— 🇮🇱 NEW: The Israeli government has approved the Telecom Minister's plan to censor Al Mayadeen. This includes banning the news outlet, seizing its equipment, and blocking access to its website.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 BREAKING: The Israeli intelligence assessment is that Iran has decided to attack Israel directly, and may do so within days, even before the August 15 hostage deal talks are set to begin – Axios

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 BREAKING: The United States will officially pull its troops out of Iraq, in what is being reported as a 'full withdrawal' of U.S. forces and the International Coalition after 21 years of occupation

According to Tasnim News, the Iraqi Foreign Minister is planning to travel to Washington D.C. next month to announce the end of the US-led International Coalition in Iraq, together with outgoing President Biden.

All U.S. and Coalition forces are scheduled to leave Iraq before September 2025, except the Iraqi Kurdistan region, where U.S. and Coalition forces will remain until September 2026 at the latest.

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Resistance works.

You can thank the Islamic Resistance for the liberation of Iraq. Thank God, after 21 years.

— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf: 'Iran's decisive and harsh response will definitely come'

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Hebrew Media: 'The IDF might pre-emptively attack Iran, but they also might not'

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Both sides are larping so much, at this point I just hope whatever the response is will be worth it.

If you want some really good Russia-Ukraine coverage, follow these guys:

https://t.me/kalibrated

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The Israeli military has claimed the attack on the village of Taybeh that killed two people, saying it was targeting 'a terrorist cell'

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Hamas withdraws from the ceasefire negotiations and announces it will not participate in the planned August 15 round of negotiations mediated by the US, Egypt and Qatar

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Pro-Likud media claims that the United States is working together with Iran to 'destroy Israel' by deposing Netanyahu

(I think they are going insane)

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 BREAKING: The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is on fire

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— Correction: The powerplant is located in the Ukrainian-occupied Russian city of Zaporizhia.

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: The IDF orders all Israeli soldiers who are staying in Azerbaijan or Georgia, permanently or temporarily, to immediately return to Israel – Kann

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🇺🇲🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is observing more and more military preparations in Iran that it has not seen in recent days," – Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, in a phone call to Lloyd Austin, US Defense Secretary.

There is a consensus within the Iranian political leadership.

An attack will be carried out, and it will be strong. This time, not just a show of force, but a restoration of deterrence.