— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦 NEW: The United States is reportedly set to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package exceeding $100 billion, with the announcement planned for President Donald Trump's visit to the kingdom in May

U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman are expected to be involved.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 The full EU-Ukraine counterproposal (truly delusional):

– Unconditional permanent ceasefire in land, sky and sea.

– Ukraine receives security guarantees from the US similar to NATO's Article-5.

– No restrictions on the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and foreign militaries have the right to be stationed in Ukraine.

– Ukraine to get access to the EU.

– Ukraine will regain control over the Zaporizhia NPP and Kakhova Dam, and the Kinburn Spit (mouth of the Dnieper), with unrestricted passage rights on the Dnieper.

– Any other 'territorial questions' will be negotiated after the ceasefire (in other words: Russia gets nothing).

– US-Ukraine minerals deal & full compensation of Ukrainian economy, including reparations using frozen Russian assets.

– 'Gradual easing' of sanctions on Russia, with a snap-back mechanism in case of ceasefire breach.

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Bro is scared

— 🇸🇦/🇮🇷 NOTE: Trump's statement that 'he thinks' Saudi Arabia will join the Abraham Accords is likely inaccurate, and just another 'Trumpism' – his own opinion, nothing else

King Salman informed Iran in a personal letter to Ayatollah Khamenei that Saudi Arabia will not normalize ties with Israel unless there is a broad recognition of a fully independent Palestinian state, which will not be the case any time soon.

Of course, Iran rejects any normalization with Israel, even in case of a Palestinian state, but this statement from Saudi Arabia was received positively, because it was assumed that they would normalize with Israel regardless of the Palestinian issue, which turned out to be not the case.

Saudi Arabia now has much more to lose than to gain. The U.S. is already going ahead with providing a civilian nuclear program for the Saudis – something that was initially seen as only being possible after normalization. With this, the main incentive for Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel is gone.

Trump often claims things that are simply untrue, like when he claimed that Egypt and Jordan were 'very positive' about his proposal to displace Palestinians from Gaza, when in reality, it was unanimously rejected and condemned.

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—❗️🇮🇱 BREAKING: Red Alerts in the Negev

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Kinda funny how the times change

— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 Missile from Yemen, likely intercepted

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇸🇾 Syrian Foreign Minister, Assad Al-Shaibani: 'We have repeatedly declared our commitment that Syria will not pose a threat to any country in the region or the world, including Israel'

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: The view of the fire in Shahid Rajaee Port, filmed from the Island of Qeshm 26 kilometers away

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: The third round of indirect Iran-US talks has started in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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—❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iranian media confirms 4 deaths in the Shahid Rajaee Port explosion

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: People are lining up outside of hospitals in Bandar Abbas and areas surrounding the blast site to donate blood

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❗️NOTE: Blood is urgently needed in all hospitals in the area and all blood types are needed, especially type O negative

If you are able, go to Hormozgan Blood Transfusion Center.

در تمام بیمارستان‌های منطقه به خون، به ویژه گروه خونی O منفی، نیاز مبرم وجود دارد.

اداره کل انتقال خون استان هرمزگان:
استان هرمزگان، بندر عباس، بلوار شهید بهشتی.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇴🇲 NEW: The third round of Iran-US negotiations is much longer than the previous rounds, and currently still ongoing

Today, for the first time this negotiation cycle, technical aspects of the deal are being discussed, and both sides are trying to push their own requirements and wishes.

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— 🇮🇷 WATCH: Footage from close to the initial blast site in Shahid Rajaee Port

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Thousands of Iranian compariots have gathered at blood transfusion centers all across Bandar Abbas to donate their blood

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