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🇸🇦🇾🇪🇾🇪 — Yemeni sources believe that Saudi Arabia is preparing for a major military offensive against the Houthis by sea and possibly by land in central Yemen in a move to break the chokehold on its oil exports through the southern Red Sea. — The Guardian | @TheWarReporter

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi Arabia has announced an ‘international alliance’ to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks Participants include Arab states such as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan, none of which have a navy, as well as the third world nations of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, and Djibouti. The only three major nations in the alliance are Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt. America did not agree to join the alliance, nor did any other European or Western country. @Middle_East_Spectator

🇷🇺⚡- "Russia has designated me as a “terrorist” for refusing its demands for mass surveillance and censorship on Telegram. Under Russian law, I’m banned from “publishing information on the Internet.” Russian officials are clearly confused about who can ban whom from the Internet," - Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram.

🇷🇺⚡️- Russia has imposed a temporary ban on fuel exports from August 1st 2026 to January 31st 2027 to "stabilize its domestic market" according to Izvestia.

⚡️🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷 — A growing body of U.S. intelligence indicates that Russia is providing crucial financial, intelligence, and military support to Iran, using rising global energy prices and sanctions relief to stabilize its own war economy while prolonging conflicts in both the Middle East and Ukraine, — According to Time magazine. ➡️ ​Recent reports highlight that Moscow has been sharing satellite imagery of American installations with Iranian forces to enhance missile precision, while systematically upgrading Tehran's military capabilities with Su-35 fighter jets, attack helicopters, and advanced cyber technology. In exchange, Tehran has provided drone manufacturing blueprints for Shahed loitering munitions to be produced inside Russia, linking the logistical supply chains of both battlefields. ➡️ ​The dual conflicts have yielded massive financial windfalls for both nations via elevated oil prices, buffering Russia against severe domestic economic strains—including capital flight, skilled labor migration, and high inflation. In response to the deepening alliance, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a comprehensive bipartisan sanctions package aimed at choking off the joint military and energy supply chains sustaining both Moscow and Tehran. ✅Follow @MaxOsintIntel

🇪🇬⚡- "The Egyptian response must be strong, violent, and clear, and directed at the advocates of self-control, wisdom, and extreme silence. Knowing the source of the drones is not impossible; strike it with an even fiercer blow so that we do not receive new drones. This is a case of self-defense, and no one will stop you or hold you accountable under any law. Whoever wishes Egypt ill must pay a heavy price," - Amr Adib, popular Egyptian TV personality, after Egypt finally admitted two vessels at its Damietta seaport were targeted yesterday.

🛳️🇸🇦🇾🇪 — Countries confirmed to have joined the Saudi-led maritime coalition against Ansarallah (the Houthis):

• 🇧🇭 Bahrain

• 🇩🇯 Djibouti

• 🇪🇬 Egypt

• 🇯🇴 Jordan

• 🇰🇼 Kuwait

• 🇲🇻 Maldives

• 🇵🇰 Pakistan

• 🇶🇦 Qatar

• 🇸🇴 Somalia

• 🇸🇩 Sudan

• 🇹🇷 Turkey

• 🇾🇪 Yemen (internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council government)

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🇸🇦🇾🇪🇮🇶🇮🇷🇮🇶 — Ansarallah (the Houthis) launched attacks against targets in Saudi Arabia from Iraqi territory in coordination with local Iran-backed armed factions. — Reuters | @TheWarReporter

🛳️🇸🇦🇾🇪 — The Saudi Defense Ministry has officially announced the formation of an international coalition to counter Ansarallah (the Houthis) in the Red Sea. "A meeting in Riyadh saw broad participation from chiefs of staff and their representatives from 43 countries. 14 countries have confirmed their participation in the maritime coalition, while others are in the process of completing their national approval procedures to join," the ministry said. @TheWarReporter

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Iran has started using hybrid missiles, to save considerable costs but maintain the same lethality In the image on the right, an advanced ‘Kheybar Shekan’ warhead can be seen mounted on a relatively cheap and simple ‘Hajj Qassem’ booster, which is easier to produce. In the image on the left, a hypersonic ‘Fattah’ warhead can also be seen mounted on a Hajj Qassem booster. @Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇷/🇯🇴/🇺🇸 F-15/16/35 hangar at Muwaffaq Salti: Destroyed ✅ @Middle_East_Spectator

