🇾🇪❌🇾🇪🇸🇦 — Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah) announced that they struck Saudi troop concentrations, weapons depots, and command centers in the Mokha area and at Tadaween camp in Marib with a large-scale barrage of ballistic missiles and drones, leaving dozens killed or wounded, including Saudi personnel.

The group says it will continue targeting Saudi military buildups that are intended to escalate the conflict.

It also renewed its warning to Yemenis fighting alongside Saudi-backed forces, urging them to withdraw "before it is too late."

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I'm going to be honest, I'm extremely tired today for no reason. I doubt I'll make many comments on the posts because of this. Just one of those "gray days" as I call them.

🇺🇸 U.S. STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES FALL BELOW 300 MILLION BARRELS AS OIL PRICES SURGE AGAIN

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has now fallen below 300 million barrels for the first time since the early 1980s, after months of emergency releases intended to suppress fuel prices and offset disruptions caused by the war.

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❗️Iran pursues bilateral, trilateral monetary cooperation with BRICS members

Speaking at the BRICS summit in India, Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati praised New Delhi’s leadership of the group and said Iran and India had begun strengthening cooperation in monetary, banking and digital economy sectors.

Hemmati said the summit offered a key opportunity to meet officials from BRICS member states with which Iran has the most significant monetary and banking ties.

He said Tehran believed BRICS members could conduct trade using their national currencies and was pursuing bilateral and trilateral monetary cooperation with other members of the bloc.

(Mehr News Agency)

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Students, staff sue Columbia University for 'discriminating against Palestinians'

Plaintiffs say Columbia not only failed to protect Palestinians but also joined in targeting them on racial, ethnic, and political grounds

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66107

🇸🇾 KURDISH FORCES TORCH SYRIAN GOVERNMENT POSITION IN KOBANI

Footage of Kurdish forces setting fire to a headquarters used by forces loyal to al-Jolani in Ain al-Arab (Kobani), eastern Aleppo countryside.

The incident comes amid renewed tensions between Kurdish forces and Damascus.

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⚡️🇸🇾 The Syrian flag has been lowered from the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces in the city of Ayn al-Arab, east of Aleppo, Syria.

@wfwitness

Video: https://t.me/wfwitness/106594

Have the Kurds finally wised up to the understanding that the only way to achieve liberation is by fighting the US proxies instead of being the US proxy? Maybe, but if so, it's a welcome development (unlikely as it is).

— 🇺🇸/🇰🇷/🇰🇵 NEW: President Trump says the U.S. will reduce joint military exercises with South Korea

Trump stated that he has a great relationship with Kim Jong Un and that North Korea has always been ‘unthreatening and respectful’.

Trump called previous U.S. military exercises ‘innapropriate and hostile’ to the People’s Republic of North Korea.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35943

Beyond the fact that this is just kinda hilarious, I post this because, I suspect this is just a thinly veiled way transfer of supplies from one US imperialist outpost (South Korea) to a more active zone.

ANALYSIS OF ONE OF THE BASIRA PRESS ADMINS

🇨🇳 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 President Pezeshkian uses China as an example to justify negotiations with the US

Let's engage in a constructive analysis of this viewpoint.

• China has atomic weapons, including hydrogen bombs which would wipe out most of North America

• Unlike the Iranian liberal presidents (Rafsanjani, Khatami, Rouhani) who seek to keep Iran's economy weak and dependent on imports from the west (similar to the Lebanon model which has nearly zero domestic production), China has a robust domestic production economy and pioneers in knowledge based industries such as the development of advanced products, technologies, and more. They even develop their own technological infrastructure, such as computer chips, phones, and alternative operating systems (such as Harmony OS for Huawei). China is a global manufacturing hub and exports large amounts of consumer goods, which are no longer stereotyped as cheap quality but now includes high quality goods like cars (affordable price but luxury quality), phones, heavy machinery, etc. Neoliberal Iranian oligarchs have sought the opposite route for Iran via placing all of Iran's hopes on the west removing sanctions and allowing Iran to import goods which would tank Iranian domestic production and increase its dependency on foreign countries.

