🇫🇷 ⚠️ 🚆 A series of coordinated arson attacks and acts of sabotage targeting #France’s high-speed rail network has disrupted services and impacted hundreds of thousands of travelers, which comes as the #Olympics are set to kick off later today. @AtlasNewsTelegram
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that French intelligence services have been tasked with tracking down the assailants, who remain unidentified. Via theatlasnews.co.
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"In the UK, the Department for Transport says it is "in close contact" with Eurostar and French authorities regarding the ongoing disruption.
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, external, the French transport minister Patrice Vergriete says "des engins incendiaires" (incendiary devices) were found but refuses to say who might be behind the attacks on the rail network.
He describes the attacks as a "criminal act" and the security forces are on high alert.
Meanwhile, French broadcaster BFMTV reports that an incendiary device was found in #Marseille in May on the LGV line when the Olympic torch was in town, according to a police source.
The French rail network is reportedly slowly resuming fast speed train services on the lines that had been sabotaged overnight.
The SNCF has just provided an update to the BBC, reporting that emergency repairs are now permitting limited services this afternoon between the French capital and #Brittany in the west, as well as to the south-west, including #Bordeaux and #Toulouse.
Rail travel is also picking up between #Paris and Lille as well as Strasbourg, but delays of up to two hours are expected for all fast speed (TGV) rail services.
The SNCF stresses that the disruption will continue all weekend on what is traditionally one of the busiest travel weekends in France, with over 800,000 train passengers expected. As well as tourists heading to the Olympics in Paris, tens of thousands are trying to leave Paris by train headed to Brittany and the south for the start of their long summer holidays.
Several unions for French rail workers have released a joint statement condemning the attack on the high speed rail network, describing it as a "blow to the SNCF public service"."–BBC
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that French intelligence services have been tasked with tracking down the assailants, who remain unidentified. Via theatlasnews.co.
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"In the UK, the Department for Transport says it is "in close contact" with Eurostar and French authorities regarding the ongoing disruption.
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, external, the French transport minister Patrice Vergriete says "des engins incendiaires" (incendiary devices) were found but refuses to say who might be behind the attacks on the rail network.
He describes the attacks as a "criminal act" and the security forces are on high alert.
Meanwhile, French broadcaster BFMTV reports that an incendiary device was found in #Marseille in May on the LGV line when the Olympic torch was in town, according to a police source.
The French rail network is reportedly slowly resuming fast speed train services on the lines that had been sabotaged overnight.
The SNCF has just provided an update to the BBC, reporting that emergency repairs are now permitting limited services this afternoon between the French capital and #Brittany in the west, as well as to the south-west, including #Bordeaux and #Toulouse.
Rail travel is also picking up between #Paris and Lille as well as Strasbourg, but delays of up to two hours are expected for all fast speed (TGV) rail services.
The SNCF stresses that the disruption will continue all weekend on what is traditionally one of the busiest travel weekends in France, with over 800,000 train passengers expected. As well as tourists heading to the Olympics in Paris, tens of thousands are trying to leave Paris by train headed to Brittany and the south for the start of their long summer holidays.
Several unions for French rail workers have released a joint statement condemning the attack on the high speed rail network, describing it as a "blow to the SNCF public service"."–BBC
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🇱🇧 🇮🇱 Civilian casualties have been reported after a wave of Huz-bowlah rockets were fired into Golan Heights. An explosion then struck a soccer field in the Druze-majority town of Majdal Shams, #GolanHeights. The IDF maintains it was a rocket fired, while the Lebanese militant group denies responsibility, saying they instead struck a nearby military installation. @AtlasNewsTelegram
GEO: 33.26582414399449, 35.76895551738903
Exact casualty figures remain unclear, however, initial reports by Israeli media suggest that at least five people were killed and over a dozen others were left wounded. Children reportedly among casualties.
The strike comes amid continued hostilities and rising tensions between Hezbollah and #Israel, which has stoked fears of a greater conflict along the border with #Lebanon. Via theatlasnews.co
GEO: 33.26582414399449, 35.76895551738903
Exact casualty figures remain unclear, however, initial reports by Israeli media suggest that at least five people were killed and over a dozen others were left wounded. Children reportedly among casualties.
The strike comes amid continued hostilities and rising tensions between Hezbollah and #Israel, which has stoked fears of a greater conflict along the border with #Lebanon. Via theatlasnews.co
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🇨🇩 🇷🇼 🇰🇪 Fleeting Peace in the #DRC – via theatlasnews.co
The President of the Democratic Republic of the #Congo (DRC), Felix #Tshisekedi, has stated that the DRC will no longer participate in the #Nairobi process, a peace process aimed at bettering the insecurity which plagues the eastern DRC, after referring to the process as “almost dead.” @AtlasNewsTelegram
The Nairobi process, established in #Kenya, was one of two parallel processes aimed at easing tensions and, ideally, ending the insecurity in the eastