🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Multiple Israeli airstrikes reported in multiple areas of southern Lebanon.
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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 — U.S. Central Command:
An F/A-18 fighter jet launches from the flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) while the ship sails in regional waters and supports enforcement of America’s steel wall blockade against Iran. As of Aug. 12, U.S. forces have redirected 59 commercial vessels, disabled 3 and boarded 2 to ensure full compliance with the blockade.
🇮🇷⚡️ — Fars News Agency's Free Training Center has opened registration for a 24-hour specialized program titled "Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations and Media" — Fars News Agency.
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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are experiencing a mental health crisis, with some sailors trying to jump overboard, per The Guardian
The aircraft carrier has been deployed at sea for more than 250 consecutive days—over 9 months in total—without making land, due to the ongoing war with Iran.
Families of the 5000 sailors are raising the alarm, saying that conditions aboard are ‘hellish’, with almost daily attacks, dwindling supplies, and limited rations.
One spouse of a sailor said that her husband had texted her one day saying ‘he hopes he doesn’t wake up tomorrow’. Various suicide attempts have been thwarted, and U.S. CENTCOM commanders warn of an impending mutiny if conditions about the ship don’t change for the better.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸🛥⚡️Kpler, the vessel-tracking company: Half of the ships that transited the Strait of Hormuz in August chose the route operated by Iran.
➡️ Of the 166 transits, only two vessels used the U.S.-backed route.
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⚡️🛥 — Wall Street Journal, citing vessel-tracking data: Only 14 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
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— 🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: The Pakistani Minister of Interior visited Iran and assured FM Araqchi that the ‘Mecca Defense Pact’ is not intended as an alliance against Iran
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🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶⚡️ — Iraqi Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq:
We have handed over the medium and heavy weapons, including missiles and drones, to the brigades of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). We seek to build a well-governed civil state in which citizens do not feel threatened by any weapons outside the framework of the state.
🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — President Trump via Truth Social:
The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEEL,” and there is nothing Iran can do about it. They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing, and their “Leadership” is uncertain, at best! They have No Money - Their country is “shot.” All they have is FAKE NEWS and 300% INFLATION, and getting worse! Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer. Praise be to Allah! President DONALD J. TRUMP.
🇮🇷🇵🇰🇹🇷🇸🇦🇪🇬🇮🇩 — Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei:
Iran, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Indonesia, as major countries in the Islamic world, bear the responsibility of moving forward on the path toward achieving Islamic unity.
🇮🇱❌🇱🇧🇱🇧 — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:
We are demolishing Hezbollah’s infrastructure and all the homes in the security zone, and we will not allow our citizens to be threatened.
🇮🇱❌🇱🇧🇸🇾🇵🇸 — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:
I instructed the military to take all necessary steps to ensure a long-term presence in the security zone in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza.
🇮🇷⚡️ — Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi:
We produce ballistic missiles at a rate exceeding the rate at which they are fired.
In the field of drones as well, our production capacity is far greater than the rate at which they are deployed.
Even if the war lasts for several years, our ballistic missiles will continue to rain down on the enemy.
⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 – Iran used tactics seen in Ukraine to shoot down an F-15E in April, including the deployment of a drone swarm to determine its location, speed and direction to intercept it with a shoulder-fired missile, likely of Chinese origin.
The report also claims the pilots were given a warning only around half a second of warning before being struck. Both pilots survived and were evacuated by U.S. forces.
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⚡️🇮🇱🇨🇴 — Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Releases a video on X thanking Colombia for recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights:
We are with Colombia because our friend, the President of Colombia, recognized Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
I thank you, Mr. President.
This is the Golan Heights. The Israeli flag flies here, and it will continue to fly here because this is our land.
Today it's ours, it's back to being ours, and it will always be ours.
🇺🇸⚡️ — BREAKING President Trump On Truth Social:
Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!
Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections.
Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024.
Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office. Thank you, Karoline, for a job well done!
🇮🇶❌🌟 — Two Iraqi sources told Agence France-Presse:
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zeidi informed political leaders that he is prepared for confrontation and a clash with factions insisting on retaining their weapons if they continue to refuse to cooperate after the deadline expires.
🇵🇸🟢Head of the National Relations Office of the Hamas movement, Husam Badran, during a meeting with Al-Aqsa TV this evening, Wednesday:
Hamas will participate in the Legislative Council elections within the broadest possible national coalition, and we are working with many Palestinian factions to form an electoral bloc that includes a wide spectrum of the Palestinian people.