• China jails and even executes corrupt officials. When Martyr Raisi found in a court of law that former president Hassan Rouhani's brother was guilty of embezzlement, the former president threatened to cause trouble if his brother went to jail, obstructing justice in order to protect his brother instead of preferring justice over family ties.

• China doesn't glamorize nor import western liberal values, unlike the liberal oligarchs of Iran. The US is not portrayed romantically. "Sissy boy" culture, which is popular in US vassal states like Japan and South Korea, is banned on Chinese television. Their relations with the US are based on utility, not an inferiority complex before the US.

• China uses its leverage of rare minerals to stifle the US tech market which needs them for computer hardware, while Iranian liberals are happy to sell away the leverage of the Strait of Hormuz because they have a soft spot in their heart for the US.

• Despite this, China's dealings with the US routinely blow up in their faces. The US constantly harms China with trade wars, arresting of the Huawei CEO, banning Chinese cars and phones from the US, unleashing the Corona virus in Wuhan through Dr. Fauci, and more.

• The US hasn't slaughtered Chinese in large amounts, unlike Iran, where they martyred our Leader and slaughtered countless civilians. Who would want to shake the hand of the Epstein regime?

• The US violated every agreement with Iran, no matter who was president. Simple common sense suggests that negotiations, especially in an active war, with the US don't amount to anything. China is not in active war with the US. Even then, they're not really "negotiating" in terms of reaching a deal in which they capitulate to their adversary.

• Islam clearly demands that we reject (do 'kufr') of taghut. China is not a Muslim country. This is a spiritual matter and the way of all the prophets of God. If China wants to have dealings with the dirtiest people on earth, that is their business. China also sells drones to Saudi Arabia which are used to kill Yemenis. Muslims are supposed to maintain their principles no matter the situation. This doesn't mean being isolationist nor impractical, but no amount of pragmatism should cause us to sell out our values.

Besides, Iranian liberals usually are cursing China in order to show to their beloved west that they are pinning all their hopes on the west and will even forego relations with decent allies and partners such as Russia, China, African countries, and other regional powers in hopes of an eventual US-Iran bromance. They finally speak well of China only to justify the naivety of regurgitating ad nauseum the slogan of "negotiations."

OK then: follow the good aspects of Chinese policies and make a strong Iran.

@BasiraPress

https://t.me/basirapress/15213

— 🇮🇷/🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Iranian satellites are providing guidance to Yemeni ballistic missiles against Saudi-backed targets

In recent weeks, Iran has provided Yemen’s Armed Forces with GNSS guidance modules and anti-jamming capabilities for their ballistic missiles.

These 4-element GNSS modules use a combination of Russian and Iranian satellites to provide more accuracy in the terminal guidance phase.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35932

🇮🇷🇨🇳— A military cargo plane from Iran, arriving from China, is preparing to land at Tehran airport.

@SimurghRes

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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The New York Times reports that the USS Abraham Lincoln's supply crisis traces back to Iran's opening strikes on the war's first days, when Iranian missiles and attack drones heavily damaged the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, the fleet's main logistics hub in the region for decades.

With that hub destroyed and other regional ports like Fujairah also within Iranian missile range, the Pentagon shifted its supply chain to the British-run base on Diego Garcia, 2,200 miles from where the Lincoln and a second carrier strike group operate in the Gulf of Oman. Then-UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer initially denied the Pentagon access to Diego Garcia, only relenting on March 1 for what he called a "specific and limited defensive purpose." Iran later fired two medium-range ballistic missiles at the island; one fell short into the Indian Ocean and a U.S. warship intercepted the other.

The Lincoln has now spent nearly nine months at sea without a single liberty port, well past the point where its crew would be eligible for five "beer days" under Navy tradition. Trump dismissed Democratic senators' concerns about the deployment on Friday, saying the ship is being replaced by the USS George Washington, and separately said the deployment was "not nearly long enough." Hegseth said the U.S. can maintain the Hormuz blockade "indefinitely."

