🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — An Israeli airstrike against the Ali al-Taher Heights in southern Lebanon.
🇹🇷🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — Turkish President Erdoğan has been in contact with President Trump in recent days to secure visas for the Palestinian delegation to the UN, and Israel is trying to prevent the move, according to Israeli Channel 12.
⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon appear to have ceased for the night.
Wasn't many attacks.
Wasn't many attacks.
🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukrainian officials proposed a major expansion of their campaign against Russia earlier this year, centered on overwhelming Moscow’s airports with as many as 1,000 autonomous drones per night, according to The Atlantic.
Rather than relying on remote pilots, the drones would navigate and select designated targets using onboard AI and map-matching systems, potentially allowing them to continue operating despite Russian electronic jamming.
The objective was to severely disrupt flights around Moscow and create domestic pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate. Zelensky permitted preparations to move forward despite concerns over civilian casualties and that civilian aircraft could be endangered.
The project was put on hold after Fedorov was removed as Defence Minister in July, but Ukrainian officials believe it could be restarted within around three months.
Rather than relying on remote pilots, the drones would navigate and select designated targets using onboard AI and map-matching systems, potentially allowing them to continue operating despite Russian electronic jamming.
The objective was to severely disrupt flights around Moscow and create domestic pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate. Zelensky permitted preparations to move forward despite concerns over civilian casualties and that civilian aircraft could be endangered.
The project was put on hold after Fedorov was removed as Defence Minister in July, but Ukrainian officials believe it could be restarted within around three months.
⚡️🇸🇾 A powerful explosion was heard in Jisr al-Shughur, a town in the Idlib countryside of Syria.
🇮🇱🚨— Netanyahu convenes high-level security meeting with military and intelligence chiefs to discuss potential developments.
⚡️🇺🇸🏴 FOX: The FBI arrested a 35-year-old Albany woman accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired bombing of the New York State Capitol.
Prosecutors allege Jessica Bowie surveilled the Capitol, purchased materials for an explosive device and planned to disguise it as a food-delivery bag to kill lawmakers. She was arrested on August 19 before the attack could take place and faces a charge of attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
Prosecutors allege Jessica Bowie surveilled the Capitol, purchased materials for an explosive device and planned to disguise it as a food-delivery bag to kill lawmakers. She was arrested on August 19 before the attack could take place and faces a charge of attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
🇮🇱🇱🇧✈️— Fourth wave of strikes underway across southern Lebanon, hitting Al-Mansouri and Kfar Roummane
🔴 Jet activity is particularly loud across northern Israel, with the noise clearly audible around Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot.
🔴 Jet activity is particularly loud across northern Israel, with the noise clearly audible around Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot.
❗️🇮🇱⚔️🇵🇸💥— Palestinian attempts to stab Israeli soldiers during military operation in Telfit village, northern West Bank, shot dead.
🇺🇸❌🇨🇺 — The U.S. State Department has imposed new sanctions on nine Cuban entities and three officials as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against the Cuban government.
The measures target senior officials from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), including its president Fernando González Llort, as well as state-linked companies operating in mining, metals, construction, trade, and labor services.
Among those sanctioned are Cuba’s Ministry of Construction and major state enterprises involved in nickel and cobalt production, metallurgy, imports, and exports.
The measures target senior officials from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), including its president Fernando González Llort, as well as state-linked companies operating in mining, metals, construction, trade, and labor services.
Among those sanctioned are Cuba’s Ministry of Construction and major state enterprises involved in nickel and cobalt production, metallurgy, imports, and exports.
🇺🇸⚡️ — U.S. allies are increasingly questioning Washington’s ability to sustain major military operations across several regions after the Iran War depleted key American weapons stockpiles, WSJ reports.
The concerns have shifted from whether the U.S. is willing to defend its allies to whether it retains the military and industrial capacity to fight effectively across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia at the same time.
The Trump administration has rejected reports of serious shortages. The White House says the military has sufficient munitions to meet the president’s objectives and is pushing defense manufacturers to increase production.
The Pentagon similarly dismissed claims of depleted stockpiles, maintaining that the U.S. has "everything required to strike at the time and place of the President’s choosing."
The concerns have shifted from whether the U.S. is willing to defend its allies to whether it retains the military and industrial capacity to fight effectively across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia at the same time.
