[SudanTribune] At least three strategic locations in Khartoum State, including the international airport, were targeted by drone strikes on Monday.
The attack on vital sites in the capital follows an unprecedented aerial escalation initiated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week. Long-range drones have recently struck targets across White Nile, Gezira, North Kordofan, Khartoum, and Gedaref states.
Military sources told Sudan Tribune that a long-range drone fired four missiles, two of which landed in the eastern section of Khartoum International Airport near Obeid Khatim Street.
The missiles caused minor damage to an administrative building attached to the airport. Authorities evacuated airport staff and canceled a flight arriving from Port Sudan, while the ministries complex in the Al-Mujahedin neighborhood was also cleared.
🚨RSF Drone Strike Destroys Fuel Storage at Sudan's Largest Sugar Factory On Sunday, May 3, 2026, the Rapid Support Forces reportedly targeted a fuel storage facility at the Kenana Sugar Company Limited in White Nile State using a drone strike. The attack caused a major fire that… pic.twitter.com/GlFqzg6fC3
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🚨RSF Drone Strike Destroys Fuel Storage at Sudan's Largest Sugar Factory
On Sunday, May 3, 2026, the Rapid Support Forces reportedly targeted a fuel storage facility at the Kenana Sugar Company Limited in White Nile State using a drone strike. The attack caused a major fire that completely destroyed the storage facility. No casualties have been reported.
DNHR verified the incident using NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fire detection data and satellite imagery from Google/Maxar Technologies, confirming active fire at the fuel storage area inside the Kenana Sugar Company complex on May 3, 2026.
The Kenana Sugar Factory is the largest sugar production facility in Sudan and one of the country's most important industrial installations. This attack represents a strike on critical economic infrastructure that serves the entire nation.
The factory had only recently resumed production in December 2025 after a shutdown that lasted more than two years. This resumption represented a significant step toward economic recovery and food security. The destruction of the fuel storage facility essential for powering factory operations threatens to halt production again.
The Nigerian Air Force has been firing on all cylinders. A foreign Arab fighter identified as Abu Khalid was severely injured in a recent NAF airstrike that targeted ISWAPS command structure a couple of days ago. The airstrike eliminated three senior ISWAP Shura council members… https://t.co/V9T7pl7D5Wpic.twitter.com/NclQKmgmIB
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The Nigerian Air Force has been firing on all cylinders. A foreign Arab fighter identified as Abu Khalid was severely injured in a recent NAF airstrike that targeted ISWAPS command structure a couple of days ago. The airstrike eliminated three senior ISWAP Shura council members and two field commanders.
The influx of foreign fighters into Nigeria, not just from the Sahel region but as far as the middle east is the product of the porous nature of our borders. Our border with Niger is the most concerning. The Niger border, which stretches about 1,497kilometers, is the longest and cuts through vast forests and unmonitored spaces, providing insurgents with easy access to Nigerian territory.
The Chad border stretches only 87 kilometers, and unlike Niger, the Chadians have a relatively firmer grip on their territory.
Nigeria needs something akin to a dedicated border force to stem the flow of foreign fighters and the influx of arms into the country. It is also estimated that of the 500 million illegal weapons circulating in West Africa, 70% are domiciled in Nigeria.
While the cost of securing the border in terms of manpower and resources may seem high, the price of leaving it largely unprotected is far greater. Without stronger border control, we remain trapped in a bitter war of attrition, with foreign fighters continuously replenishing ISWAP’s losses.
Again, vile people amusing themselves by attacking Jews or Government of Iran proxies hired to do the same thing for money?
[IsraelTimes] Local counterterrorism unit investigating after Molotov cocktails thrown at Israeli Literary Center and Max Nordau Library in La Plata
Counterterrorism officials in Buenos Aires are investigating after a Jewish library and a Chabad center in a suburb of the Argentine capital were attacked last week.
On Thursday night, Molotov cocktails thrown at the Israeli Literary Center and Max Nordau Library in La Plata, according to a statement published Friday by the center’s board of directors.
Multiple individuals "threw a blunt object filled with fuel at the front of the library, breaking windows and causing material damage," the board said, noting that the device did not ignite and no one was injured.
The library, a secular educational center founded in 1912 that promotes Argentine Jewish culture, said it is reinforcing security measures in light of the attack.
On Sunday, the Chabad of La Plata was also attacked, according to DAIA, the Argentine Jewish community group, which condemned both attacks. DAIA, which first reported the Chabad attack, did not describe the nature of the attack beyond reporting no injuries.