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🇵🇸🟢 Hamas urges Palestinians to register for upcoming elections, calling it a national duty to ensure legitimate representation and free will in building national institutions, free from outside interference.
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🇮🇶🇺🇸🇺🇸⚡️ Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi received U.S. Central Command Commander General Charles Brad Cooper on Wednesday.
➡️ During the meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi reaffirmed his commitment to the agreed timelines, which stipulate that September 30 will be a firm and final deadline for ending the military mission of the International Coalition in Iraq and completing the withdrawal of its forces.
➡️ The Iraqi prime minister stated that October 1 will mark a new day in the course of the Iraqi state, as Iraq will be free of any foreign military presence, having fully restored its national sovereignty over its territory and continued to build its security and military capabilities in a manner that enables it to protect its own security and stability.
➡️ In this context, the prime minister called for adherence to the principles of the Constitution and the foundations upon which the state is built, the preservation of its national interests, and the channeling of the energies of the Iraqi people toward reconstruction, development, and economic growth. He stressed that Iraq today needs the efforts of all its citizens to build a strong economy, a stable state, and a better future for coming generations.
➡️ He stressed that placing all weapons under state control, in accordance with the law, protects everyone, strengthens the authority and sovereignty of the state, guarantees security and stability, and represents a fundamental condition for moving Iraq into a new phase of development and prosperity.
➡️ Both sides affirmed their full and final agreement to end the military mission of the International Coalition, in accordance with the agreement reached during the Iraqi prime minister’s visit to Washington in mid-July. They stressed that Iraqi-American relations will transition toward cooperation and partnership in the economic, development, and security fields, based on mutual respect for the sovereignty and shared interests of both countries.
🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — Israel Defense Forces (IDF):
Our forces have just attacked a Hamas cell leader in the northern Gaza Strip.
🇮🇶🇮🇶⚡️ — Iraqi government spokesperson:
We are proceeding with completing the process of bringing weapons under state control, and after September 30, the government will be responsible for enforcing the law.
🇮🇶⚡️ — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zeidi:
The decision to end the mission of the international coalition in Iraq on September 30 is a final date with no going back.
🇾🇪❌🇮🇱🇸🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧 — Member of the Political Bureau of the Ansar Allah movement, Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti:
We have 12 years of experience confronting Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Britain.
The Yemeni Armed Forces carefully select their targets and are currently targeting weapons depots and Saudi troop concentrations.
Saudi Arabia is concealing its losses, particularly the number of fatalities. We are currently targeting military infrastructure only.
We advise Yemenis serving in Saudi military camps to withdraw in order to preserve their lives, and we will provide them with rewards.
🇮🇳🇷🇺 Russia Appoints Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud as Arbitrator in Ukraine Dispute
Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has been appointed as Russia's nominee on a three-member international arbitration tribunal hearing a claim by Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank.
The dispute, under the 1998 Ukraine–Russia investment treaty, concerns alleged losses to Oschadbank's assets and operations in Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions.
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🇹🇷A Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in the province of Yalova⚠️
The pilot ejected successfully and survived.
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🇮🇶🇸🇦⚡️ — Iraqi Hoqooq Block Member of Parliament Miqdad al-Khafaji stated that the execution of wanted Saudi nationals "should have been carried out 15 years ago."
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🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — In April 2026, Iran shot down a U.S. F-15E over southern Iran using a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile, according to the NYT.
Iranian forces adapted tactics observed in Ukraine, employing drones to relay the jet's GPS coordinates, speed, and heading to commanders—enabling precise targeting.
The crew reportedly received less than half a second of warning before the $60 million aircraft was struck.
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🇮🇱🇻🇪 Israel & Venezuela Move Toward Restoring Diplomatic Ties After 17 Years
Venezuela’s Chief Rabbi Isaac Cohen has urged Acting President Delcy Rodríguez to restore diplomatic and consular relations with Israel.
The move follows unprecedented Israeli humanitarian and reconstruction cooperation with Venezuela after the country’s devastating earthquake.
The two countries have been without formal diplomatic relations since 2009.
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🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — Israeli Artillery shelling targets the outskirts of Douhet Kfar Remma, southern Lebanon.
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