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🏳️❌🇲🇱🇮🇳 — 3 Indian foreign workers were kidnapped by JNIM at the Diamond Cement Factory during the 1st July attacks in Mali.
➡️ The Indian Foreign Ministry confirmed the abduction, and condemns this 'deplorable act of violence, calls for Mali to take 'all necessary measures' to secure the release of the Indian nationals.
➡️5 other Indian workers were kidnapped by ISSP a few months ago in Niger, they were working for an electricity company and are still held hostage by the group.
🇪🇹❌🇪🇬🇸🇩 — The Ethiopian Prime Minister announces the completion the Renaissance Dam.
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🏴🇸🇴❌🇸🇴 — Al-Shabaab captures Xagare and Gumare from pro-SNA militias, advances less than 10km from strategic town of Moqokori.
➡️ Early this morning, Al-Shabaab militants captured the two villages of Xagare and Gumare in Hiiraan region, central Somalia, without fighting, the Macawisley, pro-government militias, are gradually retreating towards Moqokori to concentrate forces against a large assault.
➡️This same strategy was used in Adan Yabaal, however although the city was heavily garrisoned it still fell and 400 militiamen and soldiers died in the battle.
➡️Al-Shabaab is now actively advancing on two axes towards Moqokori, on the Yasooman axis and on the Adan Yaabal axis.
➡️ 4 days ago, Al-Shabaab captured Ceel Qoxle a few kilometers south in the same way without resistance, although it was raided 7 days earlier (22th June) after which 31 militiamen were killed.
🇮🇱🤝🇷🇺 — Israeli Broadcasting Authority:
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🇺🇸 — Sean "Diddy" Combs was found guilty of prostitution, but was acquitted of the larger and more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketerring; both those charges could have given him life in prison, while the prostitution charges max him at 20 years in prison.
➡️ Attached photo is a reporter drawing Diddy's reaction to the verdict, where he prayed and cried tears of joy at the acquittal of the more serious charges, as his lawyer team and family celebrated.
🇸🇾❗️— Explosions reported in Idlib countryside, northwestern Syria.
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⚡️🔴🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 - Yesterday, the Saraya AlQuds (PIJ) Brigades has announced detonating a "Sadmiyya" EFP upon an [unspecified] military vehicle nearby "Highway 5" of northern Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
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🇮🇱❌🇸🇾 — 3 people were arrested following an incursion by the IDF in the town al-Basali this morning, southwestern Syria.
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🇪🇬🇮🇱— The IDF intercepted a drone transporting rifles from Egypt to 'Israeli territory'.
The shipment included at least 9x “CQ-M331" Rifles.
🇱🇧🇱🇧 — It appears that some Lebanese officials still adhere to the philosophy of Kataeb Party founder Pierre Gemayel, who claimed that “Lebanon is strong through its weakness” 50 years ago.
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🇺🇸💥 — Fire causes a major explosion at a fireworks warehouse in California on live TV.
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🇮🇱 — Channel 12 has criticised Israel's acceptance of a 60-day ceasefire, alleging that twenty thousand Hamas fighters remain and they will seize the opportunity to reorganize their forces.
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🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱 — Donald Trump announces that Israel has agreed to an American proposal for a 60 day ceasefire in Gaza, and Qatar and Egypt will deliver the proposal to Hamas for evaluation.
➡️ Donald Trump has said the past few days he believes a ceasefire will begin next week, and will be hosting Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.
🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:
We thought we were done with missiles coming to Israel, but Houthis just lit one up over us in Israel. Fortunately, Israel's incredible interception system means we go to the shelter & wait until all clear. Maybe those B2 bombers need to visit Yemen!
🇵🇸🇵🇸🤝🇹🇷 — Hamas Movement:
➡️A leadership delegation from the movement held a series of important meetings with the Turkish leadership in the capital, Ankara.Читать полностью…
➡️During these meetings, they discussed developments in the brutal aggression on Gaza and international efforts to stop the genocide and lift the siege, as well as ways to strengthen regional and international action to stop this unjust war and provide urgent humanitarian support to our besieged people.
🏳️❌🇲🇱 — JNIM announces blockade on the cities of Kayes and Nioro du Sahel in western Mali that were attacked 2 days ago, announced by JNIM in Mali leader Mahmud Barry.
