🇦🇪 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — The UAE declared that its air, land, or sea space must not be used for any military actions against Iran.

🔴 This statement was issued by the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🔴 Previously, U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned the potential use of military force against Iran in response to the regime's human rights violations.

🔴 Amid potential U.S. strikes, Iran has specific regulations for transferring power in case of the leadership's demise.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — Israeli vehicles opened fire west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇯🇴 ⚠️ — "Yediot Ahronot" newspaper: The occupation army is reactivating abandoned military sites on the Jordanian border, fearing a scenario similar to "October 7", involving a mass infiltration of thousands of armed fighters from the eastern border of occupied Palestine.

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🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷❗️ — Satellite imagery from January 25, 2026, shows a U.S. MIM-104 Patriot air defense battery deployed at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, highlighting Washington's ongoing military buildup in the Gulf amid regional tensions.

🔴Key components visible: Multiple Patriot missile launchers (facing north-northwest), AN/MPQ-65 radar vehicle for fire control, command and control vehicle, power support vehicles, and reinforced air defense bunkers/launching positions.

🔴 Capabilities: The Patriot system is designed to intercept tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and aircraft at ranges up to 160km, with radar detection extending to 150km. It provides high-altitude, all-weather defense, often used to protect critical assets like air bases from aerial threats.

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🇺🇸🇨🇦🇸🇪⚡️ — REPORT: U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra warns the United States could alter NORAD and send F-35 fighter jets into Canadian airspace if Canada reduces its planned purchase of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 jets.

🔴 Hoekstra said "NORAD would have to be altered" and the U.S. would "fill those gaps" in security if Canada bought fewer jets.

🔴 Canada is "reviewing" the F-35 deal after costs rose to $27.7 billion from an initial $19 billion and delivery timelines slipped.

🔴 Canadian officials are now courting alternatives, including Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen E, which Saab says could be built in Canada and create 12,600 jobs, a point echoed by Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly.

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🇮🇹🇮🇱⚡️ — BREAKING: Italy summons Israeli ambassador after two Italian policemen were forced to kneel at gunpoint in the West Bank

🔴 The two carabinieri, in a vehicle with diplomatic plates and carrying diplomatic passports, were stopped during a site inspection ahead of a planned EU ambassadors’ visit to a village near Ramallah.

🔴 An armed Israeli believed to be a settler forced them to kneel and subjected them to an improvised interrogation; they returned unharmed to Italy’s consulate general in Jerusalem.

🔴 Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani sought a “strong protest”; Italy’s embassy lodged a formal protest with the Israeli government and contacted the foreign ministry, the military, the police and the Shin Bet; no immediate Israeli response.

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🇮🇹🇪🇺🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ — NEW: Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will demand that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be included on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.

🔴 Tajani wrote on X he will propose the inclusion and individual sanctions at the European Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

🔴 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar praised Tajani and urged the EU to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.

🔴 The European Parliament voted 562–9–57 for a resolution calling on the European Council to designate the IRGC; designation would also affect the Quds Force and the Basij force.

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🇵🇸 ⚡️ — Palestinian Authority forces arrest young man Lutfi Abu Al-Samen from Al-Hadaf neighborhood near Jenin camp

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🇮🇱 🇨🇦 ⚡️ — Canadian member of Parliament, Evan Solomon, met with Israel's Ambassador to Canada, discussing technology, AI, and economic development. Solomon emphasized the importance of dialogue, especially in complex times.

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🇺🇸 ❌🇸🇾⚠️ — AMERICAN CITIZEN GIVEN EXTENSIVE SCREENING FORM AFTER RETURNING FROM SYRIA

An American citizen returning to the U.S. from Syria was handed this form by U.S. authorities and required to complete it despite holding U.S. citizenship.

The document demands wide-ranging personal information, including social media accounts, travel purpose, employment and education history, family details, and whether the individual has ever served in the military, including rank and duties.

Although U.S. citizens cannot be denied entry, the form highlights the growing use of secondary screening to collect vast amounts of personal data—particularly from Americans who travel to politically sensitive regions.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — The U.S. is considering targeted strikes against senior Iranian officials and commanders blamed for the deaths of protesters, a Gulf official told Middle East Eye.

🔴 The strikes could happen as soon as this week, though the timing remains uncertain, MEE was told on Monday.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇪🇬 ⚡️ — Enemy media reports: Israel will receive a daily list from Egypt of names of those crossing through the Rafah crossing for approval.

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🇮🇱 🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 🇱🇧 ⚡️ — Israel Hayom reports from an American official: It seems Hezbollah will not voluntarily disarm unless Iran falls.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Military build-up in the Persian Gulf is unprecedented in 25 years, with the region on edge. This indicates one thing: a heavy, powerful, and unprecedented strike.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Trump is considering imposing a naval blockade on Iranian oil exports.

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❗️ — Niten is concerned about his security, so he has covered his phone camera with duct tape.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 — REPORT: U.S. Southern Command confirms 126 deaths linked to strikes on suspected drug trafficking vessels since early September.

🔴 116 people killed outright in at least 36 attacks in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean; 10 others presumed dead after being lost at sea.

🔴 Eight presumed dead jumped from boats during strikes on December 30; two others lost after attacks on October 27 and last Friday.

🔴 Boat campaign began amid a major U.S. military buildup in Latin America that culminated in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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