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Palestinians widely reject Hamas disarmament before full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza: Report

Over 70 percent of respondents believe Israel would resume its genocide in Gaza the moment the resistance lays down its weapons

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Ansarallah (Houthi) forces are rapidly advancing and surrounding the city of Marib, currently held by Saudi-backed forces

Sources on the ground report that an offensive to capture the city is possible within the coming hours and days, if Sayyed Abdul Malik Al-Houthi orders it.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35888

—❗️🇮🇷/🇱🇧/🇸🇾 BREAKING: Iran informed Syria through Turkey that 100s of locations would be targeted with drones and missiles throughout Syria, including the Presidential Palace, if the Syrian Army intervened in Lebanon against Hezbollah – Tasnim

Following the warning, which took place weeks ago, Syria tuned down its anti-Hezbollah rhetoric and privately reassured Tehran and Beirut that it would not intervene in Lebanon.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35879

— 🇮🇷/🇵🇸 Hamas statement on Gaza being included in a future Iran-U.S. regional ceasefire:

‘The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has a very positive assessment of the statements of Mr. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, on the necessity of ending the war in the entire region, including Lebanon and Gaza.

Stopping these wars is a great benefit for the region, its people and its future, and their continuation only serves the plans of the Zionist enemy, plans that are based on dividing the region, destabilizing it and exploiting its resources.’

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35877

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: Text messages from a service member aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, obtained by journalist Aaron Parnas, highlight dire conditions during the carrier’s prolonged deployment linked to operations against Iran, including shortages of fresh food and basic supplies.

The sailor said they had not had milk in three months and that the ship had received virtually "nothing fresh but meat," because it could be frozen. Fresh fruit and other food cannot survive the lengthy supply journey, with some shipments arriving "rotten."

The service member described the deployment as "the worst one," saying even sailors with extensive deployment experience considered it their worst "and believe it can get worse than this." They also expressed frustration over repeatedly extended time at sea and being kept away from their family longer than expected.

The sailor said another crew member he met in the smoke pit had suggested the deployment is “an experiment” by the government to determine how far it could "push sailors’ limits of being out to sea with the worst experience."

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi:

‘The enemy always tries to count or estimate our number of missiles. I would like to clarify something.

The number of ballistic missiles we produce daily is more than the number we launch each day. In a country this vast, we can make them anywhere with no limitation.

Even if this war lasts for years, we would not run out of missiles, and we’d launch them until the last day.’

NOTE: If the General’s words are to be taken at face value—which I would, considering he was in the operations room of True Promise-1 and 2—that means Iran produces at least 10,000 missiles per year.

@Middle_East_Spectator

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JPMorgan says Iran, Oman 'legally justified' to charge Hormuz navigation fees

Denmark, Sweden, and Turkiye charge service fees for vessels to pass through narrow waters in their maritime territory, providing a precedent for Iran and Oman to do the same for the Strait of Hormuz

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66174

🇮🇱🇾🇪🇷🇺 Ansar Allah is using Russian satellites to guide its strikes on Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen, an anti-Houthi source from southern Yemen told Israel's KAN News. The source says Riyadh is aware of the Russian assistance and has passed the information on to the US — adding "there's no avoiding a significant response" to the escalating attacks.

KANN notes this echoes reporting from roughly two years ago that Russia supplied Ansar Allah with intelligence data to help target foreign and Western shipping in the Red Sea.

The source also said Oman is working behind the scenes to broker de-escalation between Ansar Allah and Saudi Arabia, though prospects currently look slim — Ansar Allah continues raising the stakes, believing the Saudis want to avoid direct confrontation.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are experiencing a mental health crisis, with some sailors trying to jump overboard, per The Guardian

The aircraft carrier has been deployed at sea for more than 250 consecutive days—over 9 months in total—without making land, due to the ongoing war with Iran.

Families of the 5000 sailors are raising the alarm, saying that conditions aboard are ‘hellish’, with almost daily attacks, dwindling supplies, and limited rations.

One spouse of a sailor said that her husband had texted her one day saying ‘he hopes he doesn’t wake up tomorrow’. Various suicide attempts have been thwarted, and U.S. CENTCOM commanders warn of an impending mutiny if conditions about the ship don’t change for the better.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35871

I'm sure many are already aware of this news already, but I decided to add it for those uninformed yet.

🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷 Israeli officials admit Iran rebuilt its missile arsenal faster than three straight wars could destroy it

The Jerusalem Post reports that both IDF and Mossad officials have been surprised by the speed of Iran's post-war military recovery, including in the ballistic missile production capability that three separate rounds of strikes were meant to permanently degrade.

