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- US striking Venezuela
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โ—๏ธPete Hegseth and Marco Rubio are clashing over the U.S. approach to the war with Iran, three former U.S. officials and a senior regional official told Middle East Eye.

The two were described as โ€œat each otherโ€™s throatsโ€ over whether the U.S. should deploy troops to Iran. Hegseth supports the idea, while Rubio is deeply wary of entangling the U.S. in a long war
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The attack in Al-Jurn - Al-Jamijmiyah area resulted in casualties
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Two Iranian Su-24 bombers flew toward Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar and were reportedly two minutes from striking when Qatari F-15 fighters intercepted and shot them down in Qatarโ€™s first air-to-air combat mission.

Source: CNN
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz spoke overnight with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth thanked Katz for condolences over six U.S. soldiers killed and said:

โ€œKeep going to the end โ€” we are with you.โ€
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Iranโ€™s underground โ€œmissile citiesโ€โ€”tunnel complexes built to hide its missile arsenalโ€”are becoming key targets for U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Aircraft and drones are destroying launchers as they leave the tunnels, while bunker-buster bombs hit entrances and surface infrastructure.

According to U.S. commanders, hundreds of missiles, launchers, and drones have been destroyed, and Iranโ€™s missile launches have dropped about 86% in four days.

Source: WSJ
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๐Ÿ“ธ Zawtar

The mayor of Al-Kafour, Tawfiq Safa, and his wife were martyred in the dawn raid on the town
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โ—๏ธ A series of attacks on Maifadoun
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From the Iranian ballistic missile impact site in a town in central Israel. MDA says no injuries were reported.
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Middle East Spectator โ€” MES
โ€”โ—๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท/๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ/๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ BREAKING: An Iranian Shahed-136 drone directly impacts Nakhchevan Airport, Azerbaijan
Pissing out everyone, especially whose military is still functioning well and an ally of Israel on your border isn't really the best practice :)
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Al-Kfour
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Al-Zahrani
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Toul
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Taybeh, Zawtar and other towns.
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Berri, who seems extremely dissatisfied so far with Hezbullah and for that stayed silent, is now heading a meeting with the Amal Movement parliamentary bloc
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Venezuelaโ€™s state-owned mining company has agreed to sell 650โ€“1,000 kg of gold dore bars to commodities trader Trafigura, with the gold destined for U.S. refineries.

The deal, worth tens of millions of dollars, was helped along by U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum during talks in Caracas.

Source: Axios
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NEW: The presence of U.S. aircraft has been authorized โ€œtemporarilyโ€ on French bases in the Middle East.

โ€œAs part of our relations with the United States, the presence of their aircraft has been authorized temporarily on our basesโ€ in the region, a spokesperson for the French Military said.

Source: AFP
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