CASE UPDATE from FBI - Minneapolis: Man Taken into Custody in Somalia for Role in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, of Burnsville, Minnesota—one of the orchestrators of the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme—was apprehended on June 25, 2026, in Mogadishu,… pic.twitter.com/sa7K0kXpff
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… apprehended on June 25, 2026, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Eidleh was among the defendants originally charged by indictment in the Feeding Our Future scheme on September 13, 2022. The indictment alleges 31 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, federal programs bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering.
“This is a big fish,” Daniel Rosen, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, told CBS News. “Eidleh was a key leader and was responsible for bribing and recruiting business to steal from the American taxpayer.”
Rosen said Eidleh, 42, was “second in command” to Aimee Bock, the convicted ringleader of the scheme, who was just sentenced to more than 40 years in prison.
Investigators allege Eidleh personally collected $5 million in bribes and kickbacks after instructing restaurants and catering businesses to inflate receipts submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education for reimbursement. The indictment includes charges related to wire fraud, federal programs bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.
“This shows the global reach and outstretched arm of American law enforcement,” said Christopher Dotson, FBI Special Agent in Charge at FBI Minneapolis. “Somalia is not the safe haven you may think it is.”
So far, prosecutors have charged 79 people, most of Somali descent, in the Feeding Our Future case. Of those, 66 have been convicted or pleading guilty.
Dozens of others have also been charged in Minnesota in a range of alleged schemes to defraud taxpayer-funded social service programs, including childcare, housing and behavioral health.
Rosen previously told CBS News the total amount of fraud in Minnesota could top $1 billion.
“The chapter for Feeding Our Future might be closing, but we’re still in the beginning of making sure we protect the American taxpayer,” Rosen said.
Wonder how many of this POS's own people straved or died due his greed.
Has any "Save Africa" campaign type charity, ever done 25% of what claimed it would do? Has even 1 spent the majority of the collected $$$$$$ on the reason it was collected, and not on other things like themselves, or the Political donations?
How about "Save America 1st"?
With citizens helping each other, thus no 50+% top heavy $$$$$$ managing board with deep pockets, and private jets.
Islamists in Ethiopia's East Arsi Zone burned to the ground the 101-year-old Telata Chefa St. Gabriel Orthodox Church during a new wave of violence targeting local Christian communities.
Dozens of Christians were killed, hundreds were displaced, and homes were destroyed.
Three members of an ISIS-linked gang have been convicted in South Africa for the 2018 murders of British botanists Rod Saunders, 74, and Rachel Saunders, 63, and feeding them to crocodiles.
The couple, internationally known plant experts and owners of Silverhill Seeds, were… pic.twitter.com/9kXBYXdzZW
… Silverhill Seeds, were abducted while searching for rare flowers in KwaZulu-Natal. Prosecutors said the gang identified them as a target while they were camping in a remote forest.
The victims were allegedly tortured for their banking details before being murdered. After the killings, their bodies were wrapped in sleeping bags and dumped into a crocodile-infested section of the Tugela River in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence.
The killers then went on a spending spree, using the couple's bank accounts and credit cards to spend around £37,000, including purchases of Bitcoin.
When police raided the suspects' property, they recovered the victims' phones, jewelry, laptops, camping equipment, and vehicle. Officers also discovered an ISIS flag and extremist material. Court evidence included messages referring to the victims as "kuffar" (infidels) and instructing that their bodies should never be found.
Sayefundeen Del Vecchio, Bibi Patel and Mussa Jackson were convicted of double murder, kidnapping, robbery and theft after an eight-year investigation.
HAMAS DEPLOYS ARMED OPERATIVES TO CRUSH GAZA PROTESTS
Armed Hamas operatives were reportedly deployed across Gaza to prevent anti-Hamas demonstrations, with residents confirming masked gunmen patrolled streets in Deir al-Balah to stop protesters from gathering.
HAMAS DEPLOYS ARMED OPERATIVES TO CRUSH GAZA PROTESTS
Armed Hamas operatives were reportedly deployed across Gaza to prevent anti-Hamas demonstrations, with residents confirming masked gunmen patrolled streets in Deir al-Balah to stop protesters from gathering.
Hamas-affiliated media declared the “Failure of the June 26 Revolution,” after publishing footage of empty protest locations, though small anti-Hamas demonstrations were still reported in Gaza City and parts of northern Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] Hundreds of Paleostinians erupted into the streets in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip on Friday to protest the terror group, footage shared on social media appeared to show.
