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Jared Szuba

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JUST IN: White House NSC coordinator John Kirby says Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea assisting Russian pilots who bombarded Kyiv with Iranian drones on Monday. "Iran is now directly engaged on the ground," Kirby says.

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News: USMC Lt. Gen. James Glynn, dispatched by Pentagon to advise Israel on risks inherent in an invasion of Gaza Strip, has returned to the US. “Make no mistake: what is, has or will unfold in Gaza is purely an Israeli decision.” -USMC commandant Gen. Eric Smith told reporters.

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16,000 people evacuated from Kabul airport in the last 24 hours, Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor tells reporters. 11,000 evac'd by US military aircraft.

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The Pentagon is looking "actively, right now" at potential additional air defense systems to help Ukraine deal with the threat of Iran's drones, Kirby tells reporters.

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A senior administration official says the 3-phase ceasefire plan to end Israel's war in Gaza is "nearly identical to Hamas' own proposals only a few weeks ago." "What is now in front of everybody is basically the terms by which Hamas was prepared to move forward."

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CONFIRMED: US Special Operations Forces believed they killed a “very senior ISIS leader responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe” during a helicopter-borne raid in northwest #Syria tonight, a US official tells me.

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"Relatively small number" of Iranians sent to Crimea to assist Russians "to use [the drones] with better lethality" after early failures, Kirby says. US also concerned about potential advanced missile transfers from Iran to Russia "almost certainly" for use in Ukraine.

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Pentagon moving ahead on Israeli requests (Bloomberg): • 2,000 Hellfire missiles for Apaches • 30mm chain gun ammo • 57,000 155mm shells • 400 120mm mortars • PVS-14 NODs • M141 shoulder-fired bunker-busters • 75 JLTVs • 300+ Tamir interceptors

US Is Quietly Sending Israel More Ammunition, Missiles

The Pentagon has quietly ramped up military aid to Israel, delivering on requests that include more laser-guided missiles for its Apache gunship fleet, as well as 155mm shells, night-vision devices,...

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2 years

"We don't believe it's going to change the course of the war," Kirby says Russia's use of Iran's drones.

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That’s half the population of the Gaza Strip. Israel is ordering 1.1 million Gazans to displace southward within the besieged enclave.

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ISRAELI MILITARY INFORMED UNITED NATIONS THAT ALL PALESTINIANS NORTH OF WADI GAZA SHOULD RELOCATE TO SOUTHERN GAZA IN NEXT 24 HOURS -U.N. SPOKESMAN

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White House @PressSec confirms US has been sharing intelligence with Ukraine on what is happening on the ground “in real time.”

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Ukraine is using its armed drones "with terrific effect," senior US defense official says.

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Just in: After drone attack killed 3 US personnel at Tower 22 base in northeast Jordan, @SecDef Lloyd Austin says "Iran-backed militias are responsible" and that the US "will respond at a time and place of our choosing."

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US official: “We tracked the missiles which impacted northern Iraq and northern Syria. No US personnel or facilities were targeted.” US officials have been in touch with senior Iraqi officials and officials in Kurdistan region.

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New: Senior US defense official tells @AlMonitor that US discussions with allies about equipping Ukraine has included talks about resupplying Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones. "We assess that they have a significant majority of their arsenal left."

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Just in: The US military's top commander in the Middle East, @CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael 'Erik' Kurilla, arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, for "high-level meetings with Israel's military leadership."

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This is the closest call yet the US Navy has had with a Houthi missile. Asked precisely how close the Houthi missile came to the USS Gravely before the warship shot it down with CIWS, one US military official told me, "stupid close."

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Breaking: A cruise missile launched by the Houthis into the Red Sea on Tuesday night came within a mile of a US destroyer before it was shot down, four US officials tell CNN, the closest a Houthi attack has come to a US warship. 1/

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Breaking: US Africa Command deputy intelligence director Rear Adm. Heidi Berg confirms the Russians have crashed two MiG-29s in Libya so far – one on June 29, another on Sept. 7

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Just now: US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the protocols resolution for Sweden & Finland to join @NATO . Heads to Senate floor next.

