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Finally, someone is talking about the Iraqi shepherd who discovered a secret Israeli military site in Iraq’s desert and was hunted down and killed by Israeli forces, who sent a helicopter after him and opened fire until his vehicle burst into flames.
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This is Iraqi shepherd Awad Al-Shammari, who uncovered the secret Israeli military site in Iraq’s desert back in March before authorities were aware of it.
He was later killed by Israeli forces, who reportedly targeted his vehicle in the area.
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Egypt's Intel Observer retweeted
🇪🇬🇸🇾🇮🇱 OTD in 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated surprise offensive against Israeli forces, beginning the October War, also known as the Yom Kippur War. Both countries sought to reclaim territory lost to Israel in 1967, with Egypt fighting to recover the Sinai Peninsula and Syria seeking to retake the Golan Heights.
At 2:00 p.m., Egypt launched Operation Badr, achieving rapid tactical gains. More than 200 Egyptian aircraft struck Israeli command centers, airfields, and radar stations across Sinai, followed by a massive, 53-minute bombardment involving nearly 2,000 artillery pieces.
Along the Suez Canal, Israeli defenses centered on the Bar Lev Line, which combined a towering sand embankment, reaching 25 meters in places, with fortified military positions. Egyptian combat engineers breached the embankment using high-pressure water pumps, cutting approximately 60 passages through the sand to open routes for troops, tanks, and other vehicles.
Within the first two and a half hours, approximately 23,500 Egyptian infantrymen had crossed the canal. By 5:00 p.m., that number had grown to roughly 32,000. Within 24 hours, Egypt had moved more than 100,000 combat troops organized into five divisions, around 1,000 tanks, and over 13,500 military vehicles across the Suez Canal, establishing a substantial foothold on its eastern bank.
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🇸🇦🇾🇪 Recent Houthi strikes appear to have hit AESSCO facilities at Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport, with burn marks visible on a warehouse or hangar..
AESSCO is a subsidiary of SAMI Advanced Electronics, part of state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI).
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🇾🇪🇸🇦 The Houthis claimed they targeted Saudi troop concentrations at Al-Dagharir camp in Jizan in southwestern KSA with several ballistic missiles, reporting direct hits that killed and wounded dozens. They also claimed ambulances rushed to the site.
تمكنت قواتنا المسلحة بفضل الله من استهداف تحشيدات العدو السعودي في معسكر الدغارير في جيزان بعدد من الصواريخ الباليستية وكانت الإصابات دقيقة ومباشرة بفضل الله وخلفت عشرات القتلى والجرحى في أوساطهم وهروع سيارات الإسعاف إلى المكان المستهدف، وسط حالة من الإرباك في صفوف العدو.
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🇸🇦🇹🇷🇵🇰 The Mecca Defense Alliance has activated “collective deterrence” in response to Houthi attacks.
So, are Turkey and Pakistan officially stepping into the Yemen war?
يؤكد الاجتماع الطارئ للجنة الإستراتيجية السياسية والدفاعية لحلف مكة الدفاعي تضامن ووقوف دولنا صفًا واحدًا لمواجهة الاعتداءات الآثمة التي استهدفت المملكة والمشاعر المقدسة، وتفعيل الردع الجماعي ضد هذه الاعتداءات، وضد كل من يقف وراءها ضمن إطار حلف مكة الدفاعي.
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Confirmed this was a new hit in the strait of hormuz.
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New video of tanker that was hit recently in the strait of hormuz and is on fire.
Not sure if this is the 1025033 Liberia-flagged tanker Lipsi or something new.
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🇪🇬🇺🇸 The U.S. has approved a $832 million Foreign Military Sale of Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Egypt for the first time, marking a further easing of U.S. arms restrictions on the country.
Egypt has requested up to 2,020 FGM-148F missiles and up to 200 Javelin LWCLUs.
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The U.S. began easing these restrictions last year, when the State Department approved a potential $4.6 billion Foreign Military Sale of NASAMS air defense systems to Egypt, including advanced AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM missiles that had long been withheld from the country.
OMG 😳
The U.S. State Department just greenlit a massive $4.6 billion sale of NASAMS air defence systems to Egypt, with a package of AIM-120C-8 AMRAAMs, AIM-120ERs, and AIM-9Xs. This is huge, Egypt has been blocked from getting AMRAAMs for over 40 years!