In October 2024, Israel struck 20 missile and industrial targets and assessed a year-plus setback to Iranian production. By early 2025, Iran had already returned to full production pace. Israel then struck around 100 targets in June 2025, again assessing a multi-year setback. Iran's missile stockpile instead grew from roughly 1,300 to 2,500 by February 2026.

During this year's 40-day war, Israel and the US struck over 2,600 targets in roughly 30,000 combined strikes, more than 100 times the 2024 tempo, and estimated $300 billion in damage to Iran's military-industrial base. Fast forward four months, and IDF officials now tell the Post that Iran is again rebuilding faster than expected across multiple capability areas, including ballistic missiles.

Israeli officials say the debate over how many missiles Iran retained after the war matters less now than the pace at which it's rebuilding. If Iran sustains production of 100–300 missiles a month, it could return to pre-war stock levels by early-to-mid 2027.

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❗️Iran says French diplomats conducted clandestine infiltration and interference operation

The Iranian government has formally accused two French diplomats of carrying out an illicit "infiltration and interference" operation within the country.

According to a statement issued by Iran's intelligence ministry, the diplomats were uncovered at a clandestine meeting location, where documents allegedly indicated ongoing efforts to forge external contacts and cultivate underground networks.

The ministry further claimed that contracts tied to the alleged initiative bore the signature of a former French ambassador to Iran. French authorities have not yet issued an official response to the claims.

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VIDEO | The Government Communication Center of Palestine reports that armed Israeli settlers emptied water tanks onto the ground in front of their owners in Ain al-Hilweh, in the occupied West Bank, threatening them at gunpoint, amid a severe water crisis affecting local Palestinian residents.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iranian State TV shows evidence, for the first time, that Elon Musk’s ‘Starlink’ devices are used in American military drones

@Middle_East_Spectator

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The sewage system briefly malfunctioned aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, with ‘poop water’ reportedly flooding living quarters of some sailors

One U.S. official, with knowledge of conditions aboard the ship, said the ‘sewage situation’ had already been resolved.

@Middle_East_Spectator

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❗️Saudi Arabia announces start of multinational Red Sea coalition

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66170

I take issue with the claim that "Yemen" signed onto this. Anserallah is the Yemeni government, and it's absurd that the world still pretends as if the Saudi puppets in exile represent and actual legitimate state.

🇦🇪🇮🇷 The UAE has reportedly released several billion dollars’ worth of Iranian assets frozen in UAE banks, including 2 tonnes of gold valued at approximately $283 million.

-The valuable cargo was transported to Iran aboard a Boeing 737-7KK (Reg. A6-RJA) operated by UAE-based RoyalJet.

-The aircraft flew from Abu Dhabi to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport and Karaj’s Payam International Airport on August 11 and 12, with each flight lasting around one hour before returning to the UAE.

-On June 8, the aircraft flew from Abu Dhabi to Mehrabad, allegedly transporting $3 billion worth of gold.

@SimurghRes

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I'm not particularly a fan of the statement about gold. Is this Iran's gold? If not then it was likely stolen from Sudan by the UAE. I think one thing that Iran must be careful of in regards to asset retrieval is not falling into the trap of making Iranian economic development dependent on Western or Western aligned investment.

VIDEO | Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank diverted a crucial water source from the Palestinian village of Fasayil in June, cutting off irrigation and turning the spring into a tourist spot, according to a Reuters video report. The move has left surrounding Palestinian agricultural lands barren.

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🇸🇾🏴‍☠🇺🇸 Axios: The Trump administration brokered a secret agreement between Syria, Israel, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to remove remaining nuclear materials from Bashar al-Assad's nuclear program, which were stored at "Site 99" and related to the al-Kibar reactor. Israel had threatened to bomb the site if the materials were not removed, amid concerns that the new Syrian government might obtain them with the help of Turkey.

@stayfreeworld

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🇮🇷 Report: At least ten cruise missiles/drones have been launched from southern Iran toward targets in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman over the past 180 minutes.

@SimurghRes

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🇮🇶🇺🇸 Iraq has finalized the deadline for the last withdrawal of American occupation forces.