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"We see little evidence of [Russian] recruiting in Syria to bring people back to Ukraine," @CENTCOM commander Gen. Frank McKenzie says.

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The Pentagon considers "the use of force" against IRGC personnel on the table in response to militia attacks on US forces in Iraq, Syria, DOD's top Middle East policy official Dana Stroul tells House Foreign Affairs lawmakers.

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Just now: Pentagon initially assesses the five individuals detained by the USS Mason in aftermath of attempted hijacking of M/V Central Park are Somali

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2 years

Breaking: @CENTCOM commander Gen. McKenzie says US will provide the F-15 to #Egypt Approval process was "a long-hard slog," McKenzie says.

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9 months

Meanwhile, Turkey is bombing northeast Syria while all attention is on the catastrophe in Israel.

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Again Turkish strike targets Dêrik, Tirbespiyê, Manbej, Tal Tamer and Tal Rafaat. Many casualties arrived Dêrik hospital.

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The US is deploying 2x 79-person urban search-and-rescue teams to Turkey to support Turkish recovery efforts following last night's earthquake, White House NSC spox John Kirby says. USAID and Pentagon coordinating with Turkish counterparts on additional assistance, per Kirby

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Pentagon did not receive advanced warning of Russia's decision to destroy a satellite in space, per @PentagonPresSec .

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Just now: Pentagon's top policy official for the Middle East Dana Stroul reiterates US opposition to any new Turkish incursion into northeast Syria, saying it would jeopardize security of prisons holding ISIS detainees.

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New: The US killed the top leader of ISIS in Syria, Maher al-Agal, in a drone strike near Jindayris, Syria last night, per @CENTCOM . A second senior ISIS leader was wounded. Syria's US-backed Kurdish-led forces say al-Agal was affiliated with both ISIS and Ahrar al-Sharqiya.

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Just in: Iran has provided Russia with more than 400 armed drones for use in Ukraine since August, White House NSC spox John Kirby says. Russia has expended most of them, but planned transfers continue. Iran has already provided Russia with Iran artillery and tank rounds -Kirby

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Just now: "The Biden administration is committed to retaining US military presence in northeast Syria," Dana Stroul, the Pentagon's top policy official for the Middle East, tells Senators of the Foreign Relations Committee.

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New US strikes destroyed a Kataib Hezbollah operations center and a command and control node near Al Anbar and Jurf al Saqr, south of Baghdad, per US defense official.

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NEW: US CENTCOM says it conducted additional strikes against two facilities in Iraq in response to recent attacks on US forces in the country.

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Pentagon: US forces "relocated to bunkers" as Turkish UAVs operated in the area of US base in NE Syria. US commander took "prudent action" ordering F-16s to shoot down drone that came within half a kilometer of US forces. No indication they were targeting US forces.

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2 years

"When it comes to our security commitments and Article 5, we have been crystal clear: we will defend every inch of NATO territory," Ryder says.

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5 years

I'm sorry, what?? I was just in Tal Tamr the past few days, and that hospital alone has seen more than 49 civilians killed, staff said. As for 200,000 displaced, where have they returned to? If it's Qamishli, Derik, etc., not to the Turkish incursion area, then that's misleading.

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NEW @UNHumanRights briefing has useful info on NE #Syria : - 49 civilians killed in #Turkey incursion. - 200,000 initially displaced, but 130,000 have returned home. - Allouk water station hit, but since repaired (for now)

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Breaking: Multiple reports of an apparent coup in Sudan, just a day after Jeffrey Feltman, US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa region, met with Gens. Hemedti and Burhan to urge committment to the civilian-led political transition.

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2 additional armed individuals also killed in the firefight, not confirmed whether they were ISIS. No US forces killed or wounded, per US official.