➡️ Barry blames the urban populations for supporting the Malian armed forces in repelling the attacks, and says they were warned to stay away from the fighting.
🇮🇱🇸🇦❌🇵🇸 — According to i24 Saudi Arabia demands the end of Hamas rule in Gaza, and the agreement between Israel and the “Palestinian” Authority, to resume normalization talks with Israel.
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🇺🇸 — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warns that after abolishing USAID, the Department of Government Efficiency may target the US Postal Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, or the US "national security agencies" next.
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🇸🇾🇸🇾❗️— 2 successive loud explosions heard in al-Hasakah, SDF-held northeastern Syria.
Update: SDF training.
⚡️🔴🇵🇸🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 - On the 30th of June, the Saraya AlQuds (PIJ) Brigades announced destroying a "D9 Caterpillar" Bulldozer by detonating a "highly explosive barrel bomb" [EFP] in "Abasan AlKabira" of eastern Khan Yunis.
The group has announced a joint-operation with the AlQassam Brigades, destroying a "Merkava" Tank in "Abasan AlKabira" by detonating a "Thaqib" EFP towards its side-skirt.
⚡️🔴🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 - A field commander in the Saraya AlQuds (PIJ) Brigades has announced that it has carried out a "unique" complex operation in "AlHuda" of "Shuja'iyya", northern Gaza.
The Unit detonated a minefield upon the arrival of IDF Armored vehicles, forcing surrounding infantry rushing to enter nearby buildings "hysterically".
The buildings were then targeted using an ATGM followed by Thermobaric projectiles. The unit then proceeded to enter the buildings and engaged the units at point-blank range using rifles, killing and wounding them.
🇹🇷🤝🇷🇺— A meeting has been held at Qamishli airport between the SDF and Russia to convince Russian forces to occupy American bases left by the international coalition to fight IS.
➡️The bases are located in Deir Ezzor, which suggests that the SDF is looking for military protection from rebels who seek to remove them from Syria, particularly in Deir Ezzor. As the Americans left, they are left naked and will not be able to fight a prolonged conflict in the region.
➡️The meeting was attended by the commander of the Deir Ezzor Military Council, and two tribal figures from Deir Ezzor governorate.
🇸🇴🇺🇳🇺🇸— Military helicopter crash inside Mogadishu International Airport, 8 people on board during the crash.
➡️ The helicopter was bound for Bali Dogle military airport where US troops and Danab, US-trained Somali special forces, are based.
🇱🇧😭📞🇱🇧 — Lebanese Foreign Minister:
Lebanon is not in a strong position to accept or reject diplomacy, it relies on military or economic ties, and both of them are not present. We still have friendships. The Americans love us, so we go and cry to them.Читать полностью…
🇺🇸 — The Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General has completed a misconduct investigation revealing that a FBI supervisory special agent had solicited prostitutes while working overseas in several countries and used a FBI-supplied mobile device to pay the prostitutes for sex, however for an unknown reason the Department of Justice has declined prosecution.
➡️ In the FBI, supervisory special agents are FBI agents that oversee teams of other special agents on the field.
🇮🇷 — US intelligence detected Iran's navy loading mines onto vessels presumably in preparation for a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz some time after Israel struck Iran on June 13, two US officials told Reuters.
➡️ It is not known exactly when the mines were loaded onto Iranian vessels, if Iran sincerely was making preparations to blockade the strait or if it was a ruse to intimidate Israel, or if the mines have since been unloaded from the vessels.
➡️ One US official claimed that the American strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities had successfully stopped Iran from carrying out the blockade, and Iran had been "significantly weakened".
🇺🇸 — One crucial swing vote was moderate Republican Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski, who only voted for the bill after receiving extra rural hospital funding and an exemption from stricter food stamp requirements for the state of Alaska for the next two years; she appears to have had a change of heart, as she has called on the House to vote NO on the bill to send it back to the Senate for further evaluation.
➡️ If she had voted no in the first place, the Big Beautiful Bill would have been defeated.
🇺🇸— The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the government agency responsible for foreign aid and assistance to support economic growth and humanitarian efforts worldwide, has now totally ceased operations.
➡️ It is worthy to note this does not include Israel or Ukraine, they will continue to receive aid.
🇮🇶🇸🇾 — Strange light witnessed over eastern Syria and western Iraq.
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