According to sources, the US attacked an Iranian military base and reduced three of Iran's airbases to rubble. Several high-ranking officials, including Iran's Defense Minister, were killed in the attack. Full details are not yet available. pic.twitter.com/AP9clGSGnm
Majid Ebn-e-Reza (born 1964)[a] is an Iranian military officer and politician serving as the acting minister of defense of Iran, since 2 March 2026 NEXT!
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CENTCOM Update on Recently Fallen U.S. Service Members
TAMPA, Fla. — Yesterday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the passing of two U.S. service members and the missing status of one in Jordan following an Iranian attack on July 17. After a thorough search, U.S.…
CENTCOM Update on Recently Fallen U.S. Service Members
TAMPA, Fla. — Yesterday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the passing of two U.S. service members and the missing status of one in Jordan following an Iranian attack on July 17. After a thorough search, U.S. military personnel found unidentified remains at the location earlier today. An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing.
Separately, a U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed in action July 18 during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. A second service member was wounded and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury.
CENTCOM is withholding additional information, including the identities of the missing and fallen warriors, out of respect for the families during the notification process.
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Rest in Peace in Heaven gentlemen.
You were willing to put it all on the line to suppress the enemy of GOD and country.
An enemy that has fought the true teachings of GOD.
An enemy that follows the satanic teachings of a genocidal, murdering pedophile of 1,390+ years ago.
An enemy that some openly seek out, for their own power and profit, and place in power.
An enemy that educates and trains its minions to accept death and murder women and children on command.
All while this enemy openly states it will use non-believers to gain power, then enslave or murder them, as it sees fit.
Once again thank-you for stepping up to protect us from such evil. When so many would rather run their mouths on Social Media and protest even using too much air.
Finally to families and loved ones of these soldiers.
Sorry for your loss, rest assured they will be buried with honored and shown great respect.
#UPDATE: Al-Shabaab Explosion Targets Somali Government Forces’ Base in Marka, Lower Shabelle
An explosion targeted a government security base in the southern Somali town of Marka, the administrative capital of Lower Shabelle region, according to local reports.
#UPDATE: Al-Shabaab Explosion Targets Somali Government Forces’ Base in Marka, Lower Shabelle
An explosion targeted a government security base in the southern Somali town of Marka, the administrative capital of Lower Shabelle region, according to local reports.
The blast, which was claimed by the militant group Al-Shabaab, struck a security position occupied by Somali government forces in Marka district. Authorities have not immediately released information on casualties or the extent of the damage caused by the explosion.
The attack is the latest in a series of assaults carried out by Al-Shabaab against Somali government forces and security installations across Lower Shabelle, a region that has remained one of the group’s key areas of operation despite ongoing military campaigns. More at the link
Trois hélicoptères de l'armée malienne ont été envoyés ce midi à Kouakourou ( Mopti) pour évacuer les morts et les blessés des combats de la veille, après la prise du caserne militaire par le JNIM.
Three Malian army helicopters were sent this noon to Kouakourou (Mopti) to evacuate the dead and wounded from the previous day's fighting, following the seizure of the military barracks by JNIM.
According to field reports, the helicopters arrived in the area unaware that JNIM fighters had not left the scene. They were then targeted, resulting in one helicopter being shot down and the other two coming under fire before fleeing.
Subsequently, a fourth military aircraft was sent to the site. It reportedly bombed the downed helicopter before departing.
فيديو.. مئات من "النصرة" يطاردون فصيلاً مالياً فرّ من أول رصاصة قرب غاو#Mali#Sahel#JNIM#Azawad#Anefis#Gao أظهر فيديو منشور لحظة إطباق مئات من مقاتلي تنظيم "نصرة الإسلام والمسلمين" على فصيل من الجيش المالي قرب غاو. وتُظهر المشاهد القوة المالية وهي تنسحب فور بدء إطلاق… pic.twitter.com/cjTygflk7L
— عمر الأنصاري | Oumar Alansari (@Oumar_Alansari) July 19, 2026
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Video.. Hundreds of JNIM Fighters Chase Malian Battalion That Fled at the First Shot Near Gao
#Mali #Sahel #JNIM #Azawad #Anefis #Gao
A video shows the moment hundreds of fighters from the "Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin" organization closed in on a battalion of the Malian army near Gao. The footage depicts the Malian force withdrawing immediately upon the start of gunfire, before the armed fighters spread out on motorcycles and on foot in a wide-scale pursuit across open terrain.
"Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin" and the Azawad Liberation Front stated, in separate communiqués, that the battles ended in their favor and inflicted heavy losses on the Malian forces.
The confrontation comes as an extension of the ongoing Anefis battles since July 4, during which the Front and "JNIM" targeted Malian and Russian forces along with their supply convoys. The latest toll reports the killing of at least 50 Malian soldiers and the capture of 24 others in an ambush targeting a convoy leaving Anefis toward Gao.
قُتل ما لا يقل عن 50 عسكريًا ماليًا، السبت، في هجوم نفذه مسلحون ضد قافلة للجيش المالي كانت تغادر مدينة أنفيس الاستراتيجية شمال البلاد، وفق مصادر محلية وعسكرية نقلت عنها وكالة فرانس برس. ويعد الهجوم من أكثر العمليات التي تعرض لها الجيش المالي خسارة في الأرواح منذ بداية النزاع في… pic.twitter.com/6OxtpOFXuu
— العربية - شمال أفريقيا (@AlArabiya_NAF) July 19, 2026
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At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack carried out by armed men against a convoy of the Malian army that was leaving the strategic city of Ansongo in the north of the country, according to local and military sources cited by AFP.
The attack is considered one of the operations that the Malian army has suffered the heaviest loss of life in since the start of the conflict in the country about 15 years ago.
A local elected official from northern Mali close to the ruling military council said that the initial toll is very heavy and includes more than 50 killed in the ranks of the army, in addition to at least 24 prisoners.
Troops destroy ISWAP hideout, recover weapon in Borno clearance operation
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have destroyed a suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist hideout and recovered arms during a clearance operation in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno… pic.twitter.com/Oh6RZXW9l4
Troops destroy ISWAP hideout, recover weapon in Borno clearance operation
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have destroyed a suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist hideout and recovered arms during a clearance operation in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the operation was conducted at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday following credible intelligence on the movement of terrorists around the Layi general area.
The sources said troops of 145 Battalion (Mechanised), led by the Commanding Officer, mobilised to the location where the terrorists, on sighting the advancing soldiers, fled in disarray.
IS-Mozambique claims to have thwarted an air and naval offensive of the Mozambican military against their positions along the Quiterajo coast in northern Mozambique on July 9.
According to IS, helicopters of the Mozambican Air Force conducted airstrikes against the group's… pic.twitter.com/ri74nEiMEf
IS-Mozambique claims to have thwarted an air and naval offensive of the Mozambican military against their positions along the Quiterajo coast in northern Mozambique on July 9.
According to IS, helicopters of the Mozambican Air Force conducted airstrikes against the group's positions paired with shelling from a nearby warship, 16 boats of the Mozambican navy then attempted a landing assault against the terrorists but were reportedly repelled.
[HodhodYemenNews] Seven soldiers were killed and 15 others maimed in an armed attack on the Fourth Brigade of the Saudi-backed "Dera al-Watan" Forces in the Rumah district of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s eastern province of Hadhramaut.
Rumah, the largest district in Hadhramaut by area, is characterized by its vast desert terrain stretching toward the Empty Quarter, where the sparse population and rugged landscape have made it a favorable environment for armed bandidosturbans to operate.
The area is believed to have been chosen for such attacks due to its sparse population and rugged desert landscape, making it a favorable environment for bandidosturbans from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000...> (AQAP) to launch operations and facilitate their movements.
[HodhodYemenNews] Forces loyal to Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... detained Mubin Sultan, an audio engineer and early activist in the Southern Movement (Al-Hiraak al-Janoubi), along with three other individuals in al-Mualla district of Aden on Saturday.
The detainees were taken to the National Security prison (formerly known as the Security Belt Forces), and Sultan’s commercial audio equipment truck was seized.
