🇵🇰🇦🇫🇮🇳 — REPORT: Pakistani security forces say they have killed at least 145 fighters in Balochistan after coordinated gun and bomb attacks claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army.

🔴 Attacks on Saturday struck Quetta, Gwadar, Mastung and Noshki, killing 31 civilians (including five women) and 17 security personnel; Pakistan military said 92 fighters were killed on Saturday and 41 on Friday.

🔴 Sarfraz Bugti said troops and police killed 145 members of “Fitna al-Hindustan,” that some were Afghan nationals, and accused Afghanistan and “Indian-backed terrorists”; New Delhi and Kabul deny the allegations.

🔴 Authorities imposed months-long security restrictions banning public gatherings, demonstrations and face coverings; Talal Chaudhry and Khawaja Asif said attackers dressed as civilians, used human shields and included female fighters.

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🇮🇷 🇯🇴 ⚡️ — Jordanian Foreign Minister confirmed in a call with his Iranian counterpart that Amman will not be a launching pad for any military action against Iran.

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🇮🇷 ⚠️ — Knesset member Amit Segal claims Iran's Revolutionary Guards are trying to hack his phone

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Dr. Ali Bagheri, Deputy of Foreign Policy at the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council:

Iranian officials have no intention of transferring enriched nuclear materials to any country, and the negotiations are not about such a matter at all

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🇸🇾🇱🇧🇮🇱 — NEW: Syrian Interior Ministry says it detained the group behind rocket attacks on the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus and traced the weapons to Hezbollah.

🔴 Security units arrested all members after surveillance of suspected launch sites in several areas of the capital.

🔴 Ministry says weapons originated from Hezbollah and that authorities seized drones the group planned to use; Hezbollah denied the allegations.

🔴 Ministry also said detainees had links to unidentified "foreign entities."

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🇪🇺 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — European Union to prohibit imports of platinum, copper, iridium, and rhodium from Russia, Bloomberg reports

🔴 Measures will be incorporated into the 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions.
🔴 The European Commission plans to approve the 20th package by February 24, 2026, the agency said.

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🇺🇸🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡️ — NEW: US Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal introduce the Save the Kurds Act to restore sanctions, enable snapback and seek redesignation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham as a Foreign Terrorist Organization after attacks on Kurds.

🔴 Act targets Syrian government officials and financial institutions and would reimpose sanctions quickly if the Sharaa regime recommences attacks on Kurdish communities.

🔴 Seeks HTS redesignation; article names Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) as HTS head amid clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the regime and a new SDF–regime integration ceasefire hailed by US Special Envoy Tom Barrack.

🔴 Sponsors cite evidence of Turkish involvement, threats to US troops, released Islamic State prisoners, and call the bill an “insurance policy” to protect Kurds during integration into the Syrian Arab Army.

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🇮🇷 🇴🇲 ⚡️ — An IRGC drone is still active in the Sea of Oman and is patrolling near the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️🇮🇷 Yedioth Ahronoth: Israel is concerned about any agreement with Iran that does not include its missile and regional program. Israeli officials demand the condition of removing 400 kilograms of uranium from Iran, which iranian officials have refused.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — trump:

india will stop buying russian oil

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🇮🇷 🇹🇷 ⚡️ — A senior Iranian official informed Reuters that Araghchi is scheduled to meet with US envoy Steve Whitkopf in Istanbul on Friday.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 ⚡️ — TASS news agency, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia will consider the deployment of foreign military forces and infrastructure in Ukraine as foreign intervention

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🇩🇪 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Berlin's move towards possessing nuclear weapons would constitute a clear violation of a number of international obligations.

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🇮🇱 ⚠️ — Occupation soldiers fired shots at a vehicle that refused to stop at a police checkpoint. A manhunt was launched for the vehicle's driver, who fled the scene.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 💥 — Clashes erupt between youths and occupation forces during a raid on the Al-Fawar camp south of Hebron, involving live fire and gas bomb attacks.

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🇮🇷 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — Russian Foreign Ministry:

We condemn interference in Iran's internal affairs. Threats of launching new military strikes against Iran are completely unacceptable.

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🇺🇸🇹🇼🇨🇳⚡️ — NEW: The United States and Taiwan plan a Joint Firepower Cooperation Center to coordinate asymmetric warfare preparations against the People’s Liberation Army ahead of 2027.

🔴 The U.S. would likely supply equipment from contractors including Northrop Grumman and Anduril; Northrop Grumman already installed a medium‑caliber ammunition test range in Taiwan.

🔴 Taiwan would contribute “elite troops” while Washington may assign personnel in Guam or elsewhere to assist; goal is to practice asymmetric air and sea warfare and improve targeting, early warning and interception.

🔴 U.S. Indo‑Pacific Command declined to comment; Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said details are “inconvenient to disclose” but cooperation has been “systemized” and “deepened”; Beijing has signaled it is unfazed.

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🇬🇧🇷🇺 — NEW: UK revokes accreditation of a Russian diplomat — Foreign Office

🔴 The Foreign Office says the move is reciprocal, taken in response to Moscow’s expulsion of a British diplomat.

🔴 A Foreign Office spokesperson said any further action by Russia "will be considered an escalation and responded to accordingly."

🔴 Moscow announced on January 15 it was expelling a British embassy worker over his affiliation with British intelligence; the diplomat was to leave within two weeks and Russia warned it would respond in kind if London escalated.

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🇮🇱 🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Hebrew Channel Kan: On the eve of the meeting with Trump's envoy, senior officials in Israel still believe that President Trump will launch an attack on Iran, as negotiations with Iran are expected to reach a dead end.

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