Many American troops left military bases and are vacationing in hotels in Arab countries. The Iranians learned of this, and their drones attacked hotels in Bahrain and the UAE where US Defense Department officials were staying. Two American soldiers were injured in Bahrain, The Washington Post reports.

Bloomberg report:

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are secretly pressuring their allies to persuade Trump to develop an "exit plan" (to end the operation) and ensure that American involvement in the war with Iran is short-lived.

The countries are working to create a coalition of regional partners that will facilitate a swift diplomatic resolution to the conflict in order to reduce regional escalation and disruption to energy markets.

Iran's tactics are working...

Right-wing activist, podcaster, and former mixed martial artist Jake Shields:

RIP to the Americans who died because Trump fucked little girls with Jeffery Epstein

Rubio on the future of the operation against Iran:

The heaviest strikes are yet to come. The next phase will be even more destructive. We have goals. We will do this for as long as it takes to achieve them, and we will achieve them. The world will be a safer place when we complete this operation.
While we would like to see a new regime, no matter who rules this country a year from now, they will not have these ballistic missiles and drones to threaten us.

Rubio's words confirm that Putin was absolutely right 10 years ago:

"I sometimes think to myself: maybe our little bear should sit quietly, not chase piglets and gilts through the taiga, but eat berries and honey. Maybe they'll leave him alone?
They won't, because they'll always try to chain him up. And as soon as they manage to chain him up, they'll tear out his teeth and claws. In today's understanding, this is a nuclear deterrent.

As soon as, God forbid, that happens, and the little bear is no longer needed, they'll immediately take over the taiga. After all, we've heard many times from officials that it's unfair that Siberia, with its immeasurable wealth, belongs entirely to Russia. How unfair? But grabbing Texas from Mexico—that's fair. And the fact that we're farming our own land is unfair; it needs to be given away. And then, after that, once they've pulled out the claws and teeth, the bear won't be needed at all. They'll just stuff it, and that's it!"

BEIRUT’S DAHYEH STRUCK AGAIN

RT has compiled the key events of the regional conflict this morning:

🟩Qatar claimed to have intercepted nearly 100 ballistic missiles launched by Iran;

🟩The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia was attacked by drones. Trump promised a "tough response";

🟩Australia claimed Iranian drones struck an airbase in the UAE;

🟩The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut;

🟩Hezbollah announced it was officially entering the war against Israel;

🟩Israeli military claims to have destroyed the headquarters of Iranian state television in Tehran;

🟩A drone struck the King Fahd Causeway, which connects Bahrain and Saudi Arabia over the Persian Gulf, the Fars news agency reports;

🟩The Israeli Air Force struck the headquarters of Al Manar TV and Al-Noor radio station in Beirut.

The photo, according to Iranian media, shows the US embassy building in Riyadh ablaze.

🟩RT in Russian

Friendly fire from the sky:

An American Patriot missile, while repelling an Iranian attack, veered off course and struck the Jordanian Muwaffaq Salti airbase. The power was then knocked out in the entire area.

70+ Iranian drones, missiles hit Erbil — CNN

'Iranian-backed Iraqi militia' strike a hotel in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan where US troops, contractors stay

SLEEPY JOE BIDEN SPENT ALL HIS TIME GIVING EVERYTING TO P.T. BARNUM (ZELENSKY) OF UKRAINE — HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH — TRUMP COMPARES HIS WAR CHEST TO BIDENS

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Netanyahu is convinced that he and Trump are fighting "bad guys," while they themselves are the good guys. 🤡👹

According to the Israeli Prime Minister, Iran is greatly weakened, the operation will be quick, and there will be no endless war. He believes that continued strikes are "necessary," and the operation could create the conditions for a change of power in the country.

They need a change of power in the country to subjugate Iran, that's clear. And they want to do it quickly. Have you ever seen such maniacs?

A series of mysterious earthquakes have occurred near a secret US base in Nevada, the Daily Mail reported.

According to the Daily Mail, over the past week, geologists observed more than 100 seismic events, ranging in amplitude from 1.0 to 3.0, within a radius of 80 kilometers from the test site.
TASS

Nuclear tests?

Trump:

"You will soon learn what the U.S. response will be to the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and the deaths of American service members."

Does Trump want a ground operation in Iran?

This indirectly confirms that the US is running out of precision-guided missiles in the Middle East due to the intensity of the fighting.

