🇺🇸⚡️- Abdulrahman Mohammed El-Sayed, “JD Vance called me a little weasel today. No, what you’re talking about is a fucking wolverine.”

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George warned before the Iran war that U.S. THAAD and Patriot interceptor stocks would remain critically low through 2030, officials tell CBS News.

General George was later asked to step down by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and relieved of his duties.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Radio host Dennis Prager made his first public appearance in nearly 2 years today at Trumps golf course in Miami.

Prager suffered a severe spinal cord injury in his home in November 2024 after falling in his bathroom.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Explosions across Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, amid an ongoing Ansarullah ballistic missile attack. Possible interceptions and/or impacts of Ansarullah's projectiles.

King Fahd International Airport in Dammam has temporarily suspended flight operations.

🇫🇷⚡️- Police forces across France will be authorized to use stun grenades starting tomorrow.

🇪🇹🇪🇷 - The threat of direct ground warfare between Ethiopia and Eritrea has surged dramatically within the past hour.

Also, the Tigray Defense Forces are currently pushing a major counteroffensive toward Abiy Addi in central Tigray, where a massive Ethiopian Air Force is aerial campaign is ongoing.

🇪🇹⚡- Addis Ababa has announced a six-month interim government for the Tigray region. Elections will follow once the transition period ends, but only if the region has stabilized.

🇪🇹🇪🇷 - The situation in Zalambessa, Adigrat direction, along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border, has become incredibly tense over the past few hours.

Eritrea's military, EDF, is positioned in the northern outskirts of the town, as well as areas north of the town.

Ethiopian forces, ENDF, have set up checkpoints south of the town preventing anyone from evacuating towards Fadi or Adigrat.

The town itself is uncontrolled by either side. Locals report looting, closure of most shops, and most essential food has run out.

Map key:
Red: Ethiopian National Defense Forces,
Green: Tigray Defense Forces,
Purple: Eritrean Defense Forces on Ethiopian territory.

Rerum Novarum’s proprietary maps are now available at MINIMAP.TECHNOLOGY

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- Fierce clashes are occuring south of the city of Rama, northern Tigray region, northern Ethiopia.

Ethiopian National Defense Forces, ENDF, are attempting to advance towards the city from Dearo Tekle, while the Tigray Defense Forces, TDF, are holding their defensive line south of Rama.

Note, Rama has allegedly been under Eritrean military, EDF, control since 2022.

Map key:
Red: Ethiopian National Defense Forces,
Green: Tigray Defense Forces,
Purple: Eritrean Defense Forces on Ethiopian territory.

Rerum Novarum’s proprietary maps are now available at MINIMAP.TECHNOLOGY

🇪🇹⚡- Tigray Defense Forces, TDF, counterattacked in the Abiy Addi direction, recapturing several towns along the Mekele-Abiy Addi Road.

TDF are also in control of the large town of Werkamba. Fighting continues, as TDF push towards Abiy Addi.

Map key:
Red: Ethiopian National Defense Forces,
Green: Tigray Defense Forces,
Purple: Eritrean Defense Forces on Ethiopian territory.

Rerum Novarum’s proprietary maps are now available at MINIMAP.TECHNOLOGY

🇮🇱⚡- Amid rumors of a possible Eisenkot-Netanyahu government, Avigdor Lieberman of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu Party has blasted Eisenkot as another "Benny Gantz".

He accused Eisenkot of striving to become bigger than Likud, only then to form a government with Netanyahu from a position of strength.

🇮🇱⚡- Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the Defense Ministry will go to a Likud member if Likud wins the elections in 11 days.

The statement comes in direct response to Itamar Ben-Gvir (of the Otzma Yehudit Party), who had made the defense post his condition for joining a future Likud-led bloc.

🇮🇱⚡- "We are 11 days away from the most critical elections since the founding of the state. At such a historic moment for Israel, it is necessary to remain calm and focused on the goal.

The people of Israel will not forgive politicians who fail to rise to the occasion, who prioritize a seat and personal interests, and who prevent the change of government that is needed after October 7th. You can rely on me, as I have proven throughout my life," - Gadi Eisenkot responds to Avigdor Lieberman.

🇮🇱⚡- "I appreciate you [Netanyahu], for four years I was loyal to you. What do you want to give us [instead of the Defense Ministry post], the Ministry of Tourism? Just say you want to get rid of us," - Itamar Ben-Gvir of the Otzma Yehudit Party responding to Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Two Saudi soldiers have died in the past 24 hours along the Yemen-Saudi Arabia border.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Alerts in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump told reporters today that Press Secretary Katie Zacharia should “reconsider” the job after starting this week in miserable fashion.

🇺🇸⚡️- The New York Times reports that Zacharia was fired today, citing three people familiar with the decision.