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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel struck Iran's largest South Pars gas facility, causing an immediate market reaction. 🔗 Join Us @TheObserverLens

#BREAKING : President Donald Trump on Truth Social -

#VISUALS : Massive US-ISRAELI airstrikes in Iran this morning.

#BREAKING : 🇮🇶 NATO is effectively putting the "NATO Mission Iraq" operation on hold and withdraws their 600 personel from the country. NMI was a non-combat advisory operation aimed at helping Iraq build a more sustainable, transparent, inclusive and effective armed forces and security institutions. 🔗 🟢 Join Us @TheObserverLens

#BREAKING : 🇺🇸🇹🇷🇮🇷 Reports of air raid sirens being activated at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, which hosts US troops.

#BREAKING : 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 US/Israeli airstrikes on the Shahid Rahbar Pier, north of Sirik, southern Iran.

#BREAKING : 🇮🇷 There has been no internet access in Iran for 20 days, according to the international internet monitoring service NetBlocks.

#BREAKING : 🇭🇺🇪🇺🇷🇺 Europe will not survive without Russian oil when a global fuel shortage is imminent. This will become obvious to everyone within a couple of weeks, Orban stated.

#BREAKING : 🇫🇷 The French General Staff will take measures after the leak of the aircraft carrier's coordinates due to a military's smartwatch, reported AFP agency citing the department. Earlier, Le Monde newspaper reported that the exact location of the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" became publicly available, as one of the crew members used the Strava app during a run, where training data was uploaded.

#BREAKING : 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US is considering a naval blockade or the seizure of the Iranian island of Kharg, reports Axios, citing sources. According to the portal, Washington wants to force Iran to "open" the Strait of Hormuz.

#BREAKING : 🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️Another couple of weeks of operations in Iran will cost the US more than a year of the invasion of Iraq. Earlier, the Pentagon appealed to Congress for additional funds. According to The Washington Post, the amount in question is more than $200 billion. This figure already exceeds the sum that was spent annually at the "peak" of the invasion of Iraq, when there were 170,000 military personnel there, writes Newsweek.

#BREAKING : 🇶🇦🇺🇦 In exchange for help with interceptor drones, Ukraine is asking Qatar to transfer Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets, of which Qatar has only 12.

#BREAKING : 🇭🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦 If Kiev attacks the "Turkish Stream" again, Budapest will declare this as state terrorism and take international measures - Victor Orban

#BREAKING : 🇫🇷🇷🇺 The French Navy seized the tanker Deyna, which was heading from Russia under a Mozambican flag, in the Mediterranean Sea, Reuters reports.

🇷🇺 Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of the Russian State Duma, has submitted a bill to the Duma’s Defense Committee that would allow the Russian military to intervene to protect Russian citizens if they are arrested or face criminal or other legal actions in foreign courts. The bill appears connected to recent proposals for the Russian military to protect civilian shipping, either with specialized teams on board vessels or with naval escorts. Russian bureaucratic procedures require a legal foundation for such actions. With reports that France seized another Russian-linked ship in the Mediterranean today, there may be pressure to move the process forward quickly. 🔗 🟢 Join Us @TheObserverLens

#BREAKING : 🇨🇭🇺🇸 Switzerland has suspended all new arms exports to the U.S. over the war in Iran, invoking its neutrality and the War Material Act. Existing licenses and other exports are being reviewed by a government-appointed expert group. In practice, the move targets Washington—Israel and Iran have not received approvals for years. No new licenses have been issued since U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran began on February 28. 🔗 🟢 Join Us @TheObserverLens

#BREAKING : 🇺🇸🇮🇱 The U.S. is rapidly deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East. - The Wall Street Journal 🔗 🟢 Join Us @TheObserverLens

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JUST IN: 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel fires gas bombs at Palestinian worshippers during Eid in Jerusalem.

#BREAKING : 🇮🇱🇷🇺 Israeli Ambassador to Russia Oded Joseph summoned by Foreign Ministry in Moscow in connection with the Israeli airstrike on RT crew in Lebanon.

BREAKING: Ukraine sends more than 200 experts to help Gulf countries defend themselves against Iranian drones, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/5129ov

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