🇾🇪❌🇺🇸 — The director of the US Missile Defense Agency, General Heath Collins, announced the use of dozens of SM-3 missiles to intercept Yemeni ballistic missiles targeting Israel.

➡️The SM-3, an expensive missile ($27 million) with a very low production rate, which is supposed to provide defensive protection against nuclear missiles, is being spent on a missile with large quantities of explosives and relatively low accuracy.

➡️While it is true that a defensive missile is worth the money for the purpose it serves, it is not cost-effective to spend such money to guarantee a mid-course interception.

➡️The SM-3 production rate appears to be 12 missiles per year.

🇺🇸🤝🇦🇪 — White House press secretary says UAE has shut down the mosque for Trump's special describing it as a historical moment.

🇹🇷🇸🇾🇺🇸 — Syrian and Turkish foreign ministers met with US Secretary of State Rubio in Turkiye.

🇷🇺🇲🇱❌🇲🇱 — 22+ civilians kidnapped by Wagner mercenaries and Malian soldiers in Diafarabe, Mali

➡️ On the 12th May, at least 22 civilian men of various age were randomly arrested from the weekly market of the city, since then the families of the kidnapped have marched in protest of the arbitrary arrests.

➡️ Previous similar forced disappearances have almost always ended in the death of the arrested people, and after 3 days of demanding answers, the Malian government has not commented on the incident.

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🇺🇸🤝🇦🇪 — UAE to invest $1.4 trillion in the US during the next 10 years.

Congratulations to the winners of the poll, they've beat Saudi Arabia and Qatar

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🇷🇺 — Putin dismissed chief of Russian military's land forces Oleg Salyukuv, appoints him as deputy to Sergei Shoigu in the Russian Security Council.

🇺🇸🤝🇦🇪 — Burj Khalifa is displaying the US flag amid Trump's visit to the country.

🇮🇱🇺🇸📞⁉️🇸🇾 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims that the Syrian government has requested US assistance in expelling foreign fighters and making peace with Israel:

They asked for our help in expelling foreign fighters and terrorists and expressed their desire for peace with Israel.

🏴❌🇸🇾 — 'Islamic State' terrorists ambushed a vehicle of the SDF militia with an IED in Abu Hammam, Deir ez Zor, followed by armed clashes, the SDF acknowledges 1 death and 3 injuries following the ambush.

➡️ The militants then reportedly fled to Syrian government controlled areas west of the Euphrates river, the leader of the Hajin sector of the SDF militias is suspected dead or injured in the attack.

➡️ Another battle took place in Jarthi, although no casualties were recorded there.

⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - Earlier today, local Gazan sources reported relentless IDF Artillery and air bombardment across the city of Khan Yunis, including in "Hamad", northern Khan Yunis, refugee tents in the west, "Bani Suheila", "Fukhari" and "Khuza'a", the nearby areas of the "European Gaza" Hospital in the east, as well as "Abasan".

➡️ Later on, the locals have reported coming under fire from advancing armored vehicles in the northeast direction of "Qarara", northern Khan Younis.

@GeoPWatch

⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - The IDF is likely attempting to seize and establish the final separation line of the Gaza strip, the "Kissufim" Corridor, separating Khan Yunis from Deir AlBalah.

➡️ This corridor was halfway "established" by August of last year within the last campaign. This corridor comes alongside 4 other corridors, the "Melfasim" Corridor (North), the "Netzarim" Corridor (Central), the "Morag" (South, seperating Khan Yunis from Rafah), and the "Philadelphi" Corridor (South, separating Egypt from Gaza).

➡️ 3 of them, the "Netzarim, "Morag" and "Philadelphi" are currently in IDF control. The "Melfasim" was "completed" in the last campaign before Israel withdrew after heavy losses and proceeded with the implementation of POW exchange.

📝 Image attached displays an illustration of the current map of Gaza and existing corridors. Reference [click to expand]:

Blue = IDF control.
"Melfasim" = Purple.
"Netzarim" = Red. "
"Kissufim" = Orange.
"Morag" = Green.
"Philadelphi" = Yellow.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — Local sources report continuous IDF Airstrikes and shelling in the areas of "AlAmoudi" and "AlSultan" of "Beit Lahia", northern Gaza.

➡️Simultaneously, ongoing reports state the IDF has begun an incursion towards the "Sultans" Cemetery area, northwest of "Beit Lahia", northern Gaza.

➡️Image attached displays an illustration of the maneuver, as well as the extent of IDF control in "Beit Lahia".