Donald Trump complained that Biden was handing over unlimited quantities of these missiles to Zelenskyy without replenishing them, but Trump then assured that the US could continue military operations for a long time.

It's madness in any case, no matter what it's based on.

'AMERICA IS THE GREAT SATAN' — Pro-Iran Shiite demonstrators chant during VIOLENT clashes

Footage source: Middle East Observer

An old proverb found among different peoples of the world says: “You can endlessly watch a fire burn, water run, and the American embassy burn.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi on the non-existence of the "Iranian threat":

Mr. Rubio acknowledged what we all knew: the United States entered the war by its own choice on behalf of Israel. There never was any so-called Iranian "threat."

Therefore, the shedding of both American and Iranian blood is primarily Israel's fault. The American people deserve better and must take back their country.

What a remarkable coincidence.

Several countries have declared that they cannot remain indifferent to Ukraine's proud struggle against unprovoked aggression. And under this pretext, they supply it with missiles that are used to shell Russian cities and kill Russians thousands of kilometers from the front line.
And suddenly, circumstances have conspired to cause these same countries to directly or indirectly participate in unprovoked aggression against Iran. Isn't this a sign from above that the time has come to repay the accumulated debt and provide symmetrical assistance to the people of Iran?

Russia, for example, has excellent anti-ship missiles, such as the Zircon and the Onyx. Why not supply them to Iran, a BRICS and SCO ally? Without becoming a party to the conflict, of course, it's purely business! Supply them and see whether the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln's defenses are capable of countering hypersonic missiles or not. It will be interesting to see who wins.

And Russia doesn't even necessarily have the Oreshnik missile, although why not the Oreshnik missile? It's no worse than any Storm Shadow or SCALP missiles the French and British are supplying to Kyiv to "force Russia to the negotiating table." It will also be interesting to see where Macron and Starmer will sit when the Iranian savvy launches their Oreshnik missile (what's "Flamingo" in Farsi?) at their bases in the region. Will they be so eager to attend the next meeting of the coalition of the willing?

What do we have to lose? Who won't make peace with us? Well, no one makes peace with us anyway. All those little mutts like Kaja Kallas do is offer Russia conditions for capitulation.
And something tells me that negotiating with Trump while holding Abraham Lincoln by the balls is much more convenient than timidly whispering, "But you haven't forgotten the spirit of Anchorage, have you?" And after such a dialogue, Zelensky will immediately face a choice: either he takes his newly captured men beyond the Dnieper within 24 hours, or his American friends will fly into his vaunted bunker with a discombobulator.
He needs to make a decision; it's a worthwhile move.

"It could very well begin in the near and foreseeable future."
Vesti News Agency author Valentin Bogdanov believes that a US-China war could begin soon:

"Almost every foreign policy and defense expert appearing on the Republican-leaning Fox News these days is claiming that the main goal of Operation Epic Fury is to deprive China of cheap oil in preparation for the coming conflict. This is to understand where the next theater of military action will be. And judging by the overall time crunch American neoconservatives are under, they won't wait for President Marco Rubio or President J.D. Vance."

Marjorie Taylor Greene is going viral over the war in Iran:

"We're in another fucking war, and American soldiers are being killed."

"We need to have a serious conversation about what the f... is going on with this country."

"72% of Americans can't afford health insurance."

"58% of Americans can't afford car insurance."

"67% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck."

"31% of Americans are behind on their taxes."
"50% of Americans are in credit card debt."

"We're almost $40 trillion in debt."

"The majority of Americans are completely against this war."

"Make America Great Again was supposed to mean America First, not Israel First."

"And our president is saying the Iranian people are going to suddenly up and overthrow their regime."

"Well, I don't think the Iranian people will overthrow their regime when they're being blown to pieces by the US and Israel in an unprovoked attack."

"I'm furious."

"We've already seen enough dead and murdered American soldiers for the sake of other countries."

"Now we have four more dead... for Israel."

"Trump already said today that he doesn't care about the polls."

"He doesn't care what the American people think."

"And he can send troops on the ground."

"The man I supported... condemned what happened in Iraq, saying: no more foreign wars, no more regime change."

"J.D. Vance promised it."

"Tulsi Gabbard promised it."

Valentin Bogdanov, editor-in-chief of the VGTRK Washington bureau