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Strait of Hormuz tensions, ground operation plans in Middle East conflict
Iranian Brigadier General Ebrahim Jabbari, an adviser to the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), vowed to "burn" any tanker that tries to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
The US is not currently planning a ground operation in Tehran, but President Donald Trump is not ruling out this course of action to achieve the set objectives, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Key developments regarding the situation around the Strait of Hormuz anbd the Region.
The situation...
What to know about joint US-Israeli military operation in Iran
Israel delivered a preemptive attack on Iran to eliminate "immanent threats" on Saturday morning, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
Later, US President Donald Trump announced that major combat operations had begun against Tehran’s nuclear missile program. Explosions were heard across the country, according to Iranian media reports.
Key details about the situation.
Statements from Israel
Israel delivered a preemptive strike against the Islamic Republic to remove...
Iran threatens to sink US aircraft carriers – what’s behind it?
Iran is threatening to sink two US aircraft carriers dispatched near its shores, framing the move as part of its long-standing “anti-access/area denial” (A2/AD) doctrine, designed to offset its conventional military inferiority.
IRAN’S MAIN THREATS
Tehran has built an asymmetric toolkit meant to overwhelm even the most advanced naval defenses:
Drone swarms: Launching hundreds of low-cost UAVs, such as the Shahed series, simultaneously to saturate interception...
Burn the kitchen down!
A transformational President Trump must strike at Iran now.
The oh-so-sophisticated foreign-policy specialists and expert defense analysts are out in full force explaining to anybody who will listen that it would be a mistake for U.S. President Donald Trump to attack Iran.
A military assault on Tehran will not save the brave Iranian protesters from savage repression by the Basij and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, say the “experts.” It won’t bring about regime...
Could Iran shoot chemical weapons at Israel?
Chemical warheads require precise dispersal mechanisms, stable storage conditions, and specialized engineering to survive the extreme heat and pressure of ballistic missile flight.
Iran’s ability to fire chemical weapons at Israel is a question that blends capability, intent, and technical feasibility.
Iran signed the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993 and ratified it in 1997, formally banning the development and use of chemical agents.
Despite this, U.S....
IDF uncovers Hamas plans for invasion of Israel towns in Judea and Samaria
Israel seizes Hamas documents in Gaza Strip revealing details of plans to invade Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria, and along the border, similar to October 7th attacks
Israeli forces operating in the Gaza Strip have uncovered official Hamas documents suggesting the terror organization had undertaken extensive planning for multiple attacks on Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria in the seam line area on the border, Channel 12 News reported on Friday.
This is not the first time...
The World In 2026 : Multiple Wars Ongoing
From Yemen 🇾🇪 to Ukraine 🇺🇦 passing through Sudan 🇸🇩, Mali 🇲🇱, Haiti 🇭🇹 and the DRC 🇨🇩, war is still ongoing in multiple countries.
Summary :
Yemen 🇾🇪
Israel/Palestine 🇮🇱🇵🇸
Lebanon 🇱🇧
Syria 🇸🇾
Iran 🇮🇷
Ukraine/Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺
Sudan 🇸🇩
Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Somalia 🇸🇴
DRC/Rwanda 🇨🇩🇷🇼
Mozambique 🇲🇿
Central Africa 🇹🇩🇳🇪🇳🇬🇨🇲🇸🇸🇨🇫
Sahel 🇲🇱🇳🇪🇧🇫🇸🇳🇬🇳🇨🇮🇬🇭🇹🇬🇧🇯🇳🇬
Afghanistan/Pakistan 🇦🇫🇵🇰
Myanmar 🇲🇲
Thailand/Cambodia 🇹🇭🇰🇭
Indonesia/Philippines 🇮🇩🇵🇭
Cartel Wars 🇲🇽🇻🇪🇨🇴🇪🇨🇭🇹
Others...
Yemen 🇾🇪:...
Putin held a meeting on the situation in special military operation zone
At a meeting on the current situation in the zone of the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin heard a report that the city of Seversk in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has been placed under full control of the Russian Armed Forces.
Key points of the meeting.
On the liberation of Seversk
The Ukrainian armed forces expected that Russian troops would become bogged down in the Seversk fortified area, but this did not happen.
He noted that the promise to...
French Navy Lieutenant E. Baggio : The Navy Spirit
Vous avez dit “Warrior” 💪 pour qualifier le marin ⚓️ ?
Quand on évoque les armées, le hashtag #Combat, le militaire, les candidats associent spontanément des images de force physique, de sacrifice individuel, de virilité, de domination, d’héroïsme…
Et pourtant...
Une fois larguées les amarres 🌊, l’épreuve du feu et de la mer nous livre un tout autre hashtag #Enseignement.Face aux dangers qui se...
More people died in 1 month in one city in Sudan than in entire Gaza war
No rallies, no Protests, no Interest...
What’s going on in Sudan is being reported. If you look for it, you can find plenty of horror stories. Like these…
In Deadly October, Nearly One in Six Civilians Killed in El Fasher Were Children – Save the Children
‘Our job is only killing’ – how Sudan’s brutal militia carried out a massacre – BBC reports
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show...
French troops 'didn't sign up for war with Russia'
French military personnel reportedly fear a potential deployment to Ukraine for participation in combat, as detailed in a report by the French weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD).
'Operation Eagle'
"There is a risk that we could be sent to Ukraine. I don’t know when, <...> but I have no doubt that we will eventually go there, and, frankly, the losses will be enormous," a French lieutenant, a recent military school Saint-Cyr Coetquidan...
Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against Russia
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as Moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
Ideas range from joint offensive cyber operations against Russia, and faster and more coordinated attribution of hybrid attacks by quickly pointing the finger at Moscow, to surprise NATO-led military exercises, according to two senior European government officials and three EU diplomats
“The Russians are constantly testing the...
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