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🇷🇴🗳 With 80% of the vote counted in Romania’s presidential election, Nicușor Dan has expanded his lead, now holding 52.63% of the vote—over 380,000 votes ahead of George Simion.
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🏴⁉️❌🇸🇾 — Statement by Al-Mayadeen District Director Khalil Abdel Moneim Al-Ayyoub regarding today's explosion:
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➡️An explosion rocked the city near the Al-Mayadeen police station. Initial investigations and a site inspection revealed that a car bomb was the cause of the blast, killing three members of the Public Security Forces and wounding several others.
➡️Security forces and police rushed to secure the explosion site and complete the investigations.
➡️We assure our people in Al-Mayadeen that the treacherous hand will not escape punishment, and that we are vigilant to protect the country and its people.
🇱🇧🟡🗳️ Pro-Hezbollah marches in the streets of Beirut, raising the party’s flags.
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🇱🇧🟡🗳 The Hezbollah–Amal Movement electoral list scores a significant win in Baalbek.
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🇺🇸Witkoff to ABC:
An enrichment program can never exist in the state of Iran. That's our red line.
There is no scenario in which Iran abandons its right to enrichment.
⚡️🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 - Red Alerts in "Kissufim", and initial reports of the interception of one projectile launched from southern Gaza and the landing of another in an open area.
The alert shortly follows the announcement of the start of Operation “Gideon’s Chariots”.
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🇮🇱🇸🇾⁉️ — The Mossad states they brought back 2,500 documents and personal belongings to the Israeli agent Eli Cohen in a complex operation in Syria.
➡️Among the restored items, there are books, keys, recording tapes, personal pictures and family/friends pictures, an ID and other documents of Eli Cohen, and finally, his execution order.
📝We made a post earlier about Eli Cohen, you can read it here:
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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — A young man spat at an IDF soldier in a bus, he's likely a Palestinian.
➡️Israel's Defense Minister called him a terrorist for spitting at a soldier in a statement and urged the police to give him a tough punishment.
➡️ Meanwhile, spitting near priests and churches has historically been viewed as a cultural tradition among some Jews. This was noted by Elisha Yered, a former spokesperson for the party of Israel's current Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, and a close associate of Ben Gvir himself.
🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸 — Footage shows one of the US C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft landing at Ben Gurion Airport.
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🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 — Footages of the Yemeni missile and the interceptors over Israel.
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1️⃣ ⚡️— Final statement of the Arab Summit:
We reiterate our categorical rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people and call for the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip.
🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Earlier reports about Trump standing up to Netanyahu appear incorrect.
➡️Trump says he is not frustrated with the Israeli PM despite his numerous attempts to undermine the US.
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🇵🇸❌🇮🇱🇺🇸📞🇸🇾 — NBC report says Syria is also under discussion as a possible location to relocate Palestinains.
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🇱🇾🇺🇸❌🇵🇸 — According to NBC news, Trump is planning to move 1 million Gazans to Libya, talks are ongoing regarding the matter.
🏴❌🇸🇾🇺🇸 — Islamic State terrorists are spreading this leaflet in Syrian circles, amid an ongoing recruitment campaign
➡️ The terrorist group is targeting mostly foreign fighters, who are most of the time more radical than locals, and are also at risk of being expelled by the new government in place
➡️ Islamic State seeks to exploit the Syrian President's visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince MBS and US President Trump, turning this event into treason against the fighters who toppled the former regime.
➡️ Local sources reported to GeoPWatch growing discontent among Syrian fighters in general but foreign fighters in particular, who face an unsure future, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Chechens and other foreign nationalities are among those targeted.
➡️Excerpt from the leaflet:
The invitation remains open to you. Don't allow al-Julani to sacrifice you for seeking international recognition. What a loss it would be if your journey to the Levant ended this way. Repent and join the Islamic State spreading among you in the countryside and outskirtsЧитать полностью…
🟨🇷🇴🗳 — Romanian presidential right wing candidate George Simion through his 📱 page announce he's the new president of Romania despite the vote count not yet being completed.
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🏴⁉️❌🇸🇾 — A suspected 'Islamic State' VBIED attack targeted a police station belonging to the Public Security in al-Mayadeen, Deir ez Zor
➡️ Initial reports state 3 Public Security members were killed and 3 others injured following the bombing, this comes the day after the Syrian government conducted anti-Islamic State operations in Aleppo, this is likely retaliation.