"We are deeply concerned about the recurrence and the short timeframe of these incidents," DAIA said in a statement.
The Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires and the Complex Crimes and Counterterrorism Unit of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police are investigating both attacks.
La Plata’s Jewish population numbers about 2,000, and its Chabad center has existed for more than 25 years. Argentina ...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... as a whole is home to the sixth-largest Jewish community in the world and the largest in Latin America, mostly centered in Buenos Aires.
"These acts of violence threaten democratic coexistence and the values of respect and pluralism that we defend our neighbors," La Plata Mayor Julio Alak said. "We will not allow hatred and intolerance to have a place in our city."
Argentina is the site of some of the deadliest attacks on Jewish institutions in modern history. A 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killed 29 people, while a 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community center left more than 80 people dead.
Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, a pro-Israel economist, has advanced efforts to hold Hezbollah and Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... responsible for their alleged role in the attacks after years of foot-dragging by prior leaders.
The incidents in La Plata come as Jewish institutions around the world are on high alert amid a string of attacks since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran in February. Several synagogues and Israeli outposts in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... have faced arson attacks that a group seen as tied to Iran have grabbed credit for staging.
No one has been injured in those attacks.
Argentina has also faced homegrown antisemitism scandals. In September, a video of a group of Buenos Aires high school students on a graduation trip chanting "Today we burn Jews" went viral, earning condemnation from Jewish community advocates and even Milei himself.
The group, from the private school Escuela Humanos, was traveling with Escuela ORT, a Jewish school.
Following the attacks in La Plata, comments on a local news outlet’s Instagram post about the attack on the local Chabad on Sunday were filled with antisemitic tropes, including blood libels and false flag theories.
Antisemitism watchdogs say false flag allegations, which claim that attacks against Jews or Israeli targets are actually staged operations meant to garner sympathy for the targets or to cast blame on another party, have flourished in recent years.
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[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Stavropol Krai to a lengthy prison term, finding him a member of a terrorist organization.
The convicted man, 21, is a native of the Andropovsky District of Stavropol Krai and a resident of the municipal district of the same name. He remained in custody until his sentencing.
According to investigators, in April 2025, the young man "joined a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation with the intent of subsequently committing crimes on its behalf." "During the investigation, the man fully admitted his guilt and expressed remorse for his actions," the regional Investigative Committee said in a statement.
The agency did not specify which terrorist organization was involved, what the joining procedure was, or what crimes the accused planned to commit. The prosecutor's office noted that the defendant was "an adherent of radical extremist views," without specifying what exactly those views were.
According to the prosecutor's office, the young man "voluntarily joined an international terrorist organization, thereby expressing his willingness to act in its interests." The agency's statement also made no mention of preparations for specific crimes.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced the man to 10.5 years in prison, with the first three years to be served in a maximum-security penal colony and the remainder to be served in a maximum-security penal colony. The charge of participating in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code) carries a sentence of ten to twenty years in prison.
According to court records, the most recent verdict for the defendant under this article was handed down today, May 4. The defendant's name is redacted from the case file, which was only received for hearing on March 10. The previous verdict on a similar charge was handed down on April 30; the file for this case, which was received in early April and heard in a single hearing, is also redacted.
#Pakistan 🇵🇰: “Balochistan Liberation Front” (#BLF) carried out multiple attacks on Pakistani Forces in Kharan and Besima, #Balochistan.
Fighters were armed with at least one Type 69 RPG Launcher with OG-7V rocket and AKMS assault rifle with GP-25 under-barrel grenade launcher. pic.twitter.com/VDx7FAiUYJ
IDF troops raided a Hezbollah rocket-launching site in southern Lebanon earlier today, capturing a cache of weapons in the process.
The military says troops of the Givati Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit located dozens of rockets and other weapons at the site, including assault… pic.twitter.com/3O6QWomlG8
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IDF troops raided a Hezbollah rocket-launching site in southern Lebanon earlier today, capturing a cache of weapons in the process.
The military says troops of the Givati Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit located dozens of rockets and other weapons at the site, including assault rifles, RPGs and other equipment.
The troops also located primed rocket launchers in the area, which the IDF says were aimed at troops stationed in southern Lebanon and at Israel.
Anti-drone aircraft to change "impossible" reality on Israel's northern border | Hallel Bitton-Rosen
"The northern reality requires a sharp, rapid change."
"The northern reality requires a sharp, rapid change."
Military Correspondent Bitton Rosen reports that while the IDF achieves significant tactical successes in southern Lebanon, including the 401st Brigade destroying an 80-meter underground tunnel, military leaders are presenting an "nearly impossible reality" to the government.
