🇹🇷⚡- BREAKING: CHP Party's primary elections have opened. The elections will determine the party's Presidential candidate for the 2028 elections.

🇭🇷🇲🇪⚡- Montenegro denies comments made by the Albanian Defense Ministry that the country was invited to join the Kosovo-Albania-Croatia defense alliance.

While other countries in the region received invitations, Montenegro's poor relations with Croatia have likely cost the country an invite. In December 2024 Croatia blocked Montenegro's EU membership talks after Montenegro's Parliament adopted a resolution on Jasenovac.

🇷🇸🇽🇰⚡️- "The days when Serbia had a say in anything are long gone," - Vjosa Osmani, President of Kosovo.

🇷🇸🇽🇰⚡- "The only real threat to peace and stability in the region comes from Serbia, no one else," - Vjosa Osmani, President of Kosovo.

🇷🇸🇽🇰⚡- "It's ironic how aggressor states like Serbia and Russia have a history of invasions, attacks, genocide, and wars they started, yet they portray themselves as victims," - Vjosa Osmani, President of Kosovo.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Gaza Strip death toll surpasses 50,000 since October 7th 2023, Gaza Health Ministry announced.

🇵🇸🇮🇱 - Moment an Israeli airstrike struck a refugee tent city in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇦⚡- US-Ukraine talks have begun in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Fearing a Turkish takeover of Syria, Prime Minister Netanyahu will convene a security discussion in the coming hour. The talks will be focused on limiting Turkey's influence in Syria.

Israeli media have been advised to emphasize that a confrontation with Turkey is inevitable," - Yaron Avraham, Israeli military journalist for Channel 12.

🇹🇷⚡- "Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been removed from office," - Turkey's Interior Ministry.

🇹🇷⚡- As of 3:30pm (Ankara time), 11 million people have voted in the CHP primary elections.

🇹🇷⚡- Former Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu arrives at Silivri Prison, Istanbul, where he will be held temporarily.

🇹🇷⚡- Voting for the CHP Presidential candidate has ended, with Imamoglu as the very likely winner.

Imamoglu will be unable to run in the 2028 Presidential elections.

🇹🇷⚡- The moment CHP Party polling stations closed, several Turkish government websites were hacked.

🇹🇷⚡- "I see Imamoglu as a serious threat to Turkey," - Umit Ozdag, Head of the Turkish far-right Victory Party.

🇹🇷⚡- "If 20 million people vote in ballot boxes where it is not mandatory [CHP primary elections], it is time for early [Presidential] elections," - Mansur Yavas, Mayor of Ankara and member of the CHP Party.

🇷🇺🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli defense officials would rather see Russia reassert its influence in Syria than witness Turkey's growing presence," - Walla.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- US airstrike against Sana'a, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen.

🇨🇦⚡️- Parliament has been ordered to dissolve as of 2 hours ago. Election season has begun with the Liberal party in the lead.