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — The Trump administration presented President Trump with options for carrying out broader military operations against Iran. — Fox News | @TheWarReporter

🇪🇸 The invasion was triggered by a Spanish Supreme Court ruling suspending the immediate return of migrants intercepted at sea or upon arrival by sea. According to the ruling, swimming to Ceuta does not, in itself, constitute the crossing of a physical barrier that would justify an immediate return. This legal precedent stems from an error made by Spanish authorities in November 2024, when an Algerian national was returned to Morocco without due process, despite not being a Moroccan national. Consequently, individuals intercepted under these circumstances must now undergo the standard return procedure, which guarantees them procedural rights—including access to a lawyer and an interpreter, the opportunity to seek asylum, and the right to challenge their removal. They can therefore no longer be immediately returned to Morocco. Original text from French Identitarian Damien Rieu.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇱🇸🇦🇾🇪 — Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi:

"The Saudi regime is a partner with the US, Israel, and Britain in pursuing Zionist agendas in the region".

@TheWarReporter

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇾🇪 — Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi:

"Trump himself says Saudi Arabia is a milk cow.

They milk him until his udder runs dry, and then they slaughter him".

@TheWarReporter

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️ — An announcement on the next phase in Gaza is imminent under a framework agreement between Hamas and the mediators, according to Israeli Channel 12. The reported agreement includes:

— Complete disarmament, including police weapons, light and heavy arms, tunnels, weapons depots, and production sites. — No withdrawal from the original "security line" without full disarmament. — Only a Palestinian committee will store, hold, or control weapons in Gaza after the process. — Hamas will cease all military activity, including recruitment and force-building, while Israeli assassinations would either cease or Israel would retain the ability to act against "emerging threats." — Weapons handover is expected to begin within weeks, with arms stored and decommissioned in depots guarded by multinational forces.

🛢 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Russian refineries hit by Ukrainian drone strikes have lost around 45% of production capacity overall The Ukrainian campaign knocked out more than 30 and 45 per cent of Russia’s actual and nominal capacity, respectively, triggering the worst fuel crisis in the petrostate since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Most signs of the attacks at Russia’s top 10 largest refineries, including in Omsk, Moscow and Tuapse, remained visible from space weeks or even months after the last known attack, the FT analysis showed. Even after refineries come back online, activity recovers slowly, according to Fabio Sabatini, a researcher at Sapienza University of Rome. His team measured night-time radiance around 29 large Russian refineries between June 2022 and May 2026. They found that after a first strike, radiance fell by 30 per cent within 1km of the refinery and by up to 18 per cent within 5km. The decline lasted for more than 13 months for the facilities struck last year. Kstovo, a refinery in Nizhny Novgorod, was struck by drones on May 18 and 20. It has remained offline since, according to thermal-infrared satellite imagery from Constellr, a German intelligence company. In the latest available shot, taken on July 18, its distillation unit still showed no heat signature. Ukraine’s targeted campaign, aided by US and French intelligence, has helped trigger a severe fuel crisis in Russia, with sales restrictions in nearly every region and long queues at filling stations. Russia had restored some refining capacity, helped by a resumption of operations at Omsk, said Daniel Evans, global head of fuels and refining at S&P Global Energy. But much capacity remains offline, making supply to Russia’s otherwise balanced domestic market “very challenging”, he added. Satellite images show Russian refineries have expanded drone defences since 2022. But Ukraine’s repeated drone waves can overwhelm those defences. “The protective methods were effective last year,” the businessman said. But while nets can catch one drone, “when three hit the same point, it is physically impossible” to stop them. https://archive.ph/QCOFL 📎 Christopher Miller

🇺🇸🇧🇬🇮🇷 — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi warned his Bulgarian counterpart, Velislava Petrova, during a phone call over Sofia's decision to allow U.S. military aircraft to use Bezmer Air Base in support of operations against Iran. "Any party that participates in a military attack against Iran in any way must accept responsibility for the consequences," Araqhchi said. Petrova replied that Bulgaria does not intend to take part in the war. @TheWarReporter