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Foreign influence risks mandate policymakers and intelligence professionals assess whether overlapping financial, political, and ideological networks present conflicts of interest or gray zone vulnerabilities in U.S. leadership appointments. www.thewashingtonoutsidercenter.org/tulsi-gabbar...
January 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NSC Spox on Syria: “The Assad regime's ongoing refusal to engage in the political process and its reliance on Russia and Iran, created the conditions now unfolding, including the collapse of Assad regime lines in northwest Syria. At the same time, the US has nothing to do with this offensive…”
December 1, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Assad has made an official appeal to Iran for immediate military intervention as reports circulate that Assad and Iranian-backed militias are moving helicopters and ammunition depots from Hama Military Airport to Homs
November 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have taken control of Aleppo International Airport.
November 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Variations along similar outlines are being circulated of rebel versus Assad regime controlled areas in Aleppo. Currently the western part of the city and its city center appear to have fallen into opposition control. Revel pictures are being shared from the governorate office of Aleppo.
November 29, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Reports that the first Iranian-backed contingent of Iraqi special forces from Kata’ib Imam Ali has been deployed to the Aleppo frontlines today. Part of the PMF umbrella, its Secretary-General, Shibl al-Zaydi, has strong ties to Iran’s IRGC and Quds Force, extending Tehran’s regional influence.
November 29, 2024 at 9:42 PM
At least 6 wounded following an armed terror attack on a civilian bus in Israel; 3 severely according to Magen David Adom. The terrorist was neutralized by security forces after he opened fire with an assault rifle early this morning at the Gitai Avishar Junction near Highway 5, near Ariel, Samaria.
November 29, 2024 at 11:43 AM
This is just completely bananas
November 29, 2024 at 4:12 AM
In the west, forces bypassed Al-Naqoura via Al-Biyadah. In the center, they advanced beyond Houla to Wadi Salouqi. In the east, Division 91 reached the Litani River near Yohmor and Beaufort Castle (Ataroun). IDF warned residents within 5km of the border not to return. The ceasefire began yesterday.
November 29, 2024 at 2:11 AM
The ground maneuver in Lebanon began on September 30, targeting 28 positions along the Israel-Lebanon border, most on the front line. By late November, Israeli forces advanced to the second line of villages, including bypassing Al-Naqoura in the west and pushing toward the Litani River in the east.
November 29, 2024 at 2:05 AM
“May you live in interesting times,” they say…
November 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
The IDF released a 3D model of its targeting in the Dahieh district in Beirut over the war. Over 360 targets were struck and destroyed. The district served as the governmental center of gravity for Hezbollah, where hundreds of militarized infrastructures were embedded among civilians over the years
November 27, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Earlier today, IDF thwarted weapons smuggling via UAV detected crossing from Egyptian territory into Israeli airspace. The UAV was neutralized by the Carkal Battalion who located the drone and its payload, including 4 rifles, 5 magazines, and several hundred rounds of ammo.

(Source: IDF)
November 27, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was reached by agreement after 250 evacuation notices were issued by the IDF in Beirut and approximately 300 buildings struck, mostly in the Dahieh district….

Happy Turkey day 🇮🇱🇱🇧

Data and map credit: Wooltigerhueter.
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
20 launches from Lebanon crossed into Israel at 08:35 this morning about 40 mins ago targeting the Upper Galilee and Western Galilee. The MDA stated medics treated a 75-year-old man in mild condition with a shrapnel injury to the head,who was taken to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.
November 25, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Hezbollah launched over 255 rockets at Israel over 12 hours on Sunday. From 6:50 PM about 550 red alerts were sounded. Pictured are the homefront command’s alerts over the last 24 hours.

Permitting Hezbollah to retain such capabilities and maintain its role as Tehran’s deterrent destabilizes the ME
November 25, 2024 at 6:32 AM
A Ukrainian drone attack struck and ignited an oil tank in the Kaluga region of Russia overnight. Simultaneously, Russians reported that Ukraine launched a massive barrage of long-range missiles against Russian and North Korean military positions in the Kursk region.
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Do you accept the two-state solution?

Ghazi Hamad: No, no, we are not saying that we accept the 2SS because this is an occupying state. How can we accept it?

We said before that we accept a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 and with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of the refugees.
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Authorities in the UAE located the body of Zvi Kogan, missing since Thursday, Nov 21, 2024.

His abandoned vehicle was found by authorities in Al Ain, near the Oman border, over 90 miles from his Abu Dhabi residence. Security officials suspect a group of Uzbekistan nationals, who fled to Turkey.
November 24, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Israel’s Mossad is investigating the disappearance of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan Citizen who went missing in UAE. He was last seen on Wed upon his return from Israel where he met the Prime Min. Office. Iranian involvement is suspected with perpetrators believed to have fled to Turkey.
November 23, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Deputy Chief of Defense Staff LTG Magowan to House of Commons defense committee: "I don't think anybody in this room should be under any illusion,” regarding military readiness to confront escalation on Europe’s eastern flank. "If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight.”
November 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
The first image of North Korean forces’ casualties on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine surfaces, alongside news of senior NK general’s wounding on the frontline.

Reilly, P. (2024, 11.22). Top NK general reportedly wounded by Ukrainian strike in Russia. NY Post. nypost.com/2024/11/22/w...
November 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
IAEA DG: Iran may invoke Article X of NPT

“When you go to Iran and observe the debates in the country—the press, the parliamentarians—this issue is on the table”.

"Iran will open new and advanced nuclear centrifuges, in response to IAEA's decision” said Iran's MFA.

See: x.com/danlinnaeus/...
November 21, 2024 at 10:03 PM
No, it won’t you smack-talking little shill for Islamist extremism. Your two-bit mayorship of an American county overrun by Hamas and Hezbollah simps lacks authority and legal standing to make such decisions. Quit

22 U.S. Code §7423 Prohibits cooperation with ICC
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November 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
It was a subversive res., full of land mines designed to provoke US veto to advance anti-American narratives & paint it as isolated and lacking moral leadership in global affairs. This inverts the truth: the vetoed UNSC res. seeks to deprive Israel’s right to self-defense while perpetuating conflict
November 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM