Firas Modad

By way of introduction, please read this old, personal essay of mine to see why I believe in limited freedom, am sympathetic to nationalism, worry about diversity, and do not trust in tolerance. 🧵 modadgeopolitics.com/p/being-druse

@WaelChehab1 @BoustanyMazen @MenchOsint The location of the video was confirmed. It was Bahrain.

@firasmodad @BoustanyMazen @MenchOsint They didn’t say they used them from Bahrain and if so they wouldn’t use them from areas close to residences.

⭕️ WSJ confirms what we confirmed since the beginning of the war: GCC countries allowed the US to launch their war on Iran from their territory. Iran already demanded the UAE that it pays compensation, more such cases will follow, at least against Bahrain & Kuwait.

Absolutely morbid black comedy that the U.S. government is removing sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil in 2026 not as part of any celebrated peace deal or diplomatic normalization but as a last-ditch effort to soften the blow of a historic energy crisis caused by a U.S. war.

🇸🇪 Christian parents lose final appeal after Sweden seized their daughters The case began in 2022 following an argument over makeup and a phone, which led to a false abuse claim—later withdrawn with no evidence found. Despite being cleared and deemed fit to parent, authorities labelled the family “religious extremists” for frequent church attendance and refused to return the children. Europe’s top human rights court has now rejected the case, ending all appeals. The girls remain in state care. Follow: @europa

BREAKING 🔴🔴 Israeli broadcaster i24 News reports that multiple rockets were fired from Syria toward Israel and IDF positions in the Golan Heights over the past 24 hours.

Breaking: The President's son is on a heater Donald Trump Jr's fund invested in one of the only U.S. rare earth magnet startups at a $200M valuation Three months later, the Pentagon awarded Vulcan a $620M loan and the Commerce Dept took a $50M equity stake In February, Trump announced a $12B rare earth strategic reserve Today, the company is now valued at $2 billion. That's a 10x for Trump Jr in under a year Vulcan is building the largest rare earth magnet factory outside of China. The U.S. says it needs to stop relying on China, which controls 90% of global rare earth processing The timing is either the greatest coincidence in investing history, or it isn't

Apparently only 10 of the 26 bishops in the House of Lords showed up to vote against decriminalising abortion. Appears to confirm the feeling that the Church of England is largely progressives using Christianity as a skinsuit.

Israeli settlers escalate their incursions into Taybeh, the West Bank’s last fully Christian town, raising concerns over further land appropriation. The parish priest, Father Bashar Fawadleh, appeals for international intervention, as residents face mounting restrictions and call for peace, justice, and protection. vaticannews.va/en/church/news…

Providing an update on the damage from the missile attacks on Ras Laffan Industrial City H.E. Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi: The missile attacks reduced Qatar’s LNG export capacity by 17% and caused an estimated loss of $20 billion in annual revenue - Extensive damage to our production facilities will take up to five years to repair and will compel us to declare long-term force majeure QatarEnergy expects the damage to its Ras Laffan Industrial City caused by missile strikes, which occurred on Wednesday 18 March 2026, and in the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2026, to cost about $20 billion a year in lost revenue and to take up to five years to repair, impacting supply to markets in Europe and Asia. Providing an update on the damage to the facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City, His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, said “I am relieved to confirm that no one was injured by these unjustified and senseless attacks, which weren’t just an attack on the State of Qatar but attacks on global energy security and stability. This was an attack on all of us who stand for development and human progress that is sustained by a fair, reliable, and secure access to energy.” The attacks damaged two liquefied natural gas (LNG) producing Trains 4 and 6 totaling 12.8 million tons per annum (MTPA) of production, representing approximately 17% of Qatar’s exports. Train 4 is a joint venture between QatarEnergy (66%) and ExxonMobil (34%), and Train 6 is a joint venture between QatarEnergy (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%). His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi said: “The damage sustained by the LNG facilities will take between three to five years to repair. The impact is on China, South Korea, Italy and Belgium. This means that we will be compelled to declare force majeure for up to five years on some long-term LNG contracts.” The attacks also targeted the Pearl GTL (Gas-to-Liquids) facility, a production sharing agreement operated by Shell, that converts natural gas into high-quality cleaner burning drop-in fuels and produces base oils used to make premium engine oils and lubricants, and paraffins and waxes. “The damage caused to one of the two trains at Pearl GTL is being assessed and is expected to be offline for a minimum of one year” His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi added. It should be noted that there will be a loss of associated product production due to this outage as follows: · Condensates: 18.6 million barrels which is around 24% of Qatar’s exports · LPG: 1.281 MT which is around 13% of Qatar’s exports · Naphtha: 0.594 MT which is around 6% of Qatar’s exports · Sulfur: 0.18 MT which is around 6% of Qatar’s exports · Helium: 309.54 MCFA which is around 14% of Qatar’s exports His Excellency the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy paid tribute to the Qatari military and security forces and to the energy sector emergency response teams whose courage and extraordinary professionalism ensured the situation was contained quickly and safely. #Qatar

@topynate Not harsh enough.

@firasmodad Not a very charitable read

How hard is it to identify an enemy of your morality? Netanyahu is arguing against Christian morality, and is saying that, if he believes it right, he should be allowed to act worse than Genghis Khan. This is the path to hell.

@WaelChehab1 @BoustanyMazen @MenchOsint Bro, the Pentagon issued a statement saying they used them. Their maximum range is 500km. They have to launched from within the region.

@firasmodad @BoustanyMazen @MenchOsint Fake

The story about Hezbollah facing backlash from the Shia community in Lebanon emerges every few years in various formats, and it always proves to be exaggerated. Yes, there is frustration. Yes, people are hurting badly, and they are sick of war. And indeed many people are questioning the wisdom of attacking Israel. But there is no major turn in Shia public opinion. Critical voices have always existed, and they are now more vocal. However, the lack of a political alternative within Lebanon, as some elements in the political establishment adopt blatantly pro-Israel language, makes a popular Shia breakup with Hezbollah highly unlikely. On some level, the opposite of a backlash may be happening, where Hezbollah skeptics revert to in-group solidarity because the community is facing an existential threat. Also several factors play into the hand of Hezbollah in remaining overwhelmingly popular with its Shia base: 1) The possibility that Israel was going to attack anyway and Hezbollah deprived it of the element of surprise. 2) The failure of diplomacy and Hezbollah's restraint in stemming 15 months of deadly Israeli attacks and preventing displaced people from returning to border towns. 3) The sense is seeing sacrifices as virtue, which has been embedded in the community on a social, religious and political level. 4) The perception that Hezbollah may have recovered militarily to inflict losses on Israel. 5) The sunken cost theory. The community has sacrificed so much of its wealth, children and political capital already, so more sacrifices may ensure that the previous ones are not lost.

THE STONEWALL MYTH After over a year in editing, my documentary on the Stonewall Myth and the beginnings of the modern gay rights movement is out! Watch It Now! (WARNING: IT'S GROSS)

Let America pull out from Israel completely and we'll soon see who is strong enough and ruthless enough.

Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken

@WaelChehab1 @BoustanyMazen @MenchOsint Man, there's video of the Americans firing PrSM missiles from Bahrain. What's wrong with you two?

@BoustanyMazen @MenchOsint @firasmodad And a liar too

Interesting to see the overlap between people who believe individual silent prayer near an abortion clinic is an act of deliberate intimidation, and people who believe mass ritual prayer taking over a public space is unworthy of comment.

Immediately recognized the Donetsk Dive. Great reflexes, probably saved his life

Astonishing moment. And a shameful moment for the United States government