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Just in: US civilian contractor died of a "cardiac episode" while seeking shelter during drone attack at al-Assad airbase in Iraq yesterday, @PentagonPresSec Pat Ryder says.

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9 months

Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh says Hamas "are putting their command and control units inside hospitals," without offering evidence. Declines to address al-Ahli hospital bombing in Gaza. "I wouldn't be able to speak to that because that also gets to intelligence."

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NEW: Two US military officials now confirming to @AlMonitor that the US conducted this morning's strike on Iran-backed militia near Kirkuk, Iraq. US commander in region ordered self-defense strike against an "immediate threat" by militia at a drone staging site, per one official

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Just in: The US carried out a strike this morning on Iran-backed militia position near Kirkuk, US military confirms to @AlMonitor . US commander in region authorized the strike in self-defense on a drone-staging site in response to "an immediate threat," per official.

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2 years

"We are going to provide additional security assistance for Ukraine. How that is going to be done is still being worked out," @PentagonPresSec says.

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6 years

Last week I asked a US intel source how many ISIS sleeper cells remained in Northern Syria and within the SDF. “If the U.S. pulled out tomorrow,” he told me, “ISIS would be outside Qamishli in 24 hours. It’s that bad.” ISIS is not defeated, Mr. President.

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6 years

A young woman in Manbij broke down crying while talking about the planned Turkish attack. She lived under Daesh and under Free Syrian Army. “We just became comfortable” under SDF. “We know these Turkish-backed rebels. They loot everything. Any girl they like, they take.”

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2 years

Just in: Pentagon publicly confirms Pres. Biden has authorized resumption of basing US forces in Somalia to continue training local forces fighting al-Shabaab. "Our forces are not now, nor will they be, directly engaged in combat operations," @PentagonPresSec says.

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Just in: Pentagon releases surveillance footage of ISIS leader al-Qurayshi’s safehouse in #Syria before and after the raid that led to his death. “Al-Qurayshi caused the explosion killing himself and multiple family members,” per DOD statement.

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2 years

Pentagon declines to publicly confirm whether US forces in Middle East are on alert due to any specific threat from Iran to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, as @WSJ reported.

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5 months

NEW @AlMonitor : Former US officials say Iran and its proxies have gained an upper hand over US troops in the Middle East, leaving Biden few easy options to reassert control. “The Iranians have a strategy, and we don’t,” a former DOD official said.

After Jordan drone attack, US has few options to de-escalate with Iran

The Biden White House faces increasing pressure to respond to the deadliest attack on the US military since 2021 as Israel's war in Gaza thrusts some 30,000 troops in the Middle East closer toward...

www.al-monitor.com

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2 years

Burns says US has been “intensively” sharing intel with the Ukrainians and that he shared explicit details of Russia’s plans when he visited Kyiv in January.

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1 year

CONFIRMED: A drone strike targeted the convoy of Syrian Kurdish commander Mazlum Abdi in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq today. 3 US military personnel were in the convoy - no injuries, per US @CENTCOM spox Col. Joe Buccino.

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3 years

Breaking: @PentagonPResSec John Kirby says the existing non-combat US intelligence support for the Saudi led coalition in Yemen "has been terminated" as a result of Pres. Biden's order to cease support for offensive operations.

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2 years

Just in: Pentagon confirms US Patriot air defenses partook in shooting down a ballistic missile that targeted the UAE overnight. Yemen's Houthis claimed responsibility. Follows last week's ballistic missile attack on Al-Dhafra airbase that US Patriot systems also shot down.

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6 years

There’s a very real fear of ethnic cleansing and retributive violence across northern Syria about the promised Turkish incursion. Even Arab citizens I talked to say Turkish-backed rebels will kill them for being Kufaar or working with the SDF.

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New: US Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT and 10 other lawmakers urge the Biden administration to withhold $320 million of Egypt's annual $1.3 billion in military aid in line with FY22 Appropriations Act. "For each political prisoner that has been released, Egypt has detained three more."

