Sitting aprx 11 Kms to the South West of the base is Camp Lemonnier operated by the #UnitedStates Navy, keeping an eye on China Housing aviation units, ground forces and drone teams the nearly 500 acre base conducts missions across the region including #somalia…

Hearing chatter about Ben Wallace for defence secretary... He's a former army officer in Scots Guards & a past overseas director of QinetiQ. Knows a lot about Iran too, having chaired the all-party parliamentary group for almost a decade.

Here's the latest on Boris Johnson's plans for his Cabinet: Sajid Javid to Chancellor Dom Raab to Foreign Secretary (depending on what happens with Hunt) Michael Gove for CDL (unclear if this will make him de-facto deputy)

Told @CNBC re Iran: “They’re trying to turn up the temperature ever so slightly and in a calibrated way to try to force other countries to come to their side without provoking a sharp counter reaction. But it is inherently a very dangerous game.” #oott h…

A 4 kilometer "Safe Zone," not including the major cities, with local security councils in the border areas comprised of locals, and air and ISR under US-led Coalition control and NO Turkish military forces on the ground in N/E #Syria seems fair to the #SDF.…

Possible location of USS Boxer on July 22 probably re-supplying just in front of Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base which is commonly used by the US Navy (Kuwait). #Iran @IntelCrab

Mueller confirms @POTUS wanted him fired because he was investigating obstruction of justice again him, citing the report.

DEMOCRATS QUESTIONING SO FAR: Nadler: established 1. was president not exonerated, 2. can be prosecuted later and 3. Mueller guided by idea POTUS couldn't be indicted. More...

- Lofgren: Russia contacts - Jackson Lee: more Russia -Cohen: POTUS upset about the special counsel? -Johnson: McGahn. POTUS tried to get you fired? -Deutch: McGahn. -Bass: McGahn and others who may have been ordered to fire Mueller.

My 10 year old to me, watching #MuellerHearing: adults yell way more than kids.

@IntelCrab Might help with confirmation, slightly digitally enhanced satellite picture and in second frame overlay of the best top picture of the USS Boxer I could find, notice how even deck colours and darker areas appear to match perfectly. https://t.co/ejHunUnHBp

HOLY SHIT Mueller just said it. Mueller just said based on the facts Trump can be indicted once he leaves office! That's it. It's over. #muellerday

Something is literally shaking the committee room. (Slightly, but notably.)

RSAF 🇸🇦 warplanes conducted 5 airstrikes on Houthi positions in #Nihm #Yemen

Pinch me.

Second stage of HS-15 ICBM stage and nose section. Lower section currently printing. #missiles #defense #3Dprinting

The awesome foursome.

Iran's Pres. Rouhani said it might release a UK-flagged ship

That speech another sign that Boris Johnson wants to move quickly to address the Tories’ biggest electoral vulnerabilities---social care, school funding and sense they’re no longer the party of law and order.

Think it is pretty clear we’re heading for a general election, only question is whether it is this autumn (before Brexit) or next spring (after Brexit)

Syrian activists are circulating this dramatic photo. It purportedly shows a father trying to rescue his children after a Russian or regime airstrike in Ariha, western Idlib. You can see his baby hanging from the rubble by its t-shirt.