INTEL ARCHIVE

🇮🇱 Israel·TASS·4 days ago

At least eight people killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon — authorities

A total of 15 cities and settlements in southern Lebanon came under Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours

CRITICALPolitical

China’s UN envoy blasts US ‘bullying’ as sanctions widen before Trump-Xi talks

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🇮🇱 Israel·South China Morning Post·4 days ago

CRITICALGround

Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders

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🇮🇱 Israel·Guardian World·4 days ago

HIGHInsurgency

Tessalit army base taken by rebels

In tonight's programme, the army and its Russian mercenary allies surrender the strategic Tessalit military base near the Algerian border. Also in DRC, Joseph Kabila hits back at US accusations he’s backing rebel fighters. And Gabon is the guest of honour at The Anoumabo Urban Music Festival in Abidjan.

🇷🇺 Russia·France 24·4 days ago

🌍 Global·The War Zone·4 days ago

Massive Chinese Stealth Flying Wings Spotted Together At Secretive Drone Test Base

Testing of China's very large flying-wing drones appears to be ramping up, along with one unmanned fighter-like design. The post Massive Chinese Stealth Flying Wings Spotted Together At Secretive Drone Test Base appeared first on The War Zone.

🇮🇷 Iran·Jerusalem Post·4 days ago

Fractures rock Gulf alliance as UAE quits OPEC during Iran war - analysis

Abu Dhabi’s exit, a summit snub, and public criticism expose a widening Saudi-Emirati split reshaping energy and security coordination.

CRITICALGeneral

At least 12 killed in latest Israeli attacks on Lebanon

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🇮🇱 Israel·Al Jazeera·4 days ago

A The Washington Post–ABC–Ipsos poll shows that most Americans view Trump’s war with Iran negatively, with 61% calling it a mistake and only a small share seeing it as successful.

A The Washington Post–ABC–Ipsos poll shows that most Americans view Trump’s war with Iran negatively, with 61% calling it a mistake and only a small share seeing it as successful. Overall, the war’s unpopularity has reached levels similar to the Iraq War at its peak and the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

The Pentagon says the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman has cut off about $4.8 billion in Iranian oil revenue.

The Pentagon says the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman has cut off about $4.8 billion in Iranian oil revenue. Since mid-April, dozens of ships have been turned away and more than 30 oil tankers are stuck at sea, leaving Iran short on storage and forcing it to use older vessels just to hold excess oil. Some shipments are still getting through by taking longer, riskier routes to China, but at higher cost. Source: Axios

🌍 Global·Naval News·4 days ago

HIGHNuclear/Missile

Future Anti-Ship PrSM Prioritizes Indo-Pacific Ops and 1,000 km Range

A future variant of the U.S. Army’s future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) anti-ship ballistic missile should be able to strike maritime targets at ranges up to 1,000 kilometers and must be able to operate in the Indo-Pacific, according to recent program documents. The fielding of PrSM Increment 4 (Inc 4), one of several variants planned ... The post Future Anti-Ship PrSM Prioritizes Indo-Pacific Ops and 1,000 km Range appeared first on Naval News.

🇮🇷 Iran·Foreign Policy·4 days ago

Trump: 60-Day War Powers Deadline ‘Totally Unconstitutional’

The White House argues that the U.S.-Iran cease-fire paused the clock.

Trump claims:

Trump claims: These people tried to hold up our country for years and years—the world—by closing up the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·4 days ago

“Just reaching the front line has become very risky”: Ukraine’s AI drones are hunting Russia’s supply vans

AI targeting cuts through Russian electronic warfare. The supply vans aren't reaching the front.

Trump on Iran:

Trump on Iran: They are not coming through with the kind of deal that we have to have. We are going to get this thing done properly; we are not going to leave early.

Trump on Iran:

Trump on Iran: Their leaders are all gone—very sad, very fine people…

Trump on Iran:

Trump on Iran: I did something that was, I don’t know, foolish, brave, but it was smart; I would do it again.

Trump:

Trump: I was seething; I seethe a lot.

🇷🇺 Russia·Ukrinform·4 days ago

CRITICALAerial

War update: 114 clashes on frontline as Russian forces launch 53 airstrikes

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Trump:

Trump: Somalia is filthy, disgusting, dirty; it’s a horrible place.

Trump has expanded U.S. sanctions on Cuba through a new executive order aimed at increasing pressure on its government.

