🇺🇸🇮🇶 The Pentagon has withdrawn 500 troops from Iraq, positioning most of the remaining ones in the north in al-Harir Air Base.
Some of the forces will stay in Baghdad for bilateral agreements not related to countering ISIS. There will be less than 2000 troops in total, and most of them will shift to counter ISIS in Syria from Iraq.
Some of the forces will stay in Baghdad for bilateral agreements not related to countering ISIS. There will be less than 2000 troops in total, and most of them will shift to counter ISIS in Syria from Iraq.
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🇺🇸 3-4 KC-135R/Ts and a KC-46A landed in Qatar, with no fighter jets accompanying them. Its most likely a routine operation for replacing other refueling tankers in the region.
🇺🇸 A KC-46A “Pegasus” (BLUE-31) and a KC-135R/T “Stratotanker” depart RAF Mildenhall in the UK for al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Again, no fighter jets are en route to the Middle East.
Again, no fighter jets are en route to the Middle East.
🇺🇸 Three US Navy (USN) P-8A “Poseidon” Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Maritime patrol aircraft, departed from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, are airborne in Europe, with one of them returning from the Black Sea, as NATO’s Eastern flank witnesses Russian drone infiltrations in recent weeks.
🇫🇷🇷🇺 Special Operations Forces of the French Navy intercepted a Benin-flagged oil tanker (IMO 9332810) of Russia’s “Shadow Fleet”, dubbed “Borocay”, off the coast of the western French port of Saint-Nazaire, where it hosts Naval Bases.
Between 22 and 25 Sept., the same vessel, under a new name, was spotted near Copenhagen, Denmark, at a time when the local airport of the city suspended operations because of a drone threat, and its now suspected of launching the drones just as Ukraine’s Zelensky said earlier.
The vessel left the Russian port of Primorsk, near Saint Petersburg, on 20 September, and was en route to India to deliver oil before being intercepted by France.
Between 22 and 25 Sept., the same vessel, under a new name, was spotted near Copenhagen, Denmark, at a time when the local airport of the city suspended operations because of a drone threat, and its now suspected of launching the drones just as Ukraine’s Zelensky said earlier.
The vessel left the Russian port of Primorsk, near Saint Petersburg, on 20 September, and was en route to India to deliver oil before being intercepted by France.
🇮🇷 For unknown reasons, most Iranian-flagged tankers are now transmitting properly over AIS without spoofing; for the first time in seven and a half years. This change began today, with two AIS data providers confirming this.
FDD Senior fellow, Behnam Ben Taleblu: 3 potential reasons for this historic change:
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FDD Senior fellow, Behnam Ben Taleblu: 3 potential reasons for this historic change:
- Tehran (& a cast of ultra-hardliners in particular) may be tempting/testing the West to enforce sanctions post-SnapBack & be looking for a casus belli for escalation in response. Aka come and get them.
- Tehran may genuinely hope the move is (mis)read as goodwill that leads to sanctions atrophy rather than economic escalation in a post 12-Day War, SnapBack & Gaza ceasefire environment allowing illicit but recognized exports to allow the regime to limp along.
- Tehran may be responding to other shipping related pressures, like the Aug 2025 move by Malaysia against STS transfers, offshore anchorage & turning off transponders.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 US President Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to end the war in Ukraine, adding that he had “a very good relationship” with Putin and “probably still do.”
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 US President Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to end the war in Ukraine, adding that he had “a very good relationship” with Putin and “probably still do.”
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump also said that Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky will visit the White House this week to discuss the possibility of Washington supplying long-range BGM-109 “Tomahawk” Land-Attack Missiles (TLAMs) to Kyiv.
🇮🇱🇵🇸 According to the New York Post, citing Hamas spokesperson Qassem Hazzem, the group “has no need to abide by every word of [US President] Trump’s 20-point peace plan, including calls to lay down arms.”
