🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has asked the United States for freedom of action in Iran," - Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- US-Iran talks are still scheduled for Friday despite the downing of an Iranian drone, a White House source tells AFP.

🇱🇾⚡- BREAKING: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was killed in action following clashes in Hamada, Libyan outlet al-Ahrar TV reports.

🇺🇸⚡️- Bill and Hillary Clinton “finalized an agreement with House Republicans” on Tuesday to testify before the House Oversight Committee on February 26th and 27th.

Hillary will testify on the 26th of February, and Bill will testify the next day, the 27th.

Former President Bill Clinton’s testimony will be the first time that Congressional members have called in a former president to testify.

🇱🇾 - Libya Review confirms the death of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, but cannot verify the cause.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iran has sent another drone to monitor the USS Lincoln and its carrier strike group.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Tel Aviv is making intensive efforts to prevent an agreement between the Iranians and the Americans," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "In Israel there is concern that Special Envoy Witkoff has limited knowledge on the Iranian nuclear file, and there is a fear that the Iranians will outmaneuver him during the negotiations.

In addition, Israel wants any agreement to also address the missile file, as well as Hezbollah and the Houthis," - Yossi Yehoshua of Israeli Channel 15 (i24).

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- The Iranians want to move the U.S. meeting from Istanbul to Oman. Furthermore, Tehran is also demanding that the talks be held bilaterally so the talks can be limited to nuclear negotiations without any focus or discussion about proxies and missiles, as well as to limit interference from other nations.

Notably, the Tuesday meeting between Netanyahu and the U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff purportedly focused on the Israelis' redlines, which include not only nuclear enrichment, but ballistic missiles and Iran’s proxy network.

Seemingly, the Iranians are willing to negotiate with the U.S. on nuclear issues. Still, the Israelis will interject other issues as priorities to destabilize and fracture negotiations, further escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington.

🇺🇸🇳🇬🏴⚡️- “The US has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the US command for Africa said on Tuesday, the first acknowledgment of US forces on the ground since Washington struck [Islamic State] by air on Christmas Day.” - JP.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- "It is likely that Muscat will be the place of the next talks with Washington, not Turkey.

We thank the countries of the region for their efforts to find a solution to the dispute between Tehran and Washington and reduce tension," - An Iranian diplomatic source tells al-Jazeera.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Tasnim News has confirmed the downing of an Iranian drone. The Iranian outlet states the drone was performing its tasks in the Arabian Sea, but then "lost contact."

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The Netanyahu-Witkoff meeting discussed the Iranian file only, contrary to what was stated in Netanyahu's office statement.

The ballistic and proxy network files were not raised," - Israel Hayom.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇱⚡️- Ex-Israeli PM Ehud Barak tells Jeffrey Epstein he repeatedly told Putin he wanted a million Russians to convert to Judaism and become Israeli to dramatically transform Israel. "I used to tell Putin, always, what we need is just one more million to change Israel in a dramatic, dramatic manner, the million Russians."

He also adds that unlike the founding fathers of Israel, who had to accept people from North Africa and the Arab world, now they can be selective and control the quality much more effectively.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “President Trump considered walking away from negotiations after Iran’s aggressive actions.” - WSJ.

The Friday meeting between Iran and the United States remains planned, although the exact details and venue are still being discussed.

🇺🇸⚡️- Local police and FBI units raided an illegal biolab in Las Vegas yesterday and arrested its manager.

Authorities seized up to 1,000 dangerous samples. Many contained unknown liquids and agents, while others were identified as HIV, malaria, COVID-19, and hepatitis samples.

The lab’s owner, Mr. Zhu, was already in custody after being arrested in 2023. He previously owned another illegal laboratory in Reedley, California. Both Mr. Zhu and the former manager of the California lab are Chinese nationals.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Negotiations between Iran and the United States on Friday could be the “last chance at diplomacy before potential strikes.”

The source adds, “Striking Iran is a lose-lose for all.” - NewsNation, citing an unnamed source in the region.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇱🇧⚡️- The IDF Northern Command assesses that if the United States attacks Iran, Hezbollah will join the war.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli reserve officer was injured from gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip within the Yellow Line area, Israeli-controlled Gaza Strip. The gunfire originated from near the same cemetery where the body of the last Israeli hostage was located.

IDF outlet, Galei Tzahal, reports the Israeli Southern Command is preparing a "harsh" response, in which multiple areas of the Gaza Strip will be attacked.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The second round of trilateral US-Russia-Ukraine talks have begun in the UAE.