The demonstrations against Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... — which functions as the de facto government in the parts of the Strip not controlled by the Israeli military — were planned several weeks in advance, with activists pledging a major turnout on July 26.
But as the date approached, Hamas operatives began issuing threats against Gazooks considering taking part in the protests, which may well have impacted turnout.
Footage appeared to show protesters carrying signs reading, "God willing, Hamas out," "We are not pawns," and "We want to live." In one video, chants of "Enough with the destruction" (of Gaza) could be heard. It was unclear where exactly in the Strip the protests were taking place.
Other footage appeared to show armed Hamas operatives deployed in the streets to prevent demonstrations. None of the footage could be easily verified, and it was not published by the major media outlets in Gaza, which are affiliated with Hamas.
Earlier this week, several Gaza residents told The Times of Israel that Hamas had warned journalists in Gaza not to cover the protests. Instead, major Gazook outlets on Friday published footage showing empty intersections where protests had allegedly been planned, declaring the "Failure of the June 26 Revolution."
A resident of central Gaza confirmed to The Times of Israel that masked men affiliated with Hamas had been present in the streets of Deir al-Balah to prevent protesters from gathering. He also said a small number of people took part in anti-Hamas demonstrations in Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza, while people stayed home in central Gaza amid Hamas warnings on social media against participating in the rallies. The resident asked not to be named due to concerns for his safety.
A Facebook page titled "June 26 Revolution" had called for demonstrations at 18 different locations across the Strip. The day’s events marked the first organized anti-Hamas protests in Gaza since a wave of demonstrations in the spring and summer of 2025.
One of the protest’s organizers, Abd al-Hamid Abd al-Ati, a Gazook currently living in Cairo, wrote on his Facebook account that "perhaps the June 26 movement did not achieve all that we had hoped for, but the message was delivered, and the cause for which people erupted into the streets remains alive."
Under a US-brokered 20-point plan to end the war, which began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Hamas was to disarm and hand over power to a transitional authority, paving the way for an Israeli military pullback and the rebuilding of the enclave, which suffered extensive destruction during the fighting. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... those plans have yet to move beyond the initial ceasefire stage due to Hamas’s refusal to give up its weapons and other disagreements over implementation.
Though badly battered, Hamas has maintained enough strength to exercise control over the part of the Strip that the IDF has pulled back from, cementing its hold by executing opponents and others it views as threatening its rule, according to multiple reports.
Protests against Hamas broke out in Gaza after terrorists and their supporters held a funeral for one of the recently eliminated Hamas commanders. https://t.co/IqCjDgdOndpic.twitter.com/KFvlU5Mj0v
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Note that in the green flag video they’re chanting "Khaybar, Khaybar, ya yahud! Jaish Muhammad soufa yaʿoud!" a slogan coined in the late 1980s by Hamas. It recalls Muhammed’s massacre of the Khaybar Oasis Jews in 628 AD, a threat to repeat it today.
It’s been chanted at pro-Palestine protests worldwide since 10/7/2023.
But why would anti-Hamas protesters feel the need to chant it?
[IsraelTimes] Officer moderately hurt, 3 others lightly injured as gunman lobs grenade at forces; terror group chief says US-Iran deal a defeat for Israel; cabinet said to spar over war policy
Four Israeli soldiers, including two officers, were injured in a clash with a Hezbollah gunman in southern Lebanon on Thursday night, the military said Friday, as Israel and Lebanon were set for another day of direct talks in Washington.
It came as the head of the Hezbollah terror group said Israel must leave southern Lebanon, arguing that a US-Iran understanding spelled “defeat” for Israel, and as the cabinet is reportedly divided on how to proceed with the situation, with some calling for the current ceasefire to be scrapped in defiance of the United States.
According to a probe by the Israel Defense Forces of the Thursday incident, at around 10 p.m. in the Beit Yahoun area, a Hezbollah operative who was hiding in a building threw a grenade at Israeli troops. A combat officer was moderately hurt in the incident, and another officer and two soldiers were lightly hurt, the IDF said. They were taken to the hospital for treatment, and their families were notified.
Within a few minutes, the forces returned fire, killing the operative, the probe found. The IDF also struck several Hezbollah sites in the area with artillery and airstrikes following the attack.
Meanwhile, on Friday morning, the Israeli Air Force struck and killed seven Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon, after they were identified transporting weapons near Israel’s buffer zone, the military said. The IDF said the operatives were spotted by troops of the Egoz Commando Unit near the village of Manzleh, moving weapons into a structure “used as a combat and observation post” and to prepare to carry out attacks on troops.
شاهدوا التوثيق: قضى جيش الدفاع على سبعة مخربين من منظمة حزب الله الإرهابية لإزالة تهديد، بعد أن نقلوا وسائل قتالية بالقرب من قوات جيش الدفاع في جنوب لبنان
🔸هاجم سلاح الجو، بتوجيه من قوات وحدة "إيغوز"، في وقت سابق من اليوم (الجمعة)، وقضى على سبعة مخربين من منظمة حزب الله… pic.twitter.com/4n7aXDY1qq
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) June 26, 2026
Israel and Lebanon ink framework deal for minor IDF withdrawal, after 4 days of DC talks
[IsraelTimes] Israel, 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.... and the US reached an agreement Friday that will see the Israel Defense Forces begin to withdraw from small parts of southern Lebanon, amid the ongoing fighting between the Jewish state and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group.
The framework deal was reached on the fourth day of the fifth round of talks that the US has mediated between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, beginning in April. The latest round of fighting in the country kicked off when Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2, in support of Iran, with several truces declared since then quickly unraveling.
The areas to be withdrawn from have already been cleared by the IDF of Hezbollah infrastructure. In some cases, this has included Israel razing entire Lebanese villages to the ground on the border, with the IDF arguing that Hezbollah was using much of them to plan and carry out attacks against Israel.
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leither said Israel will maintain its buffer zone in southern Lebanon until the Lebanese Armed Forces demonstrate that they can dismantle Hezbollah and assume responsibility for security.
Leiter stressed that the deal will not be based on a fixed timetable, but on measurable progress by the Lebanese army in disarming Hezbollah.
Additional "pilot" handovers from the IDF to the LAF will take place as benchmarks are met, he said.
Asked whether Gulf states, La Belle France, Italia or other international partners will be used to help secure southern Lebanon, Leiter said it was too early to discuss that idea. He said other countries could take part in Lebanon’s reconstruction but only after Hezbollah has been disarmed.
RUBIO: FRAMEWORK IS ’BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... , in a statement declaring the creation of a "trilateral Military Coordination Group for Lebanon (MCG4L), facilitated by the United States" that will implement the agreement, also announced an "immediate" $100 million donation by the US toward humanitarian assistance in coordination with the UN.
He also said the US Defense Department was "prepared to reimburse the Lebanese Armed Forces with more than $30 million under existing authorities and appropriations to support the president’s vision for an enduring peace in Lebanon."
At the signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Rubio appeared to acknowledge the limited scope of the agreement, calling it, "The beginning of the beginning."
"There’s a lot of work ahead. We don’t in any way underestimate the difficulty of the task ahead, but we understand the importance of it, how vital it is, and we are honored to have played a part in bringing this together," he said, before going on to praise the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the US, who headed their countries’ respective negotiating teams.
Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh called the "trilateral framework...the first step on the road to restoring Lebanese illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity, securing a permanent and final cessation of hostilities, enabling our people to go back to their land and allowing all Lebanese to live in peace, security and prosperity."
"This was a long and difficult meeting. We are grateful to the host and to the two delegations for their cooperation during these talks," she added, in an apparent nod to Israel.
’LIONESS’: ISRAEL’S LEITER PRAISES LEBANESE DIPLOMAT
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter gave longer remarks, but made a point of thanking Hamadeh by name "for being a very tough negotiator," telling her: "You and your team set an example for patriotism to your country. You fight like a lioness, madam ambassador."
Leiter recalled that he began talks on Tuesday warning of an impending "trainwreck," after the US decided to include a ceasefire in Lebanon as part of the memorandum of understanding it reached last week with Iran.
The decision appeared to undercut Washington’s own efforts to prevent 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... from maintaining an influence over developments in Lebanon. The US had established the direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in April, specifically in order to ensure that Iran would not be involved in future discussions about Israel’s continued presence in Lebanon.
But either because of Iran’s significant leverage in the Strait of Hormuz or because Washington believed that Iran was needed to rein in Hezbollah, the US agreed to Tehran’s demands that the memorandum of understanding inked last week include a ceasefire in Lebanon, and then agreed to allow Iran to be part of the deconfliction mechanism that was established to ensure that ceasefire — both moves infuriating Jerusalem and Beirut.
"Iran and its proxies wanted a trainwreck," Leiter said at the signing ceremony, before arguing that such a result was prevented thanks to Rubio’s leadership. Rubio has not been a part of the talks with Iran, which have been led by US Vice President JD Vance.
"We’ve put the train back on the tracks, and it’s running in the right direction. Final destination: peace between our two countries," Leiter said. "In this performance-based, trilateral framework agreement, Iran is out, Hezbollah is out, and the road to peace between Israel and Lebanon is in."
He went on to maintain that the agreement would not have been possible without the resilience of Israel’s northern residents, the IDF, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
NETANYAHU: WE’LL MAINTAIN BUFFER AS LONG AS NEEDED
Netanyahu issued a video statement shortly after the agreement was announced, touting the framework and stressing it will allow Israel to remain in the buffer zone it created in southern Lebanon.
"We will maintain (the buffer zone) until Hezbollah disarms and as long as there is a threat to the State of Israel," Netanyahu said.
"This is also a major blow to Iran. Iran is trying to coax us to withdraw from southern Lebanon by force. And in essence, Israel, Lebanon and the United States are telling Iran — it is none of your business. You have no role in Lebanon. Neither you, nor Hezbollah nor any terrorist organization," he continued.
"We are also allowing the Lebanese army to start preparing to seize territory. We are creating two pilot zones — both recommended by the IDF."
"One is south of the Litani River and outside the (original) security zone altogether, and the other is north of the Litani — a small area in the expanded security zone that we conquered in the last two weeks, and which the IDF says it does not need," Netanyahu claimed.
"We are maintaining the original security zone, which covers the range of (Hezbollah) anti-tank missiles. We are not allowing Hezbollah, nor the Lebanese population, to enter that area. The most important thing is that Israel says: ’Our security comes first,’" the prime minister said.
His office issued a separate statement on the framework, explaining that it paved the way for future agreements between Israel and Lebanon.
"The IDF’s freedom of military action will be maintained throughout the security zone to eliminate threats of any kind," the prime minister’s office said.
WITHDRAW AL IS FROM AREAS THAT ARE BEYOND BUFFER ZONE
Explaining just how minor the planned IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon will be, an Israeli official said troops will only be pulling back from two areas that are located beyond the original borders of the buffer zone that was established in April.
In the two-plus months that followed, the IDF pushed further north, adding additional territory to the buffer zone. It is from two of those areas that Israel has agreed to withdraw in today’s agreement with Lebanon; they do not include the Beaufort Castle, which Israel recaptured in May. That lookout point was seen as a symbol of Israel’s previous military occupation in south Lebanon, which lasted for 18 years until the government withdrew troops in 2000, deciding they were not significantly enhancing the security of residents of the north even while suffering regular casualties.
Israel, in this week’s talks, insisted on maintaining the original borders of the buffer zone, arguing it needs that amount of territory within Lebanon to ensure northern border towns are not within the range of Hezbollah missiles.
It appears unlikely, though, that such a limited withdrawal will satisfy Iran or its Hezbollah proxy, who argue that Israel is violating the memorandum of understanding signed last week, which required a permanent end to military operations in Lebanon.
Both Israel and Lebanon came into what was the fifth round of negotiations furious at the US for the latter’s decision to sign the MOU, a source told The Times of Israel.
The US conduct led Israel to initially harden its position in talks with Lebanon this week, significantly limiting the areas from southern Lebanon from which it said it was prepared to withdraw, the source said.
Lebanon, meanwhile, felt that it had to take a harder line in negotiations with Israel to counter the notion that Iran wields greater influence over affairs in Lebanese territory than it does. Accordingly, Lebanese negotiators presented maps for a proposed IDF withdrawal that were more expansive than what Israel was willing to accept at this stage, which was already very little due to the political pressures Netanyahu’s government is facing, according to the source.
HEZBOLLAH MP: LEBANON CAN’T ENFORCE AGREEMENT
Hezbollah itself is not a party to the agreement.
Lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah, a representative of the terrorist group’s political wing, said Lebanese authorities would not be able to enforce the framework agreement unless, with US support, "they go to civil war," Al Mayadeen reported.
Fadlallah said Hezbollah would confront any measure taken by Lebanese authorities and would hold on to its weapons even more, adding that the group’s opposition is "serious" and would not allow authorities to implement their commitments on the ground.
Members and supporters of the Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah are out on the streets in Beirut tonight rioting and blocking roads in protest against the agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon.
French-Palestinian leftist MP Rima Hassan, who is also a member of the Hamas flotilla campaign and is known for her support of jihadist and Islamist movements, traveled to Lebanon to lobby against peace with Israel and to give a boost to Hezbollah.
… who was born in Syria and whose father served as a mechanic in the Syrian Air Force under the Assad regime, has faced repeated questions about her silence regarding the Assad regime while remaining one of Europe's most vocal anti-Israel activists.
