🇮🇱⚡- "The ultra-Orthodox threaten and threaten [against the Likud-bloc], but when the moment of truth comes, they back down. No one believes their threats anymore, and rightly so," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran's navy announces live fire exercises in the Bandar Abbas area of the Strait of Hormuz.

Exercises are planned for this Sunday and next week Monday.

🇪🇹⚡- TPLF-17 (the Suhul Division) have mostly defected and joined the TPLF-D led separatists, fighting against the Ethiopia-backed Tigray Interim Administration.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tom Homan has taken full control of the Minneapolis situation and confirms that Minnesota will begin allowing ICE to arrest illegals from jails. In return for the state rolling back more sanctuary policies the number of agents in the city will decrease.

🇺🇸⚡️- Senator Amy Klobuchar has announced her candidacy for Minnesota Governor to replace Tim Walz. She delayed her announcement due to the Alex Pretti shooting.

🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡️- European leadership are all but endorsing strikes against Iran.

🇮🇷🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡️- Russia and China will join Iran in Naval exercises in the Sea of Oman and Indian Ocean over the coming days. - Al Jazeera.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- “IDF Intelligence Chief Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder and Mossad Director David Barnea have both recently visited the US to present a one-two punch for advice about how to handle Iran.

Barnea landed in the US on January 16, meeting with US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff and a variety of other critical national security meetings,” - Jerusalem Post.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Current situation in Konstantinovka, Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region. Russian forces have solidified their presence in the southeast of the city.

Map by HagueFugitive.

🇺🇸⚡- 6 F-35s have entered the European arena after being dragged from mainland US.

🇺🇸⚡- BREAKING: Two B-52s are flying over the Pacific heading towards the Indo-Pacific arena.

Rerum Novarum will not provide their approximate location / call-signs for obvious reasons.

🇮🇷🇷🇺⚡- A Meraj Airlines (reg: EP-IPD), which normally carries senior Iranian officials, has departed from Tehran to Moscow.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "The number of Iranian ballistic missiles has returned to the level it was before Operation Rising Lion." - Israeli Channel 13.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Efforts to get negotiations started are yet to bear fruit, as Trump makes new threats.

A number of Middle Eastern governments are trying to push the U.S. and Iran into talks to head off a possible conflict, efforts that so far are failing to gain traction as both sides dig in," - The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡️- Trump Admin officials have held meetings with separatist activists in Alberta.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Washington, in cooperation with the UK, France, Israel and four Arab countries, have prepared a list of targets to be struck in Iran," - Israel Hayom.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Israel believes the US is aiming for an attack that results in the toppling of the Iranian regime," - Israeli Channel 11.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The opportunity for direct U.S.-Iran diplomacy has not gained traction," - CBS.