The spokesperson also noted that Hamas will not cede governance over the Gaza Strip, another key demand in the Ceasfire Deal.
The spokesperson also noted that Hamas will not cede governance over the Gaza Strip, another key demand in the Ceasfire Deal.
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Interesting flight of 2x US Air Force (USAF) B-52H “Stratofortress” Strategic bombers assigned to the USAF 2nd Bomb Wing in Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), with callsigns BUNNY01 & BUNNY02, flying near the coast of Venezuela, close to El Gran Roque Island.
The bombers circled near the Island and now are returning to BAD in Louisiana, US.
The bombers circled near the Island and now are returning to BAD in Louisiana, US.
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🇺🇸🇻🇪 Interesting flight of 2x US Air Force (USAF) B-52H “Stratofortress” Strategic bombers assigned to the USAF 2nd Bomb Wing in Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), with callsigns BUNNY01 & BUNNY02, flying near the coast of Venezuela, close to El Gran Roque Island.…
🇺🇸 Another circle north of the Caribbean Sea, while they’re returning to BAD. Seems to be a training exercise.
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❗️🇺🇸 A US Air Force (USAF) C-32A aircraft (callsign: SAM153) is squawking 7700 emergency and has turned back towards the UK after departing Brussels, at 10K ft, probably due to an issue with the aircraft pressurization.
🇺🇸🇬🇧 Welp… US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, was boarding the plane, returning from NATO’s Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
The plane diverted back to Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall in the UK, due to a crack in the aircraft windshield. Assistant of Hegseth says everyone onboard, including Hegseth, is safe.
The plane diverted back to Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall in the UK, due to a crack in the aircraft windshield. Assistant of Hegseth says everyone onboard, including Hegseth, is safe.
🇺🇦🇩🇪 Under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) arrangement, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced at the beginning of the Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels at NATO HQs that Berlin would would buy $500 million worth of US weapons for Ukraine.
The weapons would include two German IRIS-T SL/SLM air defense systems, including a large number of guided missiles, shoulder-fired air defense missiles, PAC-3 interceptor missiles for the MIM-104 “Patriot” air defense systems, radar systems, precision guided artillery, rockets, ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and modern communication devices.
The weapons would include two German IRIS-T SL/SLM air defense systems, including a large number of guided missiles, shoulder-fired air defense missiles, PAC-3 interceptor missiles for the MIM-104 “Patriot” air defense systems, radar systems, precision guided artillery, rockets, ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and modern communication devices.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 During a press conference with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director, Kash Patel, US President Donald Trump said that Hamas “used to have the support of Iran,” but “today, Iran is trying to survive.”
He also said that Iran has many more important things to do than resuming work on building nuclear weapons, but added that if they would resume work, their nuclear sites would be attacked [again] and wiped out.
He also said that Iran has many more important things to do than resuming work on building nuclear weapons, but added that if they would resume work, their nuclear sites would be attacked [again] and wiped out.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 During a press conference with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director, Kash Patel, US President Donald Trump said that Hamas “used to have the support of Iran,” but “today, Iran is trying to survive.” He also said that Iran has many more…
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 While demonstrating the power of tarrifs and its importance for the National Security of America in the Oval Office, Trump claimed that he stopped a war between Iran and Pakistan that would have killed millions of lifes, as both countries are nuclear-capable.
Trump seems to have confused Iran with India, which had a short border-conflict on May with Pakistan.
Trump seems to have confused Iran with India, which had a short border-conflict on May with Pakistan.
🇷🇺 Refined fuel exports from Russia have tumbled to war-time lows, due to refinery outages and tightening Western sanctions, according to data analyzed by Bloomberg.
Overall seaborne oil product shipments averaged 1.89 million barrels a day in the first 26 days of this month, the lowest since at least the start of 2022.
Overall seaborne oil product shipments averaged 1.89 million barrels a day in the first 26 days of this month, the lowest since at least the start of 2022.
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