- 🇮🇷 BREAKING: Terrorist attack at Shahcheragh shrine in Shiraz, two people critically injured, one perpetrator arrested

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- Note: Less than a year ago, in October 2022, another devastating massacre took place at the same location

This frequency of terrorism is highly unusual in Iran, which historically has been safe compared to neighouring countries.

- 🇮🇷 BREAKING: Official death toll has risen to 4, others still in critical condition- IRNA

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- 🇮🇷🏴 BREAKING: First image of the terrorist who started shooting

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🇳🇪⚡️- Al Arabiya reports that ISIS militants attacked Nigerien barracks outside Niamey.

🇸🇾 🇯🇴The Jordanian military downed a drone from Syria carrying crystal meth into Jordan on Sunday

"War-torn Syria has become a hub for a multi-billion-dollar drugs trade, with Jordan a main transit route to the oil-rich Gulf states for a Syrian-made amphetamine known as captagon, Western anti-narcotics officials and Washington say.

Citing a source within the Jordanian armed forces, the state agency said in a statement the drone was "taken control of and downed".

The Jordanian military has previously downed drones from Syria carrying narcotics or weapons but has rarely identified seized drugs as crystal meth.

Military and security officials from Jordan and Syria have met to discuss ways to curb the growing smuggling problem. Despite pledges by Damascus, Jordan says it has not seen any real attempt to clamp down on the illicit trade.

There was no immediate comment from Syrian authorities. In an interview last week, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied Syria's role in the drug trade, saying that ending narcotics smuggling was a common interest that Syria shares with Arab countries."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordanian-army-downs-drone-syria-carrying-meth-state-news-agency-2023-08-13/

48% of the electoral roll voted by 1500 local time

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🇦🇷🗳 — 🇧🇷🇦🇷 Brazilian-Argentine political scientist Eugênia Assis on 𝕏:

"IT'S TODAY! Primary elections in Argentina that will define which parties are qualified for the general elections (must obtain 1.5% of the votes) as well as which candidate/list will represent each party. Remembering that we renewed 1/2 Chamber, 1/3 Senate, President and Vice President"

🔗 Eugênia Assis (@Eugenia_Assis)

🚨🇵🇰🇨🇳⚡️ ~ Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in a new statement has issued a 90 days ultimatum to China to withdraw from Balochistan or face intensified attacks against its "key interests" in Balochistan.

🇨🇻🇳🇪 Cabo Verde rejects ECOWAS intervention in Niger

The ECOWAS member state Cabo Verde opposes military intervention in Niger, says President Jose Maria Neves.

"We all should work to restore constitutional order in Niger but in no way through a military intervention or an armed conflict at this point," said the president.

"Any military intervention will make the situation worse, turning the region into an explosive zone."

Cabo Verde is a small Atlantic island archipelago off the coast of West Africa, home to some 560,000 people, and a full ECOWAS member state.