🇱🇧⚔️🇮🇱Hezbollah targeting IOF vehicles in the Fakkaniyah Heights north of the town of Tyre, southern Lebanon.

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🇸🇮💬🇮🇱 Slovenian PM Flies to Brussels Amid Spy Scandal

Three days before Slovenians vote, Prime Minister Robert Golob abandoned the campaign trail and flew to Brussels to request that the European Commission investigate what his government is calling coordinated foreign interference, with Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube at the center.

The scandal erupted last week when investigative weekly Mladina and civil society researchers published findings showing that Black Cube co-founder Dan Zorella and retired IDF Major General Giora Eiland flew to Ljubljana on a private jet and met opposition leader Janez Janša months before covert recordings began shaking the election.

➡️The Israeli Visit

On December 22, a private jet landed in Ljubljana at 10:30 a.m. Four passengers went to Trstenjakova Street 8, the SDS party headquarters, where Janša reportedly met them personally.

Slovenia's SOVA intelligence service confirmed the visits. State Secretary for Security Vojko Volk told journalists that the client ordering Black Cube’s services came from within Slovenia.

➡️The Covert Recordings

An anonymous website, anti-corruption2026.com began releasing covertly filmed material showing figures from Golob's coalition apparently suggesting ways to influence decision-makers in Golob’s government to expedite procedures or secure contracts.

Targets said they were lured under false pretenses to meetings with people posing as foreign investors, a documented Black Cube method involving fully operational fictitious companies, false identities, and secret recordings.

Black Cube’s co-founder was convicted in Romania in 2022 for attempting to discredit Laura Kövesi, then head of Romania’s anti-corruption agency.

➡️Janša’s Response

Janša did not deny knowing the visitors. Pressed about the Black Cube allegations, he first downplayed the information and then acknowledged knowing at least one of the individuals for some time. In a recent pre-election TV debate, he said he talked to him about the "situation in the Middle East," adding that the person is knowledgeable about the situation.

Initially, SDS claimed it had never heard of Black Cube. Later, the party suggested that if the firm truly exposed corruption on such a scale, a monument should be erected in Ljubljana to honor it.

There is also a geopolitical dimension. Golob's government recognized Palestinian statehood in June 2024, banned goods from Israeli-occupied territories, and barred far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich from entering Slovenia. Janša's SDS, by contrast, consistently backs Israel, opposed the Palestine recognition, and launched a parliamentary Israel caucus in 2025, pledging to reverse Golob’s policy if returned to power.

Who financed this operation remains unanswered. Janša has not responded.

➡️EU Response

At the EU summit, Golob urged the Commission to refer the matter to the European Centre for Democratic Resilience. French President Emmanuel Macron supported him, calling it “clear-cut interference” by third countries.

➡️The Bigger Picture

The recordings may show real corruption, and the figures caught on tape have serious questions to answer. But the mechanics of how this material surfaced — a private firm staffed by ex-Mossad and IDF veterans, a private jet to Ljubljana, a meeting at opposition headquarters, and the newly created site anti-corruption2026.com releasing material timed to the final weeks of a campaign — raise questions that go beyond the content of the tapes themselves. A genuine anti-corruption operation does not typically require a covert Israeli intelligence "private" firm, a sympathetic opposition leader, and an anonymous site.

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🇰🇼 According to Clash Report, a Turkish outlet citing sources, three Kuwaiti Eurofighter jets were destroyed in a recent drone and missile attack on Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, while two Italian aircraft were damaged.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The U.S. is rushing thousands of Marines and sailors toward the Middle East according to Newsmax, citing sources.

The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deploying early from the West Coast, cutting leave short after training. Around 4,000 personnel are aboard three ships, including the USS Boxer, USS Portland, and USS Comstock

A typical Boxer ARG air combat element includes F-35B short-takeoff/vertical-landing fighters, MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors, CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters, AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, and UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters.

They are heading to reinforce forces in the region, alongside the USS Tripoli, which is also en route. More ships are expected to follow, bringing the total to roughly 8,000 troops, including up to 5,000 Marines.

The buildup comes amid speculation Washington may target Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf that are key to Iran’s oil infrastructure.

At the same time, the USS Ford carrier has been pulled back for repairs after a fire.

🐻 Trump says he doesn't need anyone's help and the war is won. The Marine Corps is apparently still getting the memo.