➡️ As pressure is mounting on foreign fighters and Islamic State, a direct conflict seems inevitable in Syria.
🇱🇧🗳 Context; municipal elections are held all over Lebanon today and will continue in every Sunday of May.
They are the first to be held since 2016 and the results will probably reveal the effect of new sectarian dynamics.
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⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - Following the IDF's announcement of the full scale start of "Gideon's Chariot" Offensive Operation, Hebrew Media has reported the deployment of 5 Brigades into Gaza.
Rapid advancements have been reported in multiple axis. In the south, local sources report IDF advancements towards the area of "Fukhari", "Khuza'a", and the "European Gaza" Hospital, air struck a few days ago.
Reports have also suggested an advancement towards the city of "Mawasi".
⁉️🇮🇷🇬🇧 — UKMTO has received reports from vessels experiencing GPS interference in the Strait of Hormuz area.
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⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - The IDF has announced the start of the "broad" invasion of Gaza, under the Operation “Gideon’s Chariots”.
The IDF has announced that over the past week, 670+ targets were air struck. the targets allegedly included weapon storage sites, underground infrastructure, Anti-Tank missile launchers and personnel.
Moreover, the IDF's ground troops have begun advancing in every sector of the Gaza strip, alongside intense bombardment.
🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Lebanese Presidency media office has released statement clarifying that the picture of Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun handshaking the Israeli Druze spiritual leader Muwafaq Tarif was taken by Israeli media and distributed for suspicious purposes.
➡️According to them, the Druze leader approached the Lebanese leader and shook his hands, the Lebanese leader didn't even know who that was.
🏴💥🇸🇴 | Al-Shabab Claims Deadly Blast at Somali Army Recruitment Center in Mogadishu, 11 Recruits Killed
Al-Shabab (AS) has claimed responsibility for a violent explosion targeting a Somali army recruitment center in Mogadishu, killing at least 11 recruits, according to preliminary reports.
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🇮🇱🇪🇺⁉️ — Last year Israel's representative Eden Golan said if the juries weren't antisemitic she might of have won the first place.
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🇸🇾❌🏴🇺🇿 — 3 suspected IS terrorists killed and 4 arrested as operations continues in eastern Aleppo
➡️ Combing operations ongoing in Aleppo, looking through IS hideouts, one IS terrorists reportedly blew himself up during the clashes leading to unknown casualties.
➡️ 3 members of the General Security were confirmed killed so far, some unverified reports state the clashes broke out when the General Security attempted to arrest Uzbek foreign fighters in the city.
➡️ This is the first direct battle between the new Syrian government and Islamic State terrorists since the Damascus takeover, the terrorist group has not released a statement as a confirmation yet.
🇺🇸🇸🇦🇸🇾 — Trump says he lifted sanctions to give Syria a chance after Saudi crown prince Muhammed Bin Salman asked him.
He also once again calls the Syrian President a "handsome guy".
⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - The IDF has announced that it has launched the first stages of the "Gideon's Chariots" major offensive operation in Gaza.
📝 The IDF in the statement [click to expand]:
» Over the past day, the IDF launched extensive attacks and mobilized forces to seize strategic areas in the Gaza Strip, as part of the opening moves of Operation Gideon's Chariots and the expansion of the campaign in Gaza, to achieve all the goals of the war in Gaza, including the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas.
» IDF troops in the Southern Command will continue to operate to protect Israeli citizens and realize the goals of the war.
🇺🇸📞🇱🇾 — According to NBC news, Haftar was reached for a comment but they didn't respond.
➡️If the report is true then it's most likely Haftar's government, due to his close ties to Israel and UAE.
➡️Moreover, the last time a minister in Dbeibah's government (GNU) held talks with Israel a year ago, she was expelled outside the country and mass protests outbroke in the country, Haftar however, has a firm grip on security in such events.
⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - A clearer image of a "Merkava III" Tank with [classified] ERA on the sides.
The mass-equipment of these ERA blocks on older model "MK.III" tanks likely is preparations for the upcoming "Gideon's Chariots" Operation in Gaza.
🇺🇸🇮🇴⚡️ Last week, six American B-2 stealth bombers departed Diego Garcia and were replaced by four B-52 bombers.
➡️ Additionally, six KC-135 refueling tankers and possibly a P-8 anti-submarine/maritime patrol aircraft are also deployed at the base.
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