🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- A group of 8 C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft were tracked flying from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Nevatim Air Base in Israel, all of which designated as transferring air defense systems originating in Texas (either Fort Bliss or Fort Cavazos.)

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli assassination strike against a vehicle in Baawerta, southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - Since April 10th, 25 US C-17 military transport aircrafts have landed at Nevatim Air Base, Israel.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Qatar and Egypt have proposed a new plan to Israel for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The new agreement calls for a 5-7 year ceasefire, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, a formal end to the war, and a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip," - BBC.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- A very unusual and rare morning drone attack on Ukraine, with over 20 Russian UAVs operating over Ukrainian airspace.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇮🇷⚡- "The US is asking Turkey to remain neutral in the event of a military conflict with Iran and not to interfere with the use of Syrian airspace," - Hurriyet, Turkish media.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump said he would reveal the contents of his proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war within the next three days," - The New York Post.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Dan Caldwell, a recently ousted Pentagon adviser, says he was fired not for leaks, as the Department of Defense claims, but for opposing a strike on Iran and challenging establishment foreign policy views," - Politico.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Wazalendo forces continue their counterattack in the Goma direction, eastern DR Congo, capturing the towns of Mihanga, Kitsule and Mukaka from the M23.

More importantly, Wazalendo have captured the large town of Gandjo, which lies on the RP1030 Highway. Fighting ongoing at Bibatama, which is just 4.5km north of the strategic town of Kingi.

Wazalendo are closing in on Goma, with less than 28km until they reach the city outskirts.

🇸🇸⚡- South Sudan's government shuts down the largest opposition outlet, Juba News Daily, all of their social medias have been deleted.

🇸🇸⚡- South Sudan's pro-government sources claim they have captured the White Army stronghold of Nasir City.

Nuer sources have not yet confirmed the report, however fighting has been ongoing in the Maiwut and Nasir regions since Easter.

🇹🇩🇦🇪 - On April 18, Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby met with UAE's Mohamed bin Zayed.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- BREAKING: M23 have withdrawn from a number of towns in the Bukavu direction, eastern DR Congo, including Lemera, Kasheke and Kabamba. There were clashes between the M23 and Wazalendo last week in the area.

It's unconfirmed if the M23 are rotating troops, or according to South Kivu outlet, Tazama, M23 are prioritizing the Bukavu-Kamaniola front instead. There is also no confirmation on whether Wazalendo have entered the area.

🇺🇸🇰🇪🇪🇹⚡- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cancels his first African tour, where he was expected to visit Nairobi and then Addis Ababa.

🇺🇸🇻🇦⚡️- US President Donald Trump says he will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday.

🇧🇫🇨🇮⚡- Burkina Faso claims to have foiled a massive coup plot, which, according to the Burkinabe authorities, originated from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivorie.

The plot allegedly involved using the terrorist group JNIM to attempt to destabilize the VDP Unit of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces.

🇧🇫⚡- Large-scale purge underway in Burkina Faso, as several dozen army officers arrested amid coup rumors.

🇧🇫⚡- "Supporters of the Burkina Faso junta speak of an attempted coup, pointing fingers at soldiers in exile," - Radio France International.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah have arrested 30 in Sana'a, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen, for filming the locations of US airstrikes last night, in particularly the area around Faewa Markets.

🇪🇹⚡- Getachew Reda has been replaced with Tadesse Werede as the new President of the Interim Tigray Administration. Werede, a former Tigray General, has reinstated generals who had been suspended by Reda.

#BREAKING | Syrian authorities detain Khaled Khaled, head of the Syrian branch of the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), along with Abu Ali Yasser, the head of the militia's organizing committee in Syria.

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