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🇸🇦🇾🇪 Saudi-backed forces advance along Bab al-Mandeb Strait amid a major Saudi air offensive.
More than 100 Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) warplanes and helicopters carried out large-scale strikes across Houthi-controlled areas, hitting 324 Houthi targets, according to official figures.
The attached footage confirms Saudi-backed forces entered Dhubab Airport, north of the strategically vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Additional footage shows Saudi AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and CH-47 Chinooks supporting Yemeni forces offensive.
Meanwhile, the Houthis warned civilian airlines that Saudi airspace is “unsafe” and threatened further attacks on the kingdom as fighting intensifies.
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🇸🇦🇾🇪 Footage shows large smoke plumes rising from the Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company facility following an alleged Houthi strike.
NOAA-20 VIIRS imagery also confirms a smoke plume from the site, consistent with hotspots detected by NASA FIRMS at the oil storage tanks.
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🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis have released footage showing ballistic missile strikes on vehicles and troops assembled in Ras al-Ara, Lahj Governorate.
The forces belong to the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, and the same area was also targeted by the Houthis two days ago.
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🇸🇦🇾🇪 Sentinel-2L satellite imagery shows emergency flaring and thick smoke plumes rising from Aramco’s Khurais Oil and Gas Project.
The Houthis claimed yesterday that they had struck an Aramco facility in Khurais.
🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis claim to have struck two Saudi Aramco facilities: one in Riyadh for the second time and another in Khurais.
NASA FIRMS detected multiple hotspots at Aramco’s Khurais Oil and Gas Project, while MODIS imagery shows thick smoke plumes rising from the facility.
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Both EA-37B Compass Call have now been pulled back from the Middle east. One was 2 days ago the second one today. Trump seems to be moving back Strategic assets from Centcom back home. Still unclear why all of this is being done. 19-1587, 19-5591
Two U.S. Air Force EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft (19-5591 and 19-1587) have departed Bangor International Airport and are now crossing the Atlantic en route to Chania, Greece, where they're expected to support renewed U.S. operations against Iran.
This deployment is another strong sign that the situation is escalating rapidly. Chania Airport previously hosted a pair of EA-37Bs from early April until late June, as confirmed by the satellite imagery below.
One of today's aircraft was part of that earlier deployment, while the second is a different airframe. The previous deployment ended after the MOU aimed at ending the war was signed.
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🇹🇷🇸🇦 A drone delivery flight from Turkey to Saudi Arabia yesterday departed Tekirdağ Airport and landed in Abha, possibly carrying TB2 or Akıncı drones. The Houthis keep shooting down the latter.
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🛰🇸🇦🇾🇪 Landsat 8 satellite imagery confirms that Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) strikes yesterday hit a complex at 15.33258, 44.173705 in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. A warehouse appears to have been destroyed, with burn marks visible nearby.
🇾🇪🇸🇦 The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is carrying out more airstrikes on Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, following the Houthi attack on the Riyadh oil refinery.
The strikes likely hit targets near 15°19'55.50"N 44°10'21.41"E.
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🛰🇸🇦 Landsat 8 satellite imagery captured today shows multiple oil storage tanks and pressure tanks at Saudi Aramco’s Riyadh refinery destroyed by recent Houthi strikes.
🛰🇸🇦 Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured today confirms that Saudi Aramco’s Riyadh refinery was hit by the Houthis, with at least three oil storage tanks appearing to be on fire and thick plume of smoke rising from the facility.
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🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis claim to have struck two Saudi Aramco facilities: one in Riyadh for the second time and another in Khurais.
NASA FIRMS detected multiple hotspots at Aramco’s Khurais Oil and Gas Project, while MODIS imagery shows thick smoke plumes rising from the facility.
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🛰🇦🇪🇺🇸 High-resolution GE imagery confirms the deployment of U.S. Army helicopters at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE since May 2026, including CH-47 Chinooks, AH-64 Apaches, and UH-60 Black Hawks.
Satellite imagery from Sentinel-2L appears to show around seven to eight objects on the main tarmac at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE that I assume are U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
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