central market, Russian forces went on to flatten out the fronline in the western part of the city. They were able to take control of several more residential blocks in the process.

This advance will make assault operations on the small Terykon to the northwest much easier, as there is one united line against it, rather than there being salients for the Russians to deal with.

+ ~0.12km² in favour of Russia.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces continue to slowly and incrementally advance in the Siversk direction from the south.

Russian forces were able to advance north from positions in the forests, taking up new treeline positions.

This advance is likely old, however, as the footage that confirms this is of a mechanised assault to the north, suggesting Russian control over this treeline. This means that the zone of Russian control might be greater than what is shown on the map depending on whether or not that mechanised assault was successful.

Either way, these new positions will allow the Russians to advance further north (as they have already tried to do) and is the next step in flattening out the frontline and capturing the settlement of Vyimka.

+ ~1.08km² in favour of Russia.

How the narrative changes...