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Iran claimed to have hit a Mossad spy center in response to terror attacks in Kerman and Rask last month, which were claimed by ISIS. “Initial indications are that this was a reckless and imprecise set of strikes,” US defense official says.

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4 years

Asked why the American public should tolerate US involvement in Syria, Special Envoy James Jeffrey points out the small US footprint in the fight against ISIS. "This isn't Afghanistan. This isn't Vietnam. This isn't a quagmire. My job is to make it a quagmire for the Russians."

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New: Gen. Michael Kurilla, the top commander of US forces in the Middle East, visited Syria's al-Hol ISIS detention camp today. He isn't mincing words: "We've already seen ISIS members holding women and girls enslaved in chains inside the camp, torturing camp residents, ... 1/x

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Just now: Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder says DOD cannot corroborate reports that two Russian missiles landed in Poland – updates to follow.

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BREAKING: Ilham Ehmed calls on the US to stop Turkey’s attack on NE #Syria and get Turkey-backed fighters out of the region. Says the SDF only agreed to the ceasefire in order to save lives. “It’s our moral duty.”

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5 years

BREAKING: Syrian Dem. Council exec President @ilham_ehmed tells me the SDF is willing to continue working with the US if some American troops remain at #Syria ’s eastern oilfields.

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The Pentagon now says the rockets that landed near Rumalyn Landing Zone (RLZ) in Syria were the result of a deliberate attempt to target the US coalition base. This marks the first attempted attack on US troops in Iraq and Syria since Feb. 4.

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Senior US military official, on possibility of casualties from US airstrikes: “We know that there were people on on the target at various points during the day, again, we know that they were not civilians. I hesitate to give you a number of anything… We'll let the dust settle.”

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These strikes may have been different from previous ones. Wait for reporting and confirmation, but chatter is this was a bigger message to Tehran.

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Significant: Israel has asked the US for Switchblade 600 one-way attack drones amid the war in Gaza. Request currently under review, per @DefenseScoop @BrandiVincent_ Biden administration officials have avoided saying whether US assesses IDF to be abiding by law of war

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Israel submitted a request to the U.S. government (that’s now under review) for 200 Switchblade 600 attack drones:

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Just in: the US-led Coalition against ISIS says it is providing $1.2 million in masks, latex gloves, surgical kits, defibrillators and oximeters to the Syrian Democratic Forces (“Kurds”) in Hasakeh, Shadadi. The SDF runs prisons holding some 10,000 ISIS detainees in NE Syria.

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Just now: US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan throws cold water on reports that the Biden administration could restrict military transfers to Israel if it goes through with Rafah incursion without plans for civilian protection.

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5 years

“You cannot stop the Turks from coming in by outposts,” an official told Coalition commander Lt. Gen. LaCamera. “But you can provoke them by outposts.” How a team of U.S. diplomats working to avert disaster pushed the SDF and U.S. military right into it

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The local SDF office in Tal Abyad has received some 500 volunteers since Trump’s withdrawal announcement, this commander told me. I asked two, one Arab, one Kurd, why they joined. They looked at me like they thought the question was absurd. “To defend our homeland,” one said.

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A friend from Kabul has been trying to get out with his wife and two children. He applied for the SIV a few weeks ago after working with a USAID-funded group. He hasn’t heard back since. “Airport is closed,” he just texted me. “Everywhere is Taliban.”

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Confirmed: A US F-16 downed a Turkish drone over NE Syria near Tal Baydar this morning, US military official tells me. Drone was deemed to potential threat to US position. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expected to call his Turkish counterpart.

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Now more than 5,200 US troops on the ground at Kabul airport. 13 C-17s arrived, and more than 2,000 passengers were flown out in the last 24 hours.

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Pentagon assesses the cruise missiles fired last week by Yemen’s Houthi rebels had ranges in excess of 2,000km — in other words, the Houthis can range Israel, @PentagonPresSec Pat Ryder confirms.

