BREAKING: The US is preparing to establish military presence at an airbase in Damascus.

Source: Reuters

NATO's Rutte:

Until recently, Russia was producing more ammunition than all NATO Allies combined — but not anymore.

NEW: A U.S. watchdog report links UAE Presidential Court secretary general Ahmed Mohamed Al Humairi to a company supplying Colombian mercenaries to Sudan’s RSF militia.

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Ukrainian Special Forces struck a warehouse containing “Shahed” drones and UAV launch sites in Donetsk overnight.

Ukraine is now producing FPV-drone decoys.

They’re built to imitate “waiting” drones along roads, forcing Russian forces to waste real drones to destroy them.

Saudi Arabia’s futuristic mega-project, The Line — a 500-metre-tall, 170km mirrored city meant to house 9m people — has been dramatically scaled back after colliding with engineering limits and soaring costs.

Conceived by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the centrepiece of Neom, the project featured fantastical concepts including a giant suspended “chandelier” building, a floating football stadium, and a deep desert cruise-ship marina.

As planning advanced, architects warned that many elements were physically unworkable or unsafe, and required impossible quantities of steel, concrete, and glass.

Foreign investment failed to appear, timelines slipped, and estimated costs ballooned from $1.6tn to around $4.5tn.

Despite $50bn spent, only early groundwork is complete, including massive piles and excavation.

The planned 20 building “modules” have been cut to about three, making the project widely seen as financially unviable.

Neom insists The Line remains a long-term goal, but insiders say the grand vision has effectively collapsed — undone by physics, cost, and politics.

Source: FT

A satirical video goes viral after Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York.

TikTok is now filled with similar videos.

US forces have flown C-130 military transport aircraft to the Damascus-area airbase to test and confirm the runway is usable, as part of US preparations to potentially establish a presence there.

Source: Reuters

After Zohran Mamdani won New York’s mayoral race, far-right Israeli minister Amichai Chikli urged Jewish New Yorkers to leave the city for Israel, calling Mamdani a “Hamas supporter.”

Israel’s Sea Breaker anti-ship cruise missile has entered service with Azerbaijan’s military.

Sea Breaker is precision-guided cruise missile for sea and land targets.

It carries a 113 kg warhead and strikes up to 300 km away.

UK Defence Intelligence estimates 1.14 million Russian casualties since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including 353,000 in 2025.

Despite slower losses, Russia continues heavy assaults in Donbas, pushing toward Pokrovsk while sustaining significant casualties.

Netanyahu:

The United States has been very clear that the only military forces that will enter Gaza will be those acceptable to Israel.

Israel bombs southern Lebanon.

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NEW: Trump administration officials told Congress they currently lack legal justification to strike inside Venezuela and have no plans for land attacks.

Existing authority only covers hitting suspected drug-trafficking boats at sea, not targets on land.

The administration is exploring a new legal opinion that could allow land strikes without congressional approval, but no decision has been made.

Source: CNN

Poland Launches Military Training For All Citizens

Poland launched wGotowości, a voluntary defense training program for up to 400,000 citizens, as its defense minister warns of “the most dangerous times since World War II.”

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Aftermath of the Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

"It is an international war supported by foreign powers"

Dr. Tarıg Mohamed Nour, Lecturer at the University of Khartoum:

UAE, together with Israel and other countries, are backing the RSF with clear strategic goals.

In El Fasher, they used weapons that should never be used — civilians were killed, and women were raped as they fled.