Despite ground units like Givati and the Multi-Dimensional Unit eliminating terrorists and destroying loaded launchers, the current policy of containment avoids strikes on Beirut, leading to warnings that the situation could end in disaster.
Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... ’s parliament speaker, the most senior Shiite politician in the country and a close ally of Hezbollah, said on Monday there could be no negotiations with Israel without a halt to the war that has raged on in southern Lebanon in spite of a ceasefire.
Nabih Knobby Berri
...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... , who heads the Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement, made his comments as the Israel Defense Forces issued evacuation warnings for four villages in southern Lebanon ahead of strikes targeting the Iran-backed terror group. Israel says it is acting in response to Hezbollah threats and violations of the truce.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!... two soldiers were moderately maimed during an exchange of fire with Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon, one soldier was lightly injured in a drone attack, and the IDF said it shot down at least one Hezbollah drone.
The continued festivities underlined challenges facing US efforts to forge peace between the enemy states, which held rare face-to-face talks last month.
Despite the ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in mid-April, which has since been extended into May, Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones at northern Israeli communities, though most attacks have been on troops in southern Lebanon or on the Israeli side of the border.
Berri told Lebanon’s An-Nahar newspaper the priority must be "stopping the war before any political track," and that he rejected any negotiations without guarantees Israel would halt attacks, according to a summary of his comments released by his office.
A day earlier, Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah said that the terror group would be able to "thwart" the talks between Beirut and Jerusalem, and that "any new agreement that will be established in Lebanon must guarantee that our country will not be attacked in any way."
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... has also sharply rejected the talks, calling them a "sin."
TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN CLASH WITH HEZBOLLAH GUNMEN; ONE HURT IN DRONE ATTACK
An exchange of fire in southern Lebanon took place at around 11 a.m., when troops of the Golani Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit encountered several Hezbollah button men who fired at them.
The soldiers returned fire, and the Israeli Air Force also struck Hezbollah sites in the area, including buildings used by the terror group and anti-tank guided missile launch posts. The military said it was continuing to operate in the area to locate and eliminate the operatives.
Two soldiers were moderately maimed in the incident. They were airlifted to a hospital, and their families were notified, the army said.
In another incident, a soldier was lightly injured in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon.
According to the IDF, Hezbollah launched several explosive drones at troops stationed in southern Lebanon, along with several rockets. The rocket attacks did not cause any injuries, the military said.
The maimed soldier was taken to a hospital, and his family was notified.
Earlier in the morning, an interceptor missile was launched toward an apparent Hezbollah drone identified over an area of southern Lebanon where troops are deployed, the military said.
Sirens had sounded in the border community of Misgav Am amid the incident, though the IDF said the "suspicious aerial target" did not cross the border. The results of the interception were under review, the military said.
In another incident, the IDF said an apparent Hezbollah drone was shot down by the Israeli Air Force over southern Lebanon.
Also on Monday, IDF troops raided a Hezbollah rocket-launching site in southern Lebanon, capturing a cache of weapons in the process.
The military said troops of the Givati Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit located dozens of rockets and other weapons at the site, including assault rifles, RPGs, and other equipment.
The troops also located primed rocket launchers in the area, which the IDF said were aimed at troops stationed in southern Lebanon and at Israel.
US ENVOY SAYS AOUN-NETANYAHU MEETING WOULD NOT BE ’CONCESSION’ Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!... US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa said on Monday that a meeting between Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be a "loss or concession" for Lebanon.
"Is Netanyahu some kind of bogeyman? He is just another negotiating party," he told news hounds, according to Lebanese media.
With Lebanese leaders at odds over the prospect of talks, the US embassy has been pushing hard to convince Aoun to accept a meeting with Netanyahu in Washington, arguing that it could restore government illusory sovereignty to the entire country.
Issa argued that a trip by Aoun to the White House would give him the opportunity to present Lebanon’s demands, especially that "every inch of Lebanon remains and returns to Lebanon."
Lebanon’s government wants a permanent deal with Israel that would end a repeated cycle of Israeli invasions and strikes, while stopping short of saying it wants a peace agreement. Israel says any deal must permanently disarm Hezbollah.
US President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , who hosted delegations from the two countries for last month’s ceasefire talks, said there was "a great chance" they would reach a peace agreement this year and that he wants to host a meeting soon between Netanyahu and Aoun.
Hezbollah and Berri have objected to the face-to-face meetings.