According to human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... sources, the detentions occurred shortly before the scheduled start of a protest. The action was reportedly taken because Sultan provided the sound system for demonstrations called by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) against what it terms "Saudi guardianship" over Aden.
This development follows an escalation in tensions, tracking Riyadh’s reported request to include STC President Aidarous al-Zubaidi on the UN Security Council sanctions list and to freeze the council’s assets, under directives from the Saudi "Special Committee."
Sultan has been an active member of the Southern Movement since its inception in 2007, frequently managing the technical and audio logistics for its various events.
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[KhaamaPress] Europol said it has dismantled a suspected human smuggling network that transported Afghan migrants colonists from Turkiye through the Balkans to Western Europe, following a joint operation with Bulgarian and Serbian authorities that resulted in the arrest of five suspects, including an alleged ringleader and two coppers.
In a statement issued on Friday, Europol said the criminal network had been operating since 2025, organizing the movement of Afghan migrants colonists from Turkiye into Bulgaria before facilitating their transit through Serbia and onward to Western European countries. The operation was carried out in coordination with law enforcement authorities in Bulgaria and Serbia as part of broader efforts to combat organized migrant smuggling.
According to Europol, Sherlocks arrested five suspects, including the network’s alleged leader and two serving coppers accused of assisting the smuggling operation. Authorities are investigating the officers’ suspected role in facilitating the movement of migrants colonists across the route.
During coordinated searches, Sherlocks seized three vehicles allegedly used to transport migrants colonists, firearms, ammunition, a radio communication device, multiple mobile phones, approximately €5,700 in cash and 40,000 Serbian dinars, which authorities believe are linked to the criminal operation.
Europol said migrants colonists reportedly paid around €1,000 to be transported from the Bulgarian border into Serbia, followed by an additional €300 for transportation toward the Serbia-Poland border. Most payments were allegedly made through the hawala informal money transfer system, which is widely used for cross-border financial transactions outside the formal banking sector.
The agency described migrant smuggling as one of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... ’s most significant organized crime threats, noting that criminal groups continue to exploit vulnerable migrants colonists seeking to reach Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... through irregular routes. Europol said close cooperation between national police forces and international agencies remains essential to identifying and dismantling transnational smuggling networks.
The Balkans remain one of the main transit corridors for migrants colonists and asylum seekers attempting to reach the European Union. Afghan nationals have continued to make up a significant proportion of people using the route following Afghanistan’s political and economic upheaval since 2021.
European authorities have intensified efforts in recent years to disrupt human trafficking and migrant smuggling operations, warning that organized criminal networks often expose migrants colonists to dangerous journeys, violence and exploitation while generating substantial illicit profits through cross-border trafficking.
[NYPost] An armed maniac lit an “incendiary device” Monday morning outside a building in Lower Manhattan Monday morning that houses federal immigration offices and courts, officials and law enforcement sources said.
The terrorism task force was investigating the incident, including probing whether it was an anti-ICE attack, according to the sources.
The suspect, a man identified by sources as a 43-year-old military veteran from Poughkeepsie, was taken into custody.
A photo of a pale-skinned male with dark hair, glasses, and a bicycle helmet can be seen at the link.
He was not immediately charged.
Officials said he started a blaze with gasoline and fireworks outside of 26 Federal Plaza around 8:30 a.m. and also threatened passersby with airsoft rifles.
The man was pulling a cart with “ICE off our streets” scrawled on the side that contained two long firearms, more fireworks and other items, sources said.
Sounds like an Antifa-twisted lone wolf to me.
Wild video shared on social media showed the raving suspect hurling fireworks into the flames right outside of the building’s front entrance, with one exploding loudly as police tackled him to the ground.
— DoubleDash_DigitalDash (@DoubleDash_H) July 20, 2026
Officials could later be seen quickly dousing the flames.
Another clip showed several large fireworks and debris the suspect apparently left behind, including the anti-ICE sign.
Four civilians were treated for minor injuries, according to FDNY. One person was taken to New York Presbyterian hospital and three others refused medical attention.
Omer Bulla, the manager of a Worth Street parking garage right across the street from 26 Federal Plaza, said he and employees heard what sounded like a pair gunshots go off.