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Breaking: Pentagon responds to @USNINews report that an #Iran -ian Navy ship is headed to deliver fast boats to Venezuela, saying if confirmed, it would be “a provocative act and a threat to our partners in this hemisphere.” 1/x

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"Our neighbors, who were Arab, told us to leave. They said when they come they will kill you... We were afraid they would kill us or take us as sex slaves.” Firsthand accounts from NE Syria add to evidence of ethnic cleansing as the Trump administration pretends nothing is wrong

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The view from Tal Tamr, in northern Syria. As Trump sat alongside Erdogan and touted his ceasefire, people were dying and fleeing their homes.

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Just in: Blinken confirms US embassy evacuation: "The US Department of State has temporarily suspended operations at our Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan and safely evacuated all US personnel and their dependents under our security responsibility."

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1 year

Confirmed by two US officials: US special operations forces led an evacuation of US embassy personnel from Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Saturday night. Read more at @AlMonitor

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NEW: US base in Syria was targeted by rocket fire this morning, per US defense official. Attempted rocket attack on Mission Support Site Euphrates led to no damage nor injuries. Too soon to say whether this was a one-off or if it signals a renewal of militia attacks.

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“The US military did not conduct airstrikes in Yemen,” @CENTCOM official tells me.

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NEW -- unknown airstrikes just targeted #Houthi positions outside #Sanaa , #Yemen . Locals claim it was a missile storage site.

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Just now: "There are going to be no F-16s going to Turkey if Turkey does not admit Sweden and Finland [to NATO]," Sen. @ChrisVanHollen says at @AlMonitor event at @PressClubDC . "There may be other issues, but that is a certainty."

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I’ve just landed back in the US from a two-day visit to the USS Eisenhower, whose Carrier Air Wing 3 is leading the US airstrikes in Yemen. Story TK

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NEWS: the US and UK led strikes against 18 Houthi targets at 8 sites in Yemen in response to the Houthis’ increased attacks on commercial shipping in international waters over the past week.

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Identity and formal role of ISIS official not yet clear, but was “a senior ISIS leader for Syria,” official tells me. Unlikely to be ISIS’ top leader.

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2 years

"Let's get the facts and then we'll go from there," Ryder says.

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2 years

Senior US defense official says Russia has yet to achieve air superiority over Ukraine. "They still have air and missile defense capability... They also have aircraft in the air."

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New: US SOF are believed to have killed a senior ISIS-Syria leader and two other armed individuals during a raid in Syria's northwest, a US official told @AlMonitor . No individuals were captured, no US forces were injured, per US official. Read more:

US forces kill senior Islamic State official in pre-dawn Syria raid: official

Local reports said several US helicopters were involved in an operation in an area controlled by the opposition Suqour al-Sham militia.

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Reuters: Turkey is obstructing the approval of a NATO joint defense plan for the Baltics and Poland, demanding the alliance formally recognize Syria's YPG as terrorists first. The US has asked allies to send troops to support Syria's Kurd-led militias – this complicates things.

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5 years

Exclusive: Turkey holds up NATO military plans over Syria dispute - sources

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People I’ve spoken to in Manbij last two days are very afraid of Turkish-backed rebels, shocked that Americans are leaving. Many don’t want the regime to enter the city either. All say SDF has brought stability and security

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6 years

Announcement of SAA in Manbij are false, I’m here now. SDF is in control of the city.

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New: US troops at the Al-Tanf garrison in Syria sustained "minor injuries" when at least one attack drone targeted the base yesterday, per US official. Injuries include headaches like those sustained by coalition personnel in drone attack near Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq y'day.

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CNN: Mazloum told Roebuck Thurs. that he is ready to publicly call for the departure of US forces so Russia and Syria can take over NE Syria airspace and stop Turkey’s bombing. Roebuck told him "not to take any immediate decisions” and that he’d consult with the State Department

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“We know that they’re not Houthi,” @PentagonPresSec Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder tells reporters

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3 years

“The US military mission in Afghanistan is over,” @PentagonPresSec says when asked whether DOD will support Panjshir resistance with airstrikes against Taliban.