The Trump administration has rejected reports of serious shortages. The White House says the military has sufficient munitions to meet the president’s objectives and is pushing defense manufacturers to increase production.
The Pentagon similarly dismissed claims of depleted stockpiles, maintaining that the U.S. has "everything required to strike at the time and place of the President’s choosing."
⚡️— Reuters: Only 7 ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a drop in traffic.
🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Wall Street Journal quoting Pentagon spokesperson:
“Claims of a shortage of American ammunition are incorrect."
He further said, “Washington has everything it need to strike at the time and place of the President's choosing.”
“Claims of a shortage of American ammunition are incorrect."
He further said, “Washington has everything it need to strike at the time and place of the President's choosing.”
❗️🇷🇺🚨— Russian MoD: air defenses downed 325 drones across the country overnight.
⚡️🇺🇸🇰🇵🇰🇷 Reuters: US President Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive diplomacy and potentially secure another foreign-policy breakthrough. However, Pyongyang has responded cautiously, indicating that any new meeting would depend on significant changes in US policy.
North Korea has stated that the recent reduction in US-South Korean military exercises is insufficient, and suggested that Washington would need to recognise its nuclear status and reconsider its demands for denuclearisation, while Pyongyang denied recent direct talks with Trump despite his claims of an “excellent” relationship with Kim.
The latest standoff comes as North Korea has strengthened its ties with China and Russia, potentially giving Kim greater leverage in any future negotiations with Washington.
North Korea has stated that the recent reduction in US-South Korean military exercises is insufficient, and suggested that Washington would need to recognise its nuclear status and reconsider its demands for denuclearisation, while Pyongyang denied recent direct talks with Trump despite his claims of an “excellent” relationship with Kim.
The latest standoff comes as North Korea has strengthened its ties with China and Russia, potentially giving Kim greater leverage in any future negotiations with Washington.
— 🇺🇸/🏴 NEW: A 35-year old obese woman, Jessica Bowie, was arrested by the FBI for planning to blow up the New York State Capitol
She is a natural born U.S. citizen and converted to Islam some years ago, after which she pledged allegiance to the ISIS terrorist organization.
She is a natural born U.S. citizen and converted to Islam some years ago, after which she pledged allegiance to the ISIS terrorist organization.
🇷🇺🇯🇵⚡️ — Russia’s Pacific Fleet carried out a Bastion coastal missile exercise near the disputed Kuril Islands.
The drill involved a cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine and simulated strikes against naval targets more than 300 km away.
The announcement comes amid renewed tensions with Japan, which protested Putin’s August 13 visit to Iturup Island and has condemned Russia’s expanding military presence on the islands.
The drill involved a cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine and simulated strikes against naval targets more than 300 km away.
The announcement comes amid renewed tensions with Japan, which protested Putin’s August 13 visit to Iturup Island and has condemned Russia’s expanding military presence on the islands.
🇸🇾🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰⚡️ — Syria is considering whether to join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan but has not yet made a decision, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said in Islamabad.
“Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye are major countries in the region, and we are naturally reviewing the options available to us,” Shaibani said.
“At this stage, no decision has been made on whether Syria will join the alliance.”
Shaibani also said Israel has "no right" to determine who Syria chooses as its allies or partners, adding that Türkiye is an ally that "stood with the Syrian people for 14 years."
“Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye are major countries in the region, and we are naturally reviewing the options available to us,” Shaibani said.
“At this stage, no decision has been made on whether Syria will join the alliance.”
Shaibani also said Israel has "no right" to determine who Syria chooses as its allies or partners, adding that Türkiye is an ally that "stood with the Syrian people for 14 years."
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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 WATCH: Yemen’s Armed Forces have released a 10-minute compilation of targeting Saudi-backed troops, vehicles, and tanks in Marib and along the Western coast
All of these operations were carried out by munitions dropped from quadcopter drones. The Yemenis are surprisingly very accurate.
All of these operations were carried out by munitions dropped from quadcopter drones. The Yemenis are surprisingly very accurate.
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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Saudi tank gets hit by a munition dropped from a Yemeni drone, and completely explodes
The Yemenis have clearly received training of some kind; accurate hits from such altitudes are not easy.
The Yemenis have clearly received training of some kind; accurate hits from such altitudes are not easy.