Trump has expanded U.S. sanctions on Cuba through a new executive order aimed at increasing pressure on its government. The measures target individuals and organizations linked to the country’s security apparatus, corruption, or human rights abuses, and also allow penalties on others who do business with them.

Trump:

Trump: I am the only president to take a cognitive test; I don’t think Obama could pass it.

Trump jokes:

Trump jokes: I think they are going to register Trump derangement syndrome as a disease next week.

Trump jokes:

Trump jokes: I don’t happen to be a senior… wouldn’t you like to be my age? It’s young and vibrant.

🌍 Global·France 24·4 days ago

HIGHPolitical

New US sanctions are 'collective punishment', Cuba's FM says during May 1 marches

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez slammed a fresh round of US sanctions against the Caribbean island as "collective punishment" as massive crowds marched in the annual May 1 procession outside the US embassy in Havana. Cuba has been plunged deeper into economic crisis following a severe fuel blockade imposed by US President Donald Trump in January.

CRITICALGround

US to shut centre intended to monitor Gaza ceasefire as peace plans stall: Report

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🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·4 days ago

🇵🇸 Gaza·Jerusalem Post·4 days ago

BoP denies rumors of Kiryat Gat base closure, says it will establish 'transitional Gaza gov't'

The US military-run center's closing would mark the latest blow to US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, already undermined by Hamas's refusal to disarm.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·4 days ago

Daytime Russian drone swarm hits western Ukraine, knocking Ternopil offline and injuring 10

Hundreds of drones struck across Ukraine, with impacts reported in Ternopil, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Odesa oblasts.

🇮🇷 Iran·Al Monitor·4 days ago

How Iran is rebuilding its bruised military as ceasefire masks recalibration

Iran is using the fragile truce to recover by blending redeployment and reverse engineering into broader preparedness for renewed conflict.

🇮🇱 Israel·Defense News·4 days ago

US to close its flagship Gaza mission as Trump plan stalls

The U.S. military-run body tasked with monitoring the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boosting aid to Gaza is set to be shut down, seven diplomats told Reuters.

🇮🇱 Israel·Military Times·4 days ago

US to close its flagship Gaza mission as Trump plan stalls

The U.S. military-run body tasked with monitoring the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boosting aid to Gaza is set to be shut down, seven diplomats told Reuters.

🇮🇷 Iran·Jerusalem Post·4 days ago

Trump 'not satisfied' with latest Iranian proposal, says leadership is 'fully disjointed'

Speaking to the media outside the White House, Trump said that Iran wants to make a deal "because they have no military left."

HIGHGround

Military insiders may be betting frequently on troops, researchers find

"Longshot" bets on military operations won 52% of the time on the Polymarket prediction market, researchers found. Non-military bets hit 14% of the time. The post Military insiders may be betting frequently on troops, researchers find appeared first on Task & Purpose.

🌍 Global·Task & Purpose·4 days ago

🇮🇷 Iran·BBC World·4 days ago

Trump tells Congress ceasefire means he does not need their approval for Iran war

The president writes that hostilities "have terminated" because of the ceasefire, arguing he does not need congressional authorisation.

HIGHPolitical

Trump expands Cuba sanctions with global reach, targeting foreign banks and firms

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order expanding sanctions on Cuba, authorising penalties not only against Cuban officials but also on foreign companies and financial institutions that do business with the island. The order significantly broadens Washington’s ability to exert economic pressure, allowing US authorities to target third-country actors deemed to support the Cuban government, in a move that could have implications for global firms, including those in China and.

🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·4 days ago

HIGHGround

Russians advance in Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts – DeepState

Russian troops advanced near Synkivka, Pryvillia and Andriivka-Klevtsove in Ukraine's east.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrainska Pravda·4 days ago

CRITICALGeneral

Trump's proposed 2027 defense budget excludes military aid to Ukraine – Senator King

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrinform·4 days ago

🇮🇷 Iran·Jerusalem Post·4 days ago

US imposes new Iran sanctions, warns shipping companies not to pay Hormuz tolls

The move comes after the US imposed new sanctions on Tuesday on 35 groups and individuals involved in operating Iran's covert "shadow banking" financial network.

HIGHPolitical

US sanctions China-based operator, others over alleged Iran oil trade links

The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national. The State Department said the operator, Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal Co., Ltd, “imported tens of millions of barrels of sanctioned Iranian crude oil”. Also on the sanctions list is Li Xinchun, a Chinese national who is president of the China-based oil terminal, as well as a Hong...

🇮🇷 Iran·South China Morning Post·4 days ago