🇮🇷🇦🇪🇴🇲 - The tugboat struck yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz by two Iranian projectiles was MUSSAFAH-2, a UAE tug, belonging to the Emirati Coast Guard.

The tug was attempting to assist the Maltese-flagged container vessel SAFEEN PRESTIGE, which was also struck in the Hormuz by Iran a few days ago.

Eight people were onboard the Emirati tugboat, four were killed, three others were injured.

🇸🇩⚡- BREAKING: Multiple Rapid Support Forces factions have surrendered in the north Kordofan region, Sudan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces captured the strategic town of Barah a few days ago (located just north of El-Obeid).

Qanaqar, RSF-affiliated media, complain over a lack of military aid to the group – ironically as Emirati airports are mostly grounded.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian missile launches aimed at the Negev region.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- The single Iranian ballistic missile has been intercepted.

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡- Saudi Arabia has warned Iran that if Iran continues to attack the Kingdom and its energy infrastructure, Riyadh would be pushed to respond, Reuters reports.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡- "The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.

That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!" - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "At some point, maybe we will [secure Iran's enriched uranium at their nuclear sites using ground troops], that would be a great thing.

But right now we’re just decimating them. We haven’t gone after it yet, but it’s something we could do later on.

We wouldn’t do it now. Maybe we’d do it later," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The war with Iran will take however long it takes," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Iran is looking to settle the war, but we're not looking to settle," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "They suddenly started apologizing to the Middle Eastern states. You can mark that down as a victory for us.

I guess they’re not going to be shooting at them anymore, they apologized. That’s a surrender right there, I call it surrender," - President Trump.

Note, Iran has not stopped attacking the Gulf countries.

🇮🇶⚡️- A hotel in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan was directly struck by drones.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "We're not looking at the Kurds going into Iran. We're very friendly with the Kurds. We don't want to make the war anymore complex.

I have ruled it out – I don't want the Kurds going in. They're willing to go in, but I told them not to," - President Trump.

Note, Iranian Kurdish separatist groups have denied plans on attacking Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: "The map of Iran will probably not look the same when this all done," - President Trump.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Explosions in Kuwait.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, responded to a White House tweet honoring the six fallen U.S. soldiers in Kuwait by posting a photo of Nasrallah.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Salman Port in Manama, Bahrain, was targeted in the strikes, and a large fire has broken out, according to the Bahraini Ministry of Interior.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Reports of impacts at KAFCO (Kuwait Aviation Fueling Company), reportedly targeted by missiles and drones.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation of impacts and a large fire at KAFCO, hitting fuel tanks, near Kuwait International Airport.