🏴❌🇧🇫 — JNIM terrorists have captured a military base in the city of Méné, northern Burkina Faso, following the withdrawal of the army.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️ — U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack meets with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to inform him of Washington's rejection of his nomination for the position of Prime Minister, according to Al Araby TV.

🇮🇱⚡️ — The deputy mayor of Beersheba in southern Israel, Shimon Tubul, has announced that all shelters in the municipality are being opened.

🇦🇫❌🇵🇰 — Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Tasnim News that Taliban forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers in overnight attacks and are holding 23 bodies of Pakistani troops.

➡️ He said some Pakistani personnel were captured alive and that two large Pakistani military bases were destroyed.

➡️ Mujahid also stated that 19 small outposts along the Durand Line border were completely destroyed and that two Pakistani tanks were knocked out during the operation.

➡️ He acknowledged Taliban casualties as well, saying 13 fighters were killed and 22 wounded. In addition, he said 13 civilians were injured in Pakistani strikes at various locations overnight.

🇵🇰❌🇦🇫 — Pakistan’s military announced that 12 of their soldiers were killed and 27 wounded in border clashes with Afghanistan, with one soldier reported missing in action.

➡️ The army claimed it killed 274 Taliban fighters, injured more than 400, destroyed 74 Afghan posts, and captured 18 personnel during the operations.

➡️ 115 tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery systems were destroyed. At least 83 military posts were destroyed and 17 captured.

➡️ Strikes were carried out at 22 locations across Kabul, Khost, Kandahar, Paktia, Nangarhar, and Paktika provinces.

➡️ Targeted sites included brigade, battalion, and sector headquarters; ammunition depots; and logistics bases that were said to be sheltering members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️ — The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad carried out a "simulation of emergency evacuations," according to Saudi Al Hadath.

➡️ The outlet also reports that many Americans have departed Iraq via Baghdad International Airport over the past 24 hours.

🇨🇳🇮🇱⚡️ — NEW: China’s embassy in Israel has urged its citizens in the country to be highly vigilant, strengthen security precautions, and improve their emergency preparedness.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — WATCH: Footage of the many U.S. aerial refueling tankers at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.

🇰🇿🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges its citizens in Iran to leave the country.