Iraq's National Security Ministerial Council issued an official statement declaring that the international coalition's mission in the country ends September 30 — and that this date is final and non-negotiable.

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❗️Pentagon admits US strikes on Yemen killed over 150 civilians last year

The Pentagon has officially confirmed to the US Congress that its military operations against the Yemeni armed forces last year resulted in the deaths of 153 civilians and left 243 others wounded, according to a report published by The Hill.

The figures were detailed in a 12-page document submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday, which explicitly cataloged three separate lethal operations carried out during the month of April last year.

Among the operations cited are an 6 April strike in Sanaa that killed five civilians, a devastating bombing on the Ras Isa port on 17 April that claimed 80 lives, and a subsequent attack in late April that killed another 47 people.

Despite acknowledging these extensive civilian casualties, the Pentagon's disclosure notes that an additional 15 separate incidents stemming from its aggressive campaign remain actively under review.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66018

Israel escalates in Lebanon as reports claim Beirut to ‘boycott’ upcoming Rome talks

Tel Aviv struck an ambulance team attempting to transport an injured citizen wounded by an earlier Israeli strike on south Lebanon

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/65962

—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 BREAKING: About an hour ago, IDF special forces tried to advance and infiltrate the underground Hezbollah fortress at Ali Al-Taher hill, southern Nabatieh

During the advance, according to field sources, an Israeli armored vehicle was struck by a Hezbollah ATGM, likely killing and wounding those inside.

The IDF responded with airstrikes, artillery and small arms fire; several helicopters have been dispatched to evacuate the casualties.

@Middle_East_Spectator

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇱🇧 NOTE: Earlier today, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Israel was still awaiting the ‘green light’ from President Trump to seize Ali Al-Taher Hill, the strategic underground Hezbollah fortress where dozens of fighters are thought to be besieged

It seems the green light has now been given by the United States.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35918

Attempt failed. Operations over for now. Hezbollah still controls the hill.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35919

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Contradictory signals on whether the US-Iran truce, set to expire Aug. 17, will be extended.

Turkey's Anadolu Agency reports that Pakistani government sources say the US and Iran have "agreed" to extend the 60-day ceasefire under the Islamabad MoU, though the two sides are still exchanging messages on the length of the extension.

But a senior Iranian source tells Reuters otherwise: there's no talk of an extension because, from Tehran's view, no defined period ever began — so there's nothing to extend. The US violated the interim agreement 48 hours after it was signed and pulled out of it days later.

The Iranian source added that Washington returning to the interim agreement and setting a timeframe for implementing its commitments is under discussion via mediators, but there's been no progress on it.

Neither Washington nor Tehran has issued an official statement.

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I don't trust Reuters but the statement from Iran seems consistent with their attitude towards negotiations thus far imo.

⭕️ Jewish settlers' siege in West Bank's Qusra aims to force Palestinian families from their homes

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66086

❗️Israel kills at least one Palestinian child in occupied West Bank every week

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66047

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Images posted by sailors show the small portions and poor quality of daily rations aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which has been deployed for more than 250 days against Iran

Earlier today, President Trump was asked by reporters whether the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln had lasted too long. Trump responded by stating: ‘No, it hasn’t been nearly long enough yet.’

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35911

❗️Iran unveils domestic technology platform for designing and producing targeted cancer-killing viruses

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/65910

US sailors 'hungry, suicidal' across multiple warships deployed for war: Report

Several sailors have reportedly attempted suicide by jumping overboard amid deteriorating conditions on US aircraft carriers engaged in the war against Iran

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66233

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Trump's "total control" of Hormuz claim is falling apart under its own data.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/191117

🇮🇶 Regarding the Saudi aggression, Iraq inside affairs and some notes that might help understand the resistance situation in iraq.

https://t.me/SimurghRes/8828

❗️In a landmark move today, the Lebanese parliament approved a law abolishing the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with hard labor.

While Lebanon has maintained an official and practical moratorium on executions since 17 January 2004, the Ministry of Justice’s Directorate of Prisons reported that 85 individuals remained on death row.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66000

❗️Israel deliberately starts fires that devastate south Lebanon’s woodlands

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66084