🌏🕊📍🗺 — 📰 ZeroHedge | As 'Peace' Breaks Out, Here's Where US Military Facilities Are In The Middle East | June 26, 2025:

"Amid a brief pause in proceedings between Iran and Israel, The Pentagon states that the U.S. currently has around 40,000 active-duty troops and Defense Department civilians stationed in the Middle East, with the largest U.S. military site in the region being Qatar’s Al Udeid air base, where some 10,000 troops are stationed. 

As Statista;s Anna Fleck shows in the chart  below, according to data published by the Congressional Research Service, as of July 10, 2024, personnel were based across Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman.

Qatar's Al Udeid air base is one of the eight so-called persistent U.S. military bases, which means that it has been continuously used by the U.S. Department of Defense for at least 15 years, with the U.S. military exercising at least some degree of operational control there.

These permanent bases tend to be the DOD’s largest and most well-known."

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🇭🇺🗯😵‍💫🤝🗣🇺🇳🇺🇸 — 🇭🇺 Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán on 𝕏 in an answer to Volodymyr Zelensky:

"I had a joint meeting with the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, and the NATO Secretary General — António Costa @eucopresident, Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen, and Mark Rutte @SecGenNATO. We are working to ensure unity among all our allies.

We focused on cooperation within the new defense instrument SAFE and the negotiation process on our accession to the EU. It is important that the leaders of the member states reach a common decision to open the first negotiation cluster. It is unfair when a single party blocks the Union’s decision.

We also discussed in detail additional sanctions against the Russian Federation and the preparation of the EU’s 18th sanctions package. This package must significantly increase pressure on Russia’s energy and banking sectors, as well as on the shadow fleet. The key element here must be a strong price cap on Russian oil, and we count on the appropriate decisions.

I thank the leaders for their support. Every step of assistance means lives saved."

🔗 Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa)

"President, with all due respect: the European Union was founded to bring peace and prosperity to its member states. Accepting a country that is at war with Russia would immediately drag the EU into a direct conflict. It is unfair to expect any member state to take this risk."

🔗 Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban)

🇾🇪❌🇮🇱❗️ — The Israeli military has identified a ballistic missile launch from Yemen headed toward the home front.

🇾🇪❌🇮🇱 — Red alerts issued for Beersheba and Negev Desert

🇹🇭🔥📹 — Anti-government protesters carry a long banner with Thai national flag tri-colours on the skywalk at Victory Monument in Bangkok.

➡️ On video, it is possible to hear a protester speaker on the stage assures the crowd that PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her father, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, will definitely have to flee Thailand into exile for collaborating with Cambodian leaders in selling Thailand.

🔗 Khaosod English (@KhaosodEnglish)

🇰🇭🗽📞🇹🇭 — Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy posted on X on Saturday saying:

"Hun Sen's fury on Thailand stems from the Thai determination to defeat the organized crime in Cambodia which sustains his regime. His nationalist rhetoric is designed to distract the public."

➡️ According to Mr. Sam Rainsy, the reason behind the actions by the Cambodian Warlord is that Thailand Government is crackdowning on CCP-affiliated Triads and Chinese Mafias, which, according to him, enrich and benefit the Cambodian leadership