The Iranian ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, has announced that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria will soon reopen.

He stated in an interview with an Iranian News Channel that "Our goal is to resume the activities of the embassy as soon as possible. These people [groups in control of Syria] have expressed their readiness to provide the necessary guarantees for the security of the embassy and its related activities".

He also said that "Syria will not become like Libya, but it will face some challenges similar to those of Libya".

Newly released images reveal the scale of destruction in Rafah, southern Gaza as the Israeli ground operation in the city continues.

HTS leader Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani has formally condemned any aggression on Syria and has called on Israel to stop their bombings “as the Assad regime is no more”.

Today, one Russian Tu-95ms aircraft redeployed from Olenya airbase in Murmansk Oblast to Ukrainsk Airbase in Amur Oblast (Southeastern Russia)

This is interesting as for a while Russia was focusing on accumulating strategic bombers at Olenya airbase for combat sorties.

We should get new satellite imagery of Olenya airbase soon which will give us a better idea of what the situation is there.

According to Israeli media, 2 Israeli soldiers were killed and others injured due to the collapse of a building in Rafah.

Reuters: An Israeli technical team is in Doha for working-level talks with Qatari mediators on "remaining issues" in a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, an official with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Monday.

Joint American-British airstrikes were carried out on Sana’a, Yemen a short time ago .

The U.S. central command reported that their forces carried out a precision airstrike against a “key command and control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis within Houthi-controlled territory in Sana’a, Yemen.”

According to them, the targeted facility was a hub for coordinating Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

According to Al-mayadeen, the airstrike targeted the headquarters of the Houthi ministry of defence in Al-Ardhi area.

Turkish airstrikes targeted what was reportedly a Kurdish SDF military site west of the Al-Jurn Al-Aswad area, north of Raqqa.

Holy shit

Sirens sounded north of Gaza

IDF: Following the siren that sounded in Netiv Hasara, it was determined to be a false identification.

Iskander from Crimea in the direction of Kryvyi Rih

3 Iskanders are flying towards Mykolaiv Oblast.

Disappeared. They might've hit open areas.

There were explosions reported.

Expect the last remaining part of the Southern Donetsk front to fall apart in the next 4-6 months. There are very few defensive fortifications here, and the natural geography does not favour Ukraine.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces eliminated the Southern Kurakhove pocket, and captured the villages of Hannivka, Veselyi hai and Trudove.

After encircling the Ukrainian garrison in Hannivka, Russian forces advanced, probably from multiple directions, eliminating the pocket. They also completed the capture of Veselyi Hai by advancing from their positions in the east of the village to the western outskirts.

Once these tasks were completed, Russian forces began active assault operations in the direction of the Ukrainian stronghold southwest of Upsenivka. They were able to occupy this strongpoint and then conducted a mechanised assault towards the bridge - the result of which is currently unknown.

+ 11.4km² in favour of Russia

Geolocated footage indicates that russian forces continue to advance in Kursk Oblast, but this time have made much more substantial progress than usual.

After likely eliminating the main Ukrainian spearhead in the salient, Russia then turned to its western flank, advancing across the open fields to the forests in the low-lying ground. Russian infantry then cleared the Ukrainian positions here and reached the outskirts of the village of Kurglen'koe.

Now that the Russians hold the high ground, assault operations on the Ukrainian-held stronghold village of Malaya Locknya will become much easier as they can advance on the village from both the east and the west.

+ ~37.6km² in favour of Russia.