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9 months

Israel Defense Forces: 100,000 reservists amassed in southern Israel for operation against Hamas in Gaza Strip. “Our objective is that at the end of this war, Hamas will no longer have any military capability to threaten Israeli civilians with.” -IDF spox Jonathan Conricus

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9 months

Turkey’s bombardment of northeast Syria continues tonight unabated. Local reports say silos near Amouda, a water station near Derik, villages outside Manbij, and civilian facilities in the city of Kobani have been hit. There is a US coalition base near Derik.

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#Kobane , the city that defeated ISIS, now is being subjected to intensive and brutal bombardment by the Turkish warplanes, along with bombardment of the Amuda and Derik regions.

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Just in: Russian fighter aircraft in Libya have engaged in combat airstrikes, Rear Adm. Berg says. AFRICOM believes the Russian aircraft have been piloted by Wagner paramilitary contractors.

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Just in: the State Department notified Congress today of a planned $4.21 bn sale of F-16s to Jordan; a $23.7 mln sale of MIDS-LVT command-and-control systems to Saudi Arabia; and $65 mln order from the UAE for MIM-23 HAWK, Patriot and THAAD air defense system spare/repair parts.

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Hamas has launched an investigation into how Israel located and killed so many of its commanders. Al-Qassam Brigades exploring a potential security breach among commanders & whether Israeli intel penetrated its wired comms network, per @Rashaaboujalal1

Hamas scrambles to learn how Israel killed its military leaders hiding in secret locations

After Israel targeted and killed several of Hamas' military leaders, the organization has grown more concerned about Israel succeeding in breaching the movement’s secret communications system.

www.al-monitor.com

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NEW: US military official confirms to me that Israeli-owned commercial ship Campo Square came under attack by an armed Iranian drone last Friday in the Arabian Sea. Attack resulted in "minimal damage," per US official. Incident first reported by @nafisehkBBC

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New: US military official says multiple rockets were launched against US / @CJTFOIR position today at Rumalyn Landing Zone, Syria. No casualties nor damage to infrastructure reported.

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2 years

Pentagon officials have "not seen an influx into Ukraine of foreign fighters hired or recruited by Russia," despite Russia's stated interest in doing so, @PentagonPresSec says.

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ICYMI: @SecDef Lloyd Austin, top Gen. CQ Brown head to Tel Aviv to advise Israeli officials on downshifting operations in Gaza. Follows concerns among some US military officials that IDF hasn’t followed advice to focus on small raids, precision strikes.

Pentagon dispatches top officials as concerns grow over Israel’s conduct in Gaza war

US officials are expected to advise their Israeli counterparts on methods to shift the campaign from wide-scale ground-clearance operations to more focused strikes against Hamas leadership.

www.al-monitor.com

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Aircraft deployed from the US Navy cruiser USS Philippine Sea medevac’d a “severely injured” civilian crew member from a Palau-flagged, Ukrainian-owned cargo ship after it was hit in Gulf of Aden by two anti-ship cruise missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, per US @CENTCOM

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Chris Murphy (D-Conn.): Israel's campaign in Gaza "is causing an unacceptable level of civilian harm" and is unlikely to end Hamas threat. Murphy urges Israel "to shift to a more deliberate and proportionate counterterrorism campaign."

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@ChrisMurphyCT

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My new Gaza statement: "It's time for Israel's friends to recognize that the current approach is causing an unacceptable level of civilian harm and does not appear likely to achieve the goal of ending the threat from Hamas. I urge Israel to immediately reconsider its approach."

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NEW: US responded in self defense last night to an attack on Ain Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, two DOD officials tell @AlMonitor . A US AC-130 gunship carried out airstrikes against those believed to have carried out the attack, per one official.

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The U.S. does not have any intelligence indicating Iran’s involvement in Hamas’ massive attack into Israel today, a senior administration official tells reporters, but acknowledges Tehran’s support to the terror group. “We're going to be looking at that very closely.”

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