Aoun has said he backs ambassador-level talks with Israel with the aim of establishing a ceasefire, followed by expanded talks on Lebanon’s other demands, including a full Israeli withdrawal, the return of displaced people and the release of captives held by Israel.
"Thanks to the decisive and prompt warning by the Iranian navy, it was possible to prevent the entry of the US-Zionist enemy destroyers into the Strait of Hormuz," the statement, reported by the state broadcaster IRIB, said.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced the launch of an operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz on the morning of May 4, Middle East time. He said that "countries from around the world" had contacted Washington regarding ships blocked in the Strait of Hormuz and asked for assistance in freeing them.
Axios: US military permitted to attack targets threatening ships in Strait of Hormuz Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] The United States has changed the rules of engagement for its armed forces in the Middle East. Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported this on May 4, citing a senior American official.
He clarified that the American military is now allowed to attack targets that pose a threat to ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
"The American official said that <…> [the military] has been given the right to strike immediate sources of threat to ships passing through the strait, such as speedboats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or Iranian missile sites," Ravid wrote on social media.
Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz in response to attacks by the US and Israel that began on February 28. On April 7, US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire and the start of negotiations to resolve the conflict based on terms presented by the Islamic Republic.
Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian fire Monday as the vessels came under a barrage of small boats, missiles and drones, according to reports.
The USS Truxtun and USS Mason were backed by fighter aircraft and AH-64 Apache helicopters during the encounter, with officials describing it as a "sustained barrage," the CBS report said.
Despite the attack, neither of the destroyers was impacted, with forces intercepting or deterring each threat.
WHAT TO KNOW
The fragile ceasefire with Iran faces its biggest threat to date as President Donald Trump announced plans for U.S. forces to "guide" vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports will continue, with U.S. Central Command saying they have already redirected at least 49 ships.
The British military’s maritime trade center reported an attack on a trade vessel by multiple small craft just 11 miles off Iran's coast in the strait on Sunday.
Iran's military has vowed to attack any U.S. forces that enter the strait.
Peace talks with Iran remain stagnant, with Trump bashing Iran's latest 14-point proposal.
The UAE is on 'high alert' after Iran launched renewed strikes, injuring three Indian nationals.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi warned the U.S. and the UAE against getting pulled into a prolonged conflict and said talks were making progress.
The U.S. is edging closer to restarting major combat operations against Iran, senior officials said Monday.
Iran launched four missiles at a US-backed Middle Eastern ally on Monday and blew up a major oil port, following Trump's move to reopen the strait. The United Arab Emirates issued a missile alert on Monday morning, the first since the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran was announced last month.
The UAE's Defense Ministry said it intercepted three missiles, while a fourth 'fell into the sea.' An official noted that the country's air defenses 'are currently dealing with missile attacks and incoming drones from Iran.'
Trump said the US had 'shot down seven small boats' during the latest skirmish but said only a South Korean ship had sustained damage.
'Perhaps it's time for South Korea to come and join the mission!,' the President suggested on Truth Social.
Tehran's decision to launch these attacks officially resumes hostilities between Iran and the US in the Middle East.
Authorities also announced that a massive fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zones on Monday following a drone attack from Iran. Rescue teams were deployed to contain the inferno, Reuters reports.
The uncertainty over control of the strait comes as two US-flagged vessels have successfully passed through waterway, the US military said on Monday.
The closure of the strait has driven gas prices to some of their highest levels since 2022, averaging $4.40 a gallon, up 30 cents in a week.
'Project Freedom' will reportedly include a vast number of guided-missile destroyers, drones, more than 100 land and sea-based aircraft, and the infantry support of 15,000 troops, CENTCOM announced.
Iran has managed to effectively close off the Strait of Hormuz in recent months through a combination of small attack boats, drones, and sea mines laid in the narrow waterway.
US forces have also established an 'enhanced security area' that advises oil vessels to cross the waterway through Omani waters. However, vessel traffic remains at a standstill, with most ships transiting Hormuz using the Iranian traffic separation scheme rather than Trump's "Project Freedom" corridor closer to Oman.
Trump announced Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine will hold a news conference Tuesday morning.
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Just fuck them up and be done with these mf'ers.
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Trump says ceasefire is still in effect. Iran violates it. The fake War Powers act is no longer in effect: Smack these bitches down. Let Israel decapitate the C team leadership
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Unfortunately the Iranians don't have to sink our second-string mothballed frigates because we sank them all ourselves in pointless sinkexes.
Somehow dealing with the threat they posed to the LCS program didn't manage to turn the LCS into a workable platform.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