During her visit to Lebanon, she surprisingly chose to stay in a luxury hotel in Achrafieh, one of Lebanon's staunchly anti-Palestinian Christian districts, and she avoided staying in Hezbollah-controlled or Islamist-friendly areas.
[NY Post] US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Friday that American forces conducted military strikes on Iran in a “powerful response” to an Iranian drone attack on a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites were hit by US warplanes in retaliation for the Thursday attack on the M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship.
Good choice. Continue finding excuses to attrite their war matériel until it doesn’t matter that unit emirs have bright ideas because they won’t have any weapons to execute them with.
“The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire,” read a statement released by CENTCOM. “Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.”
“CENTCOM forces continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait,” the statement continued. “The U.S. military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.”
President Trump telegraphed the US military response to the attack on the Ever Lovely about an hour before CENTCOM’s announcement.
“You’ll find out,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if Iran would face consequences for the cease-fire violation.
Vice President JD Vance, who has led the US side in negotiations with Tehran, warned that “violence will be met with violence.”
“Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone,” Vance wrote on X. “But violence will be met with violence.”
Following the strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened a "swift and decisive" response, Iran’s state TV reported.
The IRGC claimed it repelled an attack by the US against Sirik Island, which is located on the shores of the Strait of Hormuz, later announcing that it attacked US sites in the Gulf region in retaliation for the American strikes.
"If the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader than this," the IRGC said, according to a post by state TV on Telegram.
The attack on the fat merchantman happened while a United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... maritime agency was beginning an operation to move stranded ships out of the strait this week, using an alternative route, hugging the shores of Oman rather than sailing through the central part of the strait. The International Maritime Organization halted the evacuations after the attack and said on Friday they won’t resume until there are guarantees that the other ships won’t be attacked.
About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency’s secretary-general.
JD Vance@JDVance: 5:08 PM · Jun 26, 2026
Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone.
But violence will be met with violence.
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U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM: 3:36 PM · Jun 26, 2026
U.S. Strikes Iran in Response to Attack on Commercial Vessel
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack.
The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire. Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.
CENTCOM forces continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait. The U.S. military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.
The official said the targets were located along Iran’s coastline bordering the Strait of Hormuz as well as on Qeshm Island, a strategic Iranian-controlled island near the vital shipping lane.
Fertilizer shipments begin exiting through Strait of Hormuz
[IsraelTimes] Fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have begun picking up following an interim deal to end the Iran war, data shows, though analysts say it will take time before they return to pre-conflict levels and provide relief to the market.
We had discussions here about the impact of disrupting fertilizer deliveries.
Before the US and Israel launched the war on February 28, about a third of globally traded urea — the world’s most widely used fertilizer — and nearly half of seaborne sulphur, a key input, typically flowed through the strait.
The near closure of the critical waterway for most of the conflict, however, sharply reduced those shipments.
Since the deal between Washington and Tehran was announced on June 15, around 640,000 metric tons of sulphur — critical for making fertilizers like diammonium phosphate, or DAP — have left the strait for destinations including Indonesia, Morocco, Tanzania and China, according to the latest analysis of flows by price reporting agency Argus. That compares to a total of just 80,000 tons over the course of the 3-1/2 month war.
Some 427,000 tons of urea, meanwhile, have also transited the strait in the wake of the interim deal, versus 275,000 tons during the war, the latest data from consultants CRU showed.
Shipments of other key fertilizers like phosphates and the fertilizer input ammonia have also edged up post-deal.
BREAKING:
The U.S. starts striking Iranian drone and missiles sites as well as radar systems in response to Iranian drone attacks against vessels passing through the Hormuz Strait pic.twitter.com/blqzYO4B5z
Iran warns it may respond to Israeli flights through neighboring airspace
[Rudaw] Iran warned on Friday that it could respond if neighboring countries allow Israeli military aircraft to use their airspace for operations against the Islamic Republic, saying such movements constitute a direct threat to its national security.
In a statement, Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said it viewed "the movements and presence of the Zionist regime's terrorist army's military aircraft in the airspace of certain neighboring countries heading toward Iran" as "a dangerous act and a threat against the Islamic Republic of Iran."
The military headquarters also warned that Tehran would hold firm if such actions continue.
"We declare that if the United States is unable to restrain and control the Zionist regime, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not tolerate any threat against itself and reserves the right to respond to these dangerous actions," the statement said.
Terrifying. Or not, perhaps — it remains to be seen.
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Now there are drone attacks going on in both Bahrain and Kuwait. No serious damage reported. I'm off to listen to my spooky podcasts, good night.
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..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...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....