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🇮🇷🇸🇦 IRGC Spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaqari:

"The Zionist regime intends to attack energy infrastructure in the region, including Aramco facilities — the regime's history of malicious acts to frame Iran confirms this evil intention."

Iran officially warning that Israel is planning a false flag on Saudi oil facilities to blame Tehran.

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🇺🇸💲Trump's hand-picked Fine Arts Commission has approved a 24-karat gold commemorative coin with Trump's face on it, to celebrate 250 years of American democracy.

No living president has ever appeared on US currency. Federal law actually prohibits it. But this is a "collector's coin," so technically....

The commission that approved this was appointed by the man on the coin. Truly, no notes. The founding fathers would love this.

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🚨🇮🇱 Alarms in nothern "Israel"

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🇪🇺 Reich Gauleitierin von der Leyen ruled out EU countries buying Russian gas, even amid shortages.

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🇷🇺☪️ Putin issued an Eid al-Fitr greeting to Russia's Muslims today:

"I congratulate Russian Muslims on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which concludes the holy month of Ramadan.

For centuries, this holiday has embodied the aspirations of believers for moral improvement, mercy and compassion, and drawn them to the enduring values ​​of Islam.

I would like to point out that Russian Muslims deeply respect the historical and spiritual traditions of their ancestors and celebrate this holiday widely within their communities and families. A popular custom is to hold large-scale charitable, cultural, educational, and children's events throughout the holy month.

Muslim organizations make a constructive contribution to strengthening the institution of the family, educating youth, developing constructive dialogue with government and public institutions, and devoting tireless attention to the implementation of patriotic, educational, and humanitarian initiatives. And, of course, special words of gratitude go to the followers of Islam who, shoulder to shoulder with their comrades, fight for the freedom and independence of the Motherland and provide support to the families and friends of the heroes.

I wish you health, success and all the best."

— Vladimir Putin

Russia has one of the largest Muslim populations in Europe, concentrated in Chechnya, Dagestan, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan. These regions have supplied some of the bravest soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

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🇷🇺☪️ Apti Alaudinov congratulates Muslims on the completion of the Holy Month of Ramadan.

Eid Mubarak! Akhmat Sila!!

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🇸🇦 WSJ: Saudi Arabia’s oil officials are working frantically to project how high oil prices might go if the Iran war and its disruption of energy supplies doesn’t end soon—and they don’t like what they are seeing.

The base case, several oil officials in the Gulf’s biggest producer said, is that prices could soar past $180 a barrel if the disruptions persist until late April.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺 "You guys are gonna beat Russia. Good luck." - Tucker Carlson in an interview with The Economist

“I’m not laughing—I’m angry at your politicians.” Tucker Carlson told Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, calling European leaders “liars” who are trying to “distract from the disasters in their own countries.”

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🇫🇷🇮🇱 Macron on Lebanon:

"Israel's ground military operation, like the bombings, are not appropriate — and are even unacceptable under international law."

He adds that Israel occupied Lebanon for years before and "did not produce the expected results."

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🇦🇪🇰🇼 Explosions reported at Ali Al-Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.

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🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇮🇱 Only in Iran!

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🇮🇷 A sign posted on a bakery window in Iran:

"Anyone who has no money or whose card is not working can take their daily bread needs free of charge. As long as we are alive, no one will go hungry."

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WSJ: U.S. War Planes and Helicopters Kick Off Battle to Reopen Hormuz

The U.S. has deployed A-10 Warthogs and Apache attack helicopters to the Strait of Hormuz in an intensified campaign to reopen the waterway — now closed to commercial shipping for nearly three weeks.

Brent crude briefly touched $119 a barrel Thursday before settling at $108. Twenty percent of the world's oil exports move through the strait. The Trump administration is now managing the economic fallout of a war it launched on February 28.

The Pentagon says more than 120 Iranian naval vessels have been destroyed. Iran is still believed to have hundreds of undamaged boats in hardened coastal tunnels, along with mines and truck-mounted cruise missiles that analysts say could take weeks to neutralize, if at all.

Meanwhile Iran's parliament is considering legislation to charge tolls on select ships it allows through. Tehran is turning a military chokehold into economic leverage — potentially forcing nations that need Gulf energy to deal with Iran directly.

A force of 2,200 Marines is also heading to the region, with a possible mission to seize Iranian islands off the southern coast.

The U.S. went to war to eliminate Iran's military capacity. Three weeks in, Iran still controls the strait, oil is above $100, and Washington is sending in the Marines.

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