🇮🇷🇮🇶 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Baghdad for an official visit aboard Meraj Airlines Airbus A321-231 EP-SSM, operating as IRAN03. His visit comes amid rising tensions between Iraq’s prime minister and several Iran backed militias over Baghdad’s push to bring all weapons under state control. It also comes two days after a drone assassination attempt against the KRG prime minister in Erbil, which Iraqi authorities say was launched from Iran.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2089953477313065362

The Mecca Joint Defense Pact increasingly appears to be centered around the sale of Turkish drones. A Turkish Air Force A400M strategic airlifter flew from Istanbul to Islamabad, landing at PAF Base Murid, one of the Pakistan Air Force’s main operational hubs for its UCAV fleet.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2088248585162801193

🇪🇬🇨🇳 Around six People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fighter jets, likely J-10Cs, are currently deploying to Egypt for the joint Egyptian-Chinese Eagles of Civilization 2026 air exercise.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2089756812924899599

🇮🇱🇪🇬 An Israeli Air Force Boeing 767 tanker [DEXTER] is operating alongside a Gulfstream G-V “Nachshon Shavit” SIGINT/ELINT aircraft over the eastern Mediterranean, off the coasts of Egypt’s North Sinai and Gaza.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2089363766903189955

🇹🇷🇸🇾 A Turkish government Gulfstream G550 TC-DAP private jet has departed Damascus after arriving from Ankara earlier this morning carrying a Turkish delegation led by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. The visit comes just a day after Israeli strikes targeted a potential future Turkish airbase in northwestern Syria.

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Turkey’s energy minister said Ankara is ready to work with Damascus on oil and gas exploration, with TPAO and private firms prepared for seismic surveys and offshore and onshore drilling. Turkey’s state owned MTA IC also signed an agreement with Syria on phosphate resources.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090085941062803473

🇪🇬🇱🇾 Just weeks after Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt, el-Sisi received Libyan National Army (LNA) commander General Khalifa Haftar and his sons, Khaled Haftar, the military’s current Chief of Staff, and Belgasim Haftar, head of Libya’s Reconstruction and Development Fund and a key figure in eastern Libya’s business networks, in Alamein yesterday. The meeting comes as Egypt deepens its involvement in Libya, with Cairo seeking to bridge the divide between the country’s eastern and western factions and advance efforts to unify Libya’s military institutions.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090360865832788040

General Khalifa Haftar arrived at El Alamein International Airport on Tuesday aboard a private Airbus A319 with the tail number P4-KH519 for his meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The meeting was held yesterday, after which Haftar departed Egypt and returned to Benghazi. Interestingly, just days earlier, on August 15, a Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) Airbus A319-111, tail number 5A-ONI, arrived at El Alamein from Tripoli. The aircraft arrived around the same time as Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who was also in El Alamein following his visit to Libya.

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RT by @EGYOSINT: General Khalifa Haftar arrived at El Alamein International Airport on Tuesday aboard a private Airbus A319 with the tail number P4-KH519 for his meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The meeting was held yesterday, after which Haftar departed Egypt and returned to Benghazi.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090364902162456731

RT by @EGYOSINT: Interestingly, just days earlier, on August 15, a Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) Airbus A319-111, tail number 5A-ONI, arrived in El Alamein from Tripoli, likely carrying a senior GNU official. The aircraft arrived around the same time as Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who was also in El Alamein following his visit to Libya.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090364960060604657

🛰 The Liberian-flagged chemical and oil products tanker Amara (IMO 9333280), seized by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz on August 17, 2026, is visible in Sentinel-2L satellite imagery captured today, anchored near Larak Island. The vessel was intercepted and seized by the IRGC for allegedly violating maritime transit regulations and failing to pay newly imposed service fees. Amara is managed and operated by UAE-based Superfleet DMCC, while its registered owner is HSG Shipping Inc., a single-vessel shell company registered in the Marshall Islands.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090412218789548222

The U.S. Air Force EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft, originally deployed to Chania Airport in Greece to support operations related to the war with Iran, is now conducting its second consecutive day of ISR flights near Poland’s border with Kaliningrad.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2080095953478983980

🇨🇳🇪🇬 More People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft are currently deploying to Egypt for the joint Egyptian-Chinese “Eagles of Civilization 2026” air exercise. This year’s exercise is expected to be substantial, with PLAAF J-16 fighter jets taking part for the first time.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090001640338137564

🇨🇳🇪🇬 Six J-16 fighter jets, along with a KJ-500 AEW&C aircraft and a Y-20 transport aircraft, were spotted in Karachi, Pakistan, ahead of their deployment to Egypt for the joint Egyptian-Chinese air forces exercise.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090384903586333022

Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shaanxi Y-9LG electronic warfare (EW) and intelligence-gathering aircraft are also participating in the joint Egyptian-Chinese air forces exercise.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090420033403121796

🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis say they carried out two drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s Najran region, including Najran Airport and an Aramco facility. Houthi spokesman said the attacks were retaliation for alleged Saudi drone activity over Yemen’s Saada province.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090444930653073736

🇸🇦🇺🇸 More expansion work is underway at the U.S. Army’s Logistics Support Area in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, known as LSA Jenkins.. Ongoing excavation work is visible at the site, while new structures have been installed in the camp’s eastern section.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2057831717688201313

🇺🇸 The ongoing works visible in satellite imagery align with a May 2026 U.S. Army solicitation (W912D226QA038) for engineering equipment at TF Castle, LSA Jenkins. The contract covered equipment, transport, delivery, pickup, maintenance, repairs, replacements and technical support.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090450007035912252

So, for everyone who doubted that Tiran and Sanafir were handed over to KSA: 🇸🇦 A March 2026 Saudi Border Guards tender called for the installation of two supporting coastal radar systems at the Tiran and Sanafir Island centers, along with associated equipment and support.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/1920562072988852309

Another older Saudi Border Guards tender, issued in 2025, sought the supply and installation of pumps for the water desalination plant at the Sanafir Island Border Guard Center.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090472371685666965

The Saudi Navy also published a tender on April 29, 2026 for the supply of diving machinery and equipment specifically for Tiran and Sanafir, through the Marine Supply Center of the Eastern Fleet.

https://fxtwitter.com/EGYOSINT/status/2090473352599101806