NEW: Iranian strikes at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base damaged a U.S. E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft along with multiple refueling aircraft.

Source: Air & Space Forces

Trump on Kuwait:

Kuwait fought even though they shot down three of our planes with the finest missiles.

We could have done without that.

They didn't know they were our planes. They wasted three great Patriot missiles.

Trump on Saudi leadership:

He didn’t think he would be kissing my ass. He really didn’t...

Now he has to be nice to me. He better be nice to me!

Q: You're 77 years old. Spring chicken — two years younger than Trump; younger than Biden. Maybe one more walk around the block?

Al Gore: I'll give serious reflective thought to what you've said.

Trump:

I always like to hang out with losers because it makes be feel better.

I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories.

I like people that like to listen to my success.

Iran says it struck and destroyed a Ukrainian anti-drone depot in Dubai, claiming it supported U.S. forces.

Ali Shoeib, a well-known reporter for Lebanon's Al-Manar, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.

Fatima Ftouni from Al-Mayadeen was also killed in the same strike.

Ukraine denies Iran’s claim that it destroyed a Ukrainian air-defense depot in Dubai.

The Royal Navy has had to rely on Germany’s FGS Sachsen to lead a NATO mission after sending HMS Dragon to the Mediterranean following a drone attack near Cyprus.

With several British destroyers out of action for repairs, the UK is left with very limited naval capacity.

Source: The Telegraph

Trump is considering a major change to how NATO works, proposing a “pay-to-play” system where countries that don’t spend 5% of their GDP on defence could lose their say in key decisions, including military action.

Source: The Telegraph

Trump is considering withdrawing US troops from Germany, a move he has been weighing since returning to office.

Source: The Telegraph

U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Barrack says Syria could become a stable alternative amid Hormuz and Red Sea crises.

He added the “Four Seas” project could make Türkiye and Syria a global energy hub.

Turkish Intelligence (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın:

With this major war, a great fire of discord is being ignited in our region.

One of the intended outcomes of this war is not only the elimination of Iran’s nuclear capacity, but—more dangerously—the laying of the groundwork for a conflict that could last for decades among the region’s founding peoples: Turks, Kurds, Arabs, and Persians.

It would pave the way for a prolonged fratricidal war and blood feuds.

As Türkiye, I want to emphasize that we will remain on full alert and will continue to struggle against this until the end.

We have never been, and will never be, a party that fuels the fire of discord.

If necessary, we will take the fire into our own hands and extinguish it in our own chest, but we will never throw it into the fire of discord.

Against those who seek to spread this discord, we will continue to stand firm with our own dynamics, our values, our leadership, and our priorities.

We act knowing who is friend and who is enemy. As Türkiye, I want to state once again that we will not deviate from this path.

Turkish Intelligence (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın:

We know very well that those who started the war are not limited only to Iran, but are pursuing new policies of destruction, annexation, and occupation by creating de facto situations in Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian territories, and elsewhere with a series of fait accomplis.

Particularly, we see that the developments in Lebanon in recent days are an attempt to create a de facto situation similar to what happened in the Golan Heights in '74, and to turn this into a policy of destruction, annexation, and occupation.

We are intensifying our efforts to prevent this.

As Türkiye, I want to express that we will not allow the fundamental rights of Palestinians to be taken away through fait accomplis, not only in Lebanon but also in Palestinian territories, nor will we allow the violations occurring in Gaza and the West Bank to be ignored.

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Turkish Intelligence (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın:

Of course, Iran's attacks on Gulf countries are unacceptable, but we must never forget who the main actor that started the war is.

Therefore, we must increase the pressure on Israel, focusing on the actor who initiated the war, and strive to prevent this conflict from turning into a regional war and a global crisis.

Turkish Intelligence (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın on Iran negotiations:

We see that Israel, which has sabotaged every negotiation effort and every attempt to open a channel of dialogue and communication since the war began—just as it did before the war—has been in an intense effort to sabotage and frustrate these initiatives with the attacks it has carried out over the last two days.

Iranian President Pezeshkian:

We have been attacked twice during negotiations, and now we are witnessing targeting of energy infrastructure despite Washington’s promises.

Bombing infrastructure and assassinating Iranian figures show that the aggressors cannot be trusted.