🇮🇱 ❌ 🇮🇷 🚀 — The New York Times reveals: Iran is rehabilitating ballistic missile launch sites that Israel attacked last June. Documentation includes a timeline for the Amand missile launch site in the Tabriz area, northwest Iran.

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🇸🇬 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇯🇵 — NEW: Singapore to get first Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters later this year

🔴 Four F-35Bs from Singapore’s 2019 order are due before year-end and will initially operate from Ebbing Air National Guard Base.

🔴 Republic of Singapore Air Force has another eight F-35Bs due in 2028 and eight F-35As added in February 2024 expected by 2030, giving a 20‑jet mix of F-35A and F-35B.

🔴 Lockheed Martin’s Steve Sheehy predicted more than 300 F-35s in the Asia‑Pacific by 2030; company delivered a record 191 last year, expects 156 this year after clearing the TR‑3 backlog.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 ⚡️ — REPORT: The regional crisis response center reported Ukraine’s military attacked Russia’s Belgorod Region with over 120 UAVs and more than 25 munitions in the past 24 hours.

🔴 In Belgorodsky district 32 drones and six munitions struck Dubovoye, Malinovka, Severny and multiple villages; 28 drones were shot down or suppressed and a man suffered barotrauma from a UAV detonation at a commercial facility.

🔴 Across the region attacks hit Belgorod (12 munitions, 10 aircraft-type drones) and damaged energy infrastructure; other districts reported drone strikes and damage to private houses, outbuildings and infrastructure.

🔴 Krasnoyaruzhsky: three munitions and 11 drones; body of an X-ray doctor killed in a drone attack on his car evacuated. Graivoronsky and Shebekinsky districts reported multiple wounded and damaged apartments, administrative and commercial buildings.

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⚡️ — Araqtshi:

"We are currently in the phase of building trust, and the discussions held today were positive."

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⚡️ — Araqtshi:

"If we maintain this positive trajectory, we will establish a framework to guide the negotiations."

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⚡️ — Araqti:

"We have agreed to continue the negotiations. The date and location of the next session will be determined in the coming days."

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⚠️ — Follow-up | Moment of targeting the Khudair building in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood after prior warning

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🇦🇪 🇸🇦 ⚡️ — Several UAE companies withdraw from a major defense exhibition held in Saudi Arabia

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Iranian Foreign Minister: We had long and intense discussions today, with several sessions held indirectly. We exchanged our views and listened to the other party's opinions. The continuation of negotiations depends on talks and consultations in the capitals. In my opinion, there was a positive atmosphere and it was a good start.

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🇦🇪 🇸🇦 ⚠️ — A number of Emirati companies are withdrawing from a major defense exhibition being held in Saudi Arabia.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 — NEW: Russian troops took control of eight communities in the Kharkov, Sumy and Zaporozhye Regions and the Donetsk People’s Republic during Jan 31–Feb 6, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

🔴 Battlegroup North have taken Zelyonoye (Kharkov) and Popovka (Sumy); Battlegroup South captured Stepanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic); Battlegroup Center captured Toretskoye and Sukhetskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic); Battlegroup East captured Staroukrainka, Petrovka and Pridorozhnoye (Zaporozhye).

🔴 Russian forces delivered one massive and five combined strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, energy and transport facilities, ammunition depots, UAV production/storage sites and temporary deployment areas over the week.

🔴 Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted >1,415 casualties (destroyed 1 tank, 2 ACVs, 78 vehicles, 9 field guns, 4 HIMARS, 3 EW/radar stations, 33 depots); Battlegroup West inflicted >1,180 casualties (1 tank, 14 ACVs, 105 vehicles, 15 field guns, 29 depots); Battlegroup South inflicted >1,050 casualties (5 tanks, 19 ACVs, 105 vehicles, 16 field guns).

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🇺🇸 ⚡️ — Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to IRNA:

The subject of our talks is only the nuclear issue. We have no dialogue on any other issue with the Americans. We mentioned that the nuclear talks and the resolution of the main issues should be conducted in a calm atmosphere without tension or threats. The condition of any dialogue is to refrain from threats and pressure, and we frankly raised this point and expect it to be taken into account so that there is a possibility of continuing the dialogue.

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🇮🇷 🇪🇺 ⚡️ — The European Union imposes a new package of sanctions on Iran

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🇮🇶 ✈ — Iraqi F-16 aircraft are launching airstrikes against ISIS cells in the Makhoual Mountains, located between the Zawiyah and Al-Musayq districts in northern Iraq.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 🇴🇲 ⚠️ — Wall Street Journal cites informed sources: Iran refused to end nuclear fuel enrichment or transfer it abroad during talks with U.S. officials in Oman, rejecting a key American demand.

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🇱🇧 🇱🇧 ⚡️ — Reuters: The Lebanese Hezbollah accepts the resignation of its senior official Wafic Safa

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇴🇲 ⚡️ — The Wall Street Journal, citing sources: Both the American and Iranian sides showed little change from their initial positions in the Muscat talks.

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🇱🇾 ⚡️ — U.S. Justice Department:

A key suspect in the 2012 Benghazi attack has been arrested.

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🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — NEW: European Commission (EC) to ban Russian oil transportation services in coordination with members of the Group of Seven (G7), EC President Ursula von der Leyen said.

🔴 The EC will introduce a full maritime services ban for Russian crude oil to slash energy revenues and make finding buyers harder.

🔴 Brussels listed 43 more vessels as part of the shadow fleet, reaching 640 total, and will restrict Russia’s ability to acquire tankers and block maintenance and other services for LNG tankers and icebreakers.

🔴 The 20th sanctions package also proposes banning financial transactions for twenty more Russian regional banks, curbs on Russian payment systems and cryptocurrencies, and other foreign trade restrictions to be considered by the EU Council.

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