🇾🇪🇸🇦 Houthis are expanding their attacks in the Northern Red Sea. A tanker was reportedly struck by an unidentified projectile approximately 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire to break out on the vessel’s main deck.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2091794775808626896

🇺🇸🇯🇴 U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drones have resumed operations from Jordan’s Prince Hassan Air Base after nearly a month operating out of Sigonella following IRGC missile strikes that damaged multiple helicopters/drones and a hangar at the base.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2078605941239685285

🛰🇹🇿🇪🇬 Satellite imagery timelapse capturing the construction of the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant and Dam from mid-2019 through July 2026. The massive project was built by an Egyptian consortium comprising Arab Contractors and El Sewedy Electric.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2091865302866776514

🇸🇦 The Houthis reportedly struck the Saudi-flagged very large crude carrier (VLCC) AMZAN (IMO: 9693745) with a ballistic missile off the coast of Yanbu, triggering a fire onboard the vessel. The Egyptian Navy is said to have responded to provide assistance to the Saudi tanker.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2091842291254088152

RT by @EGYOSINT: Footage reportedly shows the vicinity of the Al-Udaida border crossing in northern Yemen, where a weapons depot was targeted by the AnsarAllah Yemen. Yahya Saree also announced in a statement that a large military convoy carrying weapons from Saudi Arabia was targeted in Al-Abra and Al-Udaida.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2091913093714444561

🇾🇪🇸🇦 The Houthis reportedly struck a convoy in the Al-Wadeea border area with Saudi Arabia today. No visible damage has been identified in satellite imagery captured this morning, as the attack occurred later in the afternoon. However, another site belonging to Yemeni government forces in the area appears to have been hit in early August, with multiple burn scars or scorched areas visible.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2086403865918722057

🇪🇬🇨🇳 China’s PLAAF has deployed J-16 fighters, KJ-500 AEW&C aircraft and Y-9LG electronic warfare aircraft to Egypt for the joint Eagles of Civilization 2026 air exercise, where they are training alongside and against Egyptian Air Force Rafale and MiG-29M fighters.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090432600724668644

RT by @EGYOSINT: Disabled aframax tanker can be seen in the strait of hormuz today. It was hit by a projectile from Iran as it crossed on the oman route.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2092012453773123932

🇪🇬🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make his first trip to Egypt in a decade next week, coinciding with China-Egypt air force drills that began last weekend and Huawei’s bid to supply more than 2,000 advanced AI chips for Egyptian government data centers.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2092641752654008701

🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis struck another large storage tank at Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Bulk Plant in southern KSA between August 12 and 15. The tank appears to be surrounded by burn marks and has a puncture, likely caused by a direct impact from a one-way attack (OWA) drone.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2082431549979468233

🇸🇦🇾🇪 At least nine oil storage tanks and one Horton sphere tank have been taken out, either destroyed or damaged, in Houthi attacks on the Jazan Oil Refinery. If the attacks continue at this pace, the facility could lose its entire storage capacity, forcing a complete shutdown.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090769194761523402

🛰🇾🇪🇸🇦 Sentinel-2L satellite imagery from yesterday confirms Houthi strikes hit a Saudi-backed Yemeni government military base in Al-Wadeea area, ~23 km from the Saudi border. Multiple craters and burn marks are visible at the site, confirming impacts. The Houthis claimed they targeted a convoy carrying weapons.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2091920753172078984

🇪🇬🇮🇷🇺🇸 The U.S. Treasury plans to restrict the UAE branch of Banque Misr, a state-owned Egyptian bank, and cut off its access to the U.S. financial system for doing business with Tehran. Treasury identified Banque Misr UAE as a key channel for Iran’s access to U.S. dollars, estimating that it processed roughly $1.8 billion for 103 suspected Iranian shadow-banking companies between January 2024 and June 2026.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2093373377629061143

RT by @EGYOSINT: Importantly, the U.S. proposal applies only to Banque Misr’s UAE branch. The bank’s branches and operations in Egypt and all other countries are explicitly excluded.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2093374704958460032

🇪🇬🇫🇷 La Tribune reports that Egypt has sent France a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the purchase of 24 additional Dassault Rafale fighter jets by the end of 2026. If the deal goes ahead, Cairo’s Rafale fleet would grow to nearly 80 fighters. https://www.latribune.fr/article/defense-aerospatiale/defense/83802208953491/et-si-l-egypte-commandait-24-rafale-supplementaires

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2094783148890439798

🇪🇬🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping is flying over Turkey on his way to Egypt after leaving Bishkek aboard an Air China Boeing 747-89L VIP aircraft, tail number B-2479.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2092643465142182056

🇪🇬🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Cairo for his first official visit to Egypt in a decade. Talks are expected to focus on military and economic cooperation, expanding Chinese investment in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, and Huawei’s bid to build AI data centers for the Egyptian government.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2094786837382345164

RT by @EGYOSINT: Here are some ground photos from the base showing the scale of the U.S. military deployment there and also confirming its location. Interestingly, HIMARS launchers were also deployed at the base and involved in the war, possibly in strikes against Iraqi militias.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2094561312927895802

Footage captured moments ago shows Iranian ballistic missiles being launched from Lorestan province in western Iran toward U.S. bases across the region. Via @Vahid

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2094875455576740198

🇺🇸🇯🇴 Iran’s IRGC says it launched a heavy ballistic missile strike on the U.S. Marine base known as Camp Titin on Jordan’s Gulf of Aqaba coast, claiming the attack killed a large number of U.S. personnel and destroyed several key facilities and attack helicopters.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2094881049297682876

🇰🇼🇮🇷 Kuwait is also coming under attack by Iranian one-way attack (OWA) drones. So far tonight, Iran has targeted Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain with ballistic missiles and drones.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2094909796893749759