—❗️🇺🇸/🇸🇦/🇾🇪 New York Times: ‘The strikes against the Houthis were close to beginning, with target lists approved and bombs being loaded onto U.S. warplanes when Trump pulled back.’
Now we know why those security alerts were issued & why we saw B1-B Lancers taking off from RAF Fairford; they were headed for Yemen.
Now we know why those security alerts were issued & why we saw B1-B Lancers taking off from RAF Fairford; they were headed for Yemen.
—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, says all Iranian airlines will be shut down ‘worldwide’ on Wednesday, September 23rd.
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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 WATCH: The IRGC has released footage of downing an American MQ-1C ‘Gray Eagle’ drone above the Strait of Hormuz today.
—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇶🇦 NEW: More than 25 refueling aircraft are currently parked at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the most since February 2026, before the beginning of the Iran War
The aircraft are parked in dispersed patterns in order to be less vulnerable to Iranian missile strikes.
The aircraft are parked in dispersed patterns in order to be less vulnerable to Iranian missile strikes.
—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: Iraq has caved to U.S. pressure and will ban newly sanctioned Iranian airlines from landing or taking off in Iraq, starting tomorrow – AFP.
⚡️🇵🇱🇱🇻🇱🇹 – Air raids sirens sounded in Lublin, Poland, and Kraslava, eastern Latvia, following Russian strikes on Ukraine and the risk of collateral damage.
Operations at Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, were suspended due to drone activity around the airport.
Operations at Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, were suspended due to drone activity around the airport.
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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇳/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, has arrived in New York for the UNGA.
— 🇺🇸 NEW: After banning most major news outlets, the White House announces ‘Trump TV’, a state-run channel to cover all of President Trump’s statements & appearances.
⚡🇺🇸🇨🇳 — US and China discuss creating new AI national security alert warning system.
⚡🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Iran threatens to attack US targets with new weapons if US launches strikes again.
⚡🇨🇳🇺🇸 — China expels top military general for allegedly leaking Chinese nuclear weapons data to the US.
🇸🇾💥— Series of unexplained explosions hit Syrian army ammunition depots this month, killing 30 and wounding 4
🔴 An ammunition depot explosion in Aleppo province yesterday wounded 4, with secondary blasts continuing for several minutes.
🔴 An explosion at a Syrian army depot in Deir ez-Zor on September 18 killed 11.
🔴 An explosion at a depot in Idlib province on September 9 killed 14, with secondary explosions continuing for a long period.
🔴 An explosion of a vehicle carrying ammunition in Idlib province on September 1 killed 5.
🔴 Syrians on social media are pointing the finger at Israel, though Israel has not claimed responsibility; Syrians and Turks online claim Israel is behind the blasts to prevent the Syrian army from reinforcing, and reports say yesterday's blast south of Aleppo hit a depot where anti-tank missiles recently received from Turkey were transferred.
🔴 An ammunition depot explosion in Aleppo province yesterday wounded 4, with secondary blasts continuing for several minutes.
🔴 An explosion at a Syrian army depot in Deir ez-Zor on September 18 killed 11.
🔴 An explosion at a depot in Idlib province on September 9 killed 14, with secondary explosions continuing for a long period.
🔴 An explosion of a vehicle carrying ammunition in Idlib province on September 1 killed 5.
🔴 Syrians on social media are pointing the finger at Israel, though Israel has not claimed responsibility; Syrians and Turks online claim Israel is behind the blasts to prevent the Syrian army from reinforcing, and reports say yesterday's blast south of Aleppo hit a depot where anti-tank missiles recently received from Turkey were transferred.
🇦🇪🇶🇦🇮🇷📰— Gulf states push to reset relations with Iran, with the UAE urging a "new mindset" and Qatar calling for a regional "security framework" including Tehran, after a war exposed their vulnerability to Iranian attacks and weakened US credibility, the Financial Times reports.
🇬🇧 🇸🇦 ❗️ — UK Prime Minister:
I approved a Saudi request to provide aerial refueling services.
I approved a Saudi request to provide aerial refueling services.
🇫🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — French President Emmanuel Macron:
Upon my arrival in New York, I met with President Donald Trump.
We decided to act together to ease tensions in energy markets by protecting critical infrastructure in the Middle East and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
We will also join forces to secure a moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure and Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
Upon my arrival in New York, I met with President Donald Trump.
We decided to act together to ease tensions in energy markets by protecting critical infrastructure in the Middle East and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
We will also join forces to secure a moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure and Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
🇺🇸🇮🇷📰— Trump administration proposes $5 billion investment fund to rebuild Middle East energy infrastructure damaged in the war with Iran and develop oil and gas routes bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
🇮🇷🤝🇺🇸📰⛵— Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz within 7 days if Washington takes initial steps to ease military pressure.
🇮🇱🇦🇪✈️— Israeli airlines cancel flights to Dubai on Shin Bet security directive, foreign carriers continue.
🇮🇷🗣— IRGC deputy commander says Iran can hit large enemy ships with ballistic missiles in Hormuz.
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇺🇳 NEW: In a joint statement at the UN General Assembly, the G7 (UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan & U.S.) called upon Iran to stop arming the Houthis with missiles
Iran said no.
Iran said no.