🇸🇦🇮🇶🇾🇪⚡- Pro-Iranian Iraqi-based groups have denied attacking Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil refinery earlier today.

🇸🇦🇮🇶🇾🇪 - In a bizarre turn of events today, Saudi Arabia claimed that the drones were launched by Iraqi militias towards the Kingdom's eastern airspace and stated that all of them had been intercepted. However, it later emerged that the facility's processing section had sustained significant damage. Ansarullah also announced an operation on Saudi's Yanbu region, western Saudi Arabia, on the other side of the country. There were no reports of drone sightings, impacts or air defense activity in Yanbu.

Reports subsequently surfaced of an apparent meeting between Ansarullah and Iraqi militia groups two days ago in central Iraq, suggesting possible coordination between the two. The Babil Province had frequently been used by pro al-Houthi forces for staging important meetings. A U.S. drone was downed in the Babil region just hours ago. Iraqi-based factions have since denied any involvement in the attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq refinery.

Note, Saudi Arabia has in the past covered offensive operations and attacks on its own territory in similar manner. For instance, just last week, Riyadh struck Ansarullah-controlled Sana'a International Airport. To avoid direct responsibility, it attributed the "successful operation" to Yemen's Aden-based Presidential Leadership Council.

🇱🇾⚡- Large-scale anti-Dbeibeh protests are scheduled again for tonight in Tripoli and Misrata, GNU-controlled western Libya. It would mark the third consecutive night of anti-government protests.

🇹🇩⚡- Chad has withdrawn from the International Criminal Court.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured the town of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region.

"After more than 840 days of fighting, the Battle of Chasiv Yar has effectively come to an end. Russian forces have captured the city, with the last reported Ukrainian holdouts withdrawing from the southwestern outskirts sometime within the past week. Fighting for Chasiv Yar began on April 4, 2024, when Russian mechanized units launched an assault on the Kanal Microdistrict.

The city has been almost completely destroyed, reportedly suffering devastation on a scale exceeding that seen in Bakhmut. The withdrawal appears to have been driven by the deterioration of Ukrainian positions around Kostyantynivka, which threatened to leave the Chasiv Yar garrison cut off," - AMK Mapping.

🇫🇷⚡️- The fires in Gironde are "stabilized" according to the governement.

🇨🇳🇮🇳⚡️- NDTV reveals China has deployed at least 11 J-20 stealth fighters in two air bases facing India.

🇫🇷🇨🇳⚡️- A French Rafale pilot has been indicted for potentially revealing military secrets to Chinese operatives. Authorities believe he is part of a wider, potentially continental-sized, intel gathering scheme from Beijing. It is believed this scheme vastly contributed to Chinese advancements in fighter technology.

🇯🇵⚡️- BREAKING: 7.1 earthquake detected around 15 minutes ago south-west of Japan.

🇯🇵⚡️- A tsunami warning has been issued by Japanese authorities.

🇯🇴🇮🇱⚡️- Jordan shot down an unknown drone that breached their border earlier this morning. The IDF has also announced they downed a drone from an unknown origin near their border with Jordan.

🇨🇳🇸🇰⚡️- Xi Jinping held talks with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini in Beijing today.

🇮🇶⚡- Iraq has fired 20 drones at Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in the past few days, i24 reports.

🇺🇦🇮🇷⚡- Ukrainian monitoring channels detect movement in Iran indicating a possible Iranian medium-range ballistic missile launch towards Ukraine in the next 24 hours.

🇫🇷⚡️- Fires in Gironde have started regaining strength. Their trajectory has also changed due to new winds. The fires are now encroaching on the territory of the military base of Souge, home of the prestigious 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment.

🇫🇷⚡️- Firefighters in the area indicate numerous rekindling of fires. The "megafire" is no longer under control in several areas as the weather degraded faster than anticipated. Local authorities now say a miracle is needed to restabilize the fires before a heatwave hits the region tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The meeting between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun.