🇸🇾⚡- Frontline Druze sources confirm Wulgha remains under Arab Tribal Army control.

🇺🇸⚡️- VP Vance flew to Montana for a secret meeting with Rupert Mudoch and Fox News Executives amidst the WSJ lawsuit.

🇸🇾 - Current situation in the As Suwaida region, southern Syria:

- As Suwaida city remains entirely under Druze separatists, SMC, control. Reports of the Arab Tribal Army, ATA, within the town are false.
- The sporadic clashes in As Suwaida city over night were ATA sleeper cells carrying out ambushes. The ATA military itself is not present in the city. Druze media calls these sleeper cell attacks a "violation" of the ceasefire.
- Wulgha is still under the Arab Tribal Army control.
- In the northern As Suwaida region, Druze media confirms Umm az Zaytun, As Sweimreh and al-Mutuna on Route 110 are all under the Arab Tribal Army control. The fate of Lahitha remains unknown, it's assumed it's under Druze control.
- Reports of Waqum and Ariqa falling to Arab Tribal Army control are false. ATA's offensive on Ariqa last night failed.
- The Druze defense of Shahba has been incredible, considering the height advantage is with the Arab Tribal Army. Shahba remains under Druze control, with ATA sending wave after wave at the town nonstop for 24 hours.
- As Suwaida National Hospital denies of any US / Israeli aid drop. All reports of helicopter landings are false.

🇸🇾⚡- Druze separatists prevent a humanitarian aid convoy sent by the Ministry of Health into As Suwaida city, southern Syria.

🇦🇲⚡- "We’ll do it together. Be ready," - Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

Pashinyan has called to prepare for the expulsion of the Catholicos Garegin II, Head of the Apostolic Church, from his residency in Echmiadzin.

Pashinyan has accused Garegin II of involvement in the June 25 attempted coup.

🇸🇾⚡- A separate Red Crescent humanitarian aid convoy was attacked by the Arab Tribal Army, and attempted to prevent the convoy from reaching As Suwaida city, southern Syria.

🇨🇳🇮🇳⚡- Chinese Premier Li Qiang attends the opening ceremony for the 'Yarlung Tsangpo Dam' on the Tibetan Plateau, along the Indian border. The mega dam, estimated to cost $167 billion, has been criticized by India as it could affect water supplies to the Arunachal Pradesh region of northeast India.

China disputes the claims, and regards the Arunachal Pradesh valley as Chinese territory.

🇯🇵⚡- Japan's ruling coalition set to lose upper house majority in elections.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and its bloc-coalition ally Komeito are projected to win between just 32-51 seats in the 125 seat upper house.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Iran has reached an agreement with Britain, France, and Germany [the E3] to resume nuclear talks. Neither date nor location has been disclosed as of yet," - Tasnim News, Iranian outlet.

🇹🇷🇸🇴⚡- BREAKING: Separatist region of Puntland have officially confirmed seizing a Turkish shadow vessel, SEA WORLD, flying under the flag of Comoros.

The cargo carrier was sending military equipment to Mogadishu, Somalia. The ship is currently held at Bosaso Port, Puntland, by the Puntland Maritime Police Force.

🇹🇷🇸🇴🇦🇪⚡- UAE has suddenly begun evacuating its Bosaso Air Base, Puntland.

For the first time in 18 months the airbase is empty, which is located next door to Bosaso Port, where the seized Turkish shadow vessel is held.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Israel's Mossad Chief Barnea visited Washington earlier this week to seek US help in convincing countries to accept hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza," - Axios.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrike against an Arab Tribal Army convoy west of Ariqa, northwest As Suwaida city, southern Syria.

The first Israeli airstrike in almost 60 hours.

🇸🇾 - The battle for Ariqa, northwest of As Suwaida city, has been ongoing for 19+ hours. The Bedouin tribes have so far failed to breach the Druze defenses.

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Israel delivered humanitarian aid and medical equipment to the Druze in the As Suwaida region of Syria, in coordination with the US," - Israeli Channel 11.

🇩🇪🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- A pro-Syrian demonstrator was killed during clashes with pro-Israel, pro-Druze, and pro-SDF protestors in Dusseldorf, Germany.

🇸🇾⚡- Druze frontline sources say the Bedouin tribes have launched a fresh attack on Waqum from Dama, after failing to take it during the initial attack two days ago.

After two days of attempting to break into Shahba, the Arab Tribal Army have instead focused on taking Majadil. Druze separatists have launched their own counterattack along Route 110 - Umm az Zaytun is now grey-zone.

The Arab Tribal Army continues attacking Ariqa for well over 24 hours now, with no success in breaching its defenses. The town remains under Druze control, and reports of it being under Bedouin control are false.

In just the last few moments Druze separatists, SMC, have launched a counterattack in the al-Majdal direction from Murdok.

Druze frontline sources say there's a build-up of Arab Tribal Army forces in al-Huquf and al-Qasr. The forces are likely preparing to launch a new attack on al-Buthainah, the initial one two days ago failed.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- 4 Israeli helicopters land in As Suwaida region delivering military aid to the Druze separatists.