“I don’t know what happened,” he said. “It was loud. When we looked outside the police already took the guy.”
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building is home to New York’s ICE field office in Manhattan as well as offices for the US Department of Homeland Security, immigration court and other federal agencies.
The historic building became a hotbed of arrests and detention during President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration last year.
“This morning an individual deployed an incendiary device outside of 26 Federal Plaza,” the FBI said in a statement.
“The individual has been taken into custody and the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident.”
The only civilian injured in today's attack outside NYC's federal immigration building by a suspect seen pushing a cart that read "ICE off our streets" was an immigrant who was there for a hearing.
[Rudaw] Two Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) suspects were arrested in the northern province of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) announced on Sunday, adding that they have located and confiscated a weapons depot in a separate operation in the province.
Citing reliance on "accurate intelligence and continuous surveillance," the ICTS said the two ISIS "remnants" were apprehended in different operations.
It added, "As part of ongoing operations to clear and neutralize the remnants of the defeated ISIS terrorist gangs, our heroes carried out an operation that successfully neutralized an ammunition cache containing mortar shells, rockets, RPG-7 propellants, and hand grenades."
Movements of the ISIS bandidosbully boyz have notably risen in recent months, particularly in Kirkuk.
Earlier in July, ICTS said it had sniped a prominent member of the group in the province. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on ISIS hideouts a day after in the Dibis district of northern Kirkuk.
The counter-terrorism force lost a soldier in the festivities.
Furthermore, a Kurdish farmer in the same area mysteriously disappeared after heading to his cornfield to arrange irrigation.
ISIS seized large swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014 before being defeated in 2017 after three years of intense fighting. Despite its defeat, the group continues to pose a security threat, particularly in disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad, spanning the provinces of Diyala, Kirkuk, Nineveh, and Salahaddin.
[Rudaw] 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... targeted an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Erbil in an overnight attack, injuring several members amid an escalation in the US-Iran war.
"Just now, a base of the Kurdistan #National #Army in Chemshar, near Dareshakran, was targeted in a drone attack by the #Iranian regime. Several #Peshmerga fighters were reportedly injured," Iranian Kurdish opposition group Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) posted on X, referring to its armed wing the Kurdistan National Army (PAK).
The base is located in Erbil province.
The statement came after Iran launched several strikes on multiple locations in the Kurdistan Region for a third consecutive night, with Friday's attacks leaving nine members of another Iranian Kurdish group, Komala, dead in Sulaimani city.
The Erbil-based Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD) said 13 drones were intercepted over Erbil on Friday by the US-led global coalition, without causing casualties.
The Kurdistan Region Presidency and the Kurdistan Regional Government separately condemned the attacks, describing them as a dangerous escalation and a violation of the Region's illusory sovereignty, while calling on Iran to halt the strikes and urging Baghdad and the international community to help stop the violations.
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the pastor had finally been wrestled from the pulpit. Y'got the wrong guy! he yelled just before Sergeant Malone's billy club landed... Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), on Saturday condemned Iran's ballistic missile strikes on the Kurdistan Region, calling them a "grave and unacceptable violation" of the Region's security and illusory sovereignty and warning that the safety of the Kurdish people "is a boundary that cannot be crossed."
Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... 's foreign ministry strongly condemned the latest Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region on Saturday, describing the attacks as a "blatant violation of the illusory sovereignty of the sisterly Republic of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, as well as a flagrant breach of the principles of international law."
The Israeli experience plus confirming reports from elsewhere.
[IsraelTimes] Israel launched interceptors on Sunday after fragments from Iranian missiles fired at Jordan’s southern city of Aqaba potentially threatened the nearby city of Eilat, as the escalation in US-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... fighting showed no signs of abating.
The missiles were intercepted by American air defense systems, according to initial Israel Defense Forces assessments, while the military said it also launched Iron Dome interceptors amid the missile attack to shoot down fragments.
No sirens sounded in Eilat, as the fragments were shot down. Interceptor fragments fell in an open area near the city, without causing any damage or injuries, the IDF said.
The Jordanian military said three Iranian ballistic missiles were intercepted while a fourth hit an open area, according to a statement carried by the official Petra news agency.
There were no reports of injuries in the attack.
Iran launched fresh missile attacks against nations allied with Washington as the US has struck Iran for eight consecutive nights and has expanded its Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... campaign by increasingly hitting civilian infrastructure. The operations followed US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... ’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for the global energy supply.
So far, Israel has not been involved in the latest escalation, and Tehran has not directly targeted the Jewish state.
Echoing similar comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that Israel would respond powerfully to any attack by Iran.
"If Iran fires missiles at Israel, we will attack them with full force," Katz said during a visit to a rescue service facility. "If the United States changes its policy, which is also something that could happen, we are prepared for both defensive and offensive" action against Tehran, he added.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the military is "closely monitoring the developments in Iran and maintaining a high level of readiness."
"We monitored the launch toward the Aqaba area today, and our air defense array is on alert to protect the citizens of Israel," Zamir said during a visit to the West Bank today, according to remarks provided by the military.
"We are prepared to immediately resume fighting and will act with great force against anyone who harms us," he added.
The US said strikes overnight Saturday-Sunday were intended to "punish" the IRGC for a deadly strike that killed two US military personnel in Jordan and left another missing.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization on Sunday condemned a US attack on the site of the nuclear power plant under construction in Darkhovin, saying the strike violated international law, Mehr news agency reported. It did not say when the strike occurred.
Construction of the plant in southwestern Iran’s Khuzestan province began in 2022.
In response to the latest strikes, Iran carried out a drone attack that targeted US military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Iranian state TV reported early on Sunday. Both bases have been targeted as part of Iran’s attacks against US assets and allies in the Gulf since last week.
Kuwait’s Electricity Ministry said a desalination plant had been attacked for the second day running, causing a fire. Kuwait’s armed forces said earlier they had again intercepted Iranian missiles, after a sustained Iranian attack on Saturday.
Bahrain’s air defenses also intercepted an Iranian attack on Sunday, its state TV reported.
In recent days, both sides have taken aim at shipping traffic, with the US saying it is enforcing a naval blockade on Iran and Tehran saying it targets vessels violating its rules on navigating the Strait of Hormuz, which usually handles one-fifth of global oil supply.
The IRGC said on Sunday that four vessels had attempted to transit the strait via an "unsafe route" with US backing after ignoring IRGC warnings. It said two had abandoned the attempt while the other two were involved in an "accident." It did not elaborate.
New supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly ’not in Iran’
An Israeli security source cited by the Saudi al-Hadath outlet on Sunday said Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei "is not in Iran."
Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader shortly after his father was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, which sparked the war, has only communicated via written statements since, and has made no public appearances.
The source told al-Hadath that Khamenei’s messages are written by the new Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Ahmad Vahidi, and other members of the IRGC.
"Iran’s internal divisions are deep and threaten the existence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," the source was cited as saying.
The Israeli source also said that the US does not want Israel to participate in strikes on Iran, even if Tehran attacks Israel.
Separately, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that an intelligence breach that allowed Israel to assassinate the senior Khamenei has likely not been patched.
In a Persian-language interview, Araghchi said that he told President Masoud Pezeshkian on the morning of February 28 that "the atmosphere is war." He said that he then met with Khamenei aide Ali Asghar Mir Hijazi at 9 a.m., shortly after which Israel carried out the deadly attack on a Tehran compound where Khamenei was having a high-level meeting.
Araghchi said that at the time of the strike, Khamenei was in his office, the advisory Strategic Council for Foreign Relations was holding its weekly meeting, and the Defense Council had also convened.
"Holding simultaneous meetings was not unusual in those days," said Araghchi, "but the enemy’s knowledge of these meetings was the result of an information breach that probably still exists."
Araghchi also said that he has yet to meet with Mojtaba Khamenei in person: "Only a handful of people have met him," he claimed.
[HodhodYemenNews] The Israeli enemy continued its violations and attacks in South 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.... , carries out more bombings in several towns.
In this context, the occupation forces detonated structures in Khiam, Haddatha and Deir Seryan.
The enemy troops also incinerated houses in Haddatha.
A Zionist military force also advanced into the outskirts of Haddatha near Haris town, sweeping the area with bursts of gunfire before backing off.
Lebanese Ministry of Health updates the latest toll of the Israeli aggression since March 2, recording 4,328 deaders and 12,229 injuries.
[Rudaw] Security forces clashed with locals in Syria's northwestern city of Azaz in Aleppo province on Saturday. Police said they came under gunfire while breaking up an armed clash.
Footage published on social media platforms shows a convoy of security forces clashing with unidentified people in Azaz late Saturday. Some accounts claimed the fighting was between state-affiliated forces and an gang.
Internal Security Forces said in a statement that they were not party to the conflict.
"Patrol personnel handled the situation cautiously in accordance with approved procedures, while the Directorate sent additional security reinforcements to the area. Specialized units continue to handle the situation on the ground to ensure civilian protection and prevent the festivities from spreading," the force's branch in Azaz said in an overnight statement relayed by state media.
It warned that any attack on security forces "will be prosecuted legally."
Protests reportedly erupted in the city following the festivities and the deployment of more security forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitor that relies on a network of sources inside Syria, said the tensions followed a "security campaign against several wanted suspects in cases related to drug dealing."
SOHR added that "armed festivities erupted with groups that refused to hand over a wanted suspect, amid extensive shooting in several neighbourhoods of the city."
Azaz, near the Ottoman Turkish border in northern Aleppo province, was long a stronghold of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and served as the group's de facto headquarters before its factions were folded into the new Syrian armed forces following the fall of the Assad government.
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[Regnum] US forces have completed the eighth wave of strikes on Iran. This was reported by US Central Command (CENTCOM) on July 18.
It was stated that CENTCOM forces successfully hit coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, missile and drone depots of the Iranian army.
More than 50,000 American troops are involved in the military operation in the Middle East, the command clarified.
On July 18, Iranian forces attacked a troop deployment area at a U.S. airbase in Jordan. Several missiles were fired. CENTCOM reported the deaths of two soldiers in Jordan, and another was missing. U.S. President Donald Trump expressed condolences over the deaths of the two American soldiers in Jordan and said their deaths would benefit the country. According to Trump, the primary goal of the war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth said the death of two American soldiers in Iran's attack on Jordanian targets will strengthen US resolve to wage war against the Islamic Republic.
Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant has been hit by at least 3 missiles. The U.S. has not confirmed the strike
If not US, Kuwait or Bahrain may be behind the attack, as Iran had targeted critical civilian infrastructure in both countries earlier this afternoon pic.twitter.com/0L07oIuBo8
🔴 The headquarters of the IRGC’s 72nd Moharram Armored Brigade in Abadan has reportedly been struck.
Large flames and thick smoke were seen rising from the site following the attack. pic.twitter.com/Tqphdpllb2
— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) July 19, 2026
Iran's deputy foreign minister strongly condemned the United States’ attack on the Darkhovin nuclear power plant in the southwestern Khuzestan province, which is still under construction.@PressTVpic.twitter.com/1Kac4AY5FP
NEW: Kermanshah Military Garrison Targeted After Missile Launch Toward Jordan
A military garrison belonging to Iran’s 81st Armored Division in Kermanshah, Eastern Kurdistan (occupied by Iran) was reportedly targeted following a missile launch from the region toward Jordan.… pic.twitter.com/hEl00ZIqX7
NEW: Kermanshah Military Garrison Targeted After Missile Launch Toward Jordan
A military garrison belonging to Iran’s 81st Armored Division in Kermanshah, Eastern Kurdistan (occupied by Iran) was reportedly targeted following a missile launch from the region toward Jordan.
Local reports said several missiles were launched from Kermanshah at around 15:32 and were intercepted in Jordanian airspace.
Approximately one hour later, reports emerged of an attack on the garrison, coinciding with aircraft activity over the city.
‼️‼️The incident has not been independently confirmed. If verified, it would indicate a direct link between Iranian missile launch sites and subsequent targeting of military facilities in the same region.
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 kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
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...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....
