Open Source Intel

Iraq agreed with the Trump administration to tighten financial controls blocking U.S. dollars from reaching Iran and its militias, ending a four-month suspension of American currency shipments to Baghdad. - WSJ

VIDEO: President Trump on Iran war: "I don't think it's going to start again."

A Russian Geran-2/4 Seeker OWA-UAV hit a locomotive under an overpass road bridge in Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, on Wednesday. One clip is dashcam footage of the strike, the second shows the Russian POV. @Archer83Able

Erdogan on the Strait of Hormuz: "We have done and will do everything we can. We will not allow, and do not want, the strait to become a sea of war."

Saudi Arabia is reportedly pushing to reroute the India, Middle East, Europe Economic Corridor through Syria, bypassing Israel - Jerusalem Post.

New footage released by the IRGC appears to show the reported shoot down of a U.S. MQ 9 Reaper drone near Khormoj in Iran’s Bushehr Province earlier today, July 8, 2026.

VP Vance on Iran: "The basic deal that we cut was 'we'll lift our blockade if you stop shooting at chips, but if you shoot at ships, we are going to punch back, and we're going to punch back harder than ever before.'"

VP JD Vance paused to check his phone, just in case it was President Trump.

At the Ankara Summit, Erdogan gifted NATO leaders personalized revolvers loaded with live ammo. Starmer couldn't take his home, it would be illegal in the UK. - Financial Times

Trump on renewed war with Iran: "I don't think it's going to start again."

Trump: “The U.S. Space Force has cameras in orbit capable of reading the badges of Iranian officials as they enter nuclear sites.”

Turkish President Erdogan: Mr. Trump has, in fact, adopted a positive approach toward Turkey regarding the F-35 issue. God willing, when the F-35s are finally delivered to Turkey, the whole world will say, "The United States has kept its word."

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister: Tehran must communicate with Trump through a language of strength, the only language he understands better than any other.

Trump boards Air Force One as the NATO Summit in Turkey wraps up.

Turkish President Erdogan at NATO Summit in Ankara: As Turkey, we are one of the rare allies that produces its own fighter jet, its own tank, its own ships, and develops its own air defense systems. In unmanned aerial vehicles, naval vessels, warships, we rank among the top in the world.

Trump on the sale of F-35 jets to Turkey: “I have not totally made up my mind, but my inclination is to say: he did everything. He helped us in so many different ways.”

Pakistan Foreign Ministry: All sides must uphold their commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

President Trump on Iran: "They're a little loco. They're a little crazy... They're scum. That's the way they act, and that's the way they've done it for 47 years. I'm doing what's right for the country. I'm doing, really, what's right for the world. They have to be stopped."

Reporter: But why aren't you flying the new plane home? TRUMP: Uh, it's flying to Europe to one of the big bases where we can show it to the people. And we'll be going home by uh normal methods

Something is off