🇮🇷🇮🇶🌞⚡️ — At least nine Peshmerga fighters were killed and several others wounded in this morning’s IRGC attacks targeting bases and headquarters of the Kurdistan Toilers’ Party.

🇷🇺🇲🇱❌🏴🏳️ — The Russian Africa corps launched at least two Geran drones against the JNIM/FLA-controlled village of Talahandak in northern Mali.

🇸🇾🇮🇷⚡️ — A Syrian military source denied to AFP that Iran had struck the Al-Tanf base.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Apple has sent legal notices to around 40 former employees now working at OpenAI, requiring them to preserve documents and meet with Apple’s lawyers as part of its expanding trade secrets lawsuit, FT reports.

➡️ Apple alleges OpenAI’s hardware efforts were built using stolen Apple trade secrets, calling existing evidence only the “tip of the iceberg.” OpenAI has denied the accusations.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — WATCH: Iran’s IRGC released footage of the recent ballistic missile and drone launches towards U.S. bases in the region.

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — The Israeli military is paving roads and modifying existing routes in the town of Odaisseh, southern Lebanon.

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — Satellite imagery shows the construction of an Israeli military site in the occupied town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, which has been destroyed by Israel.

🇵🇰🇰🇼⚡️ — Pakistan is negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to Reuters.

➡️ The talks are still at an early stage and could be affected by the U.S.-Iran tensions.

➡️ Kuwait is seeking expanded military cooperation, including aircraft, drones, air defence systems, and other capabilities, though Pakistani officials said deploying combat troops is not currently being considered.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. Central Command confirmed that U.S. forces destroyed the Chabahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower, which it said was part of an IRGC maritime surveillance network used to monitor commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iranian fishermen found a downed U.S. LUCAS kamikaze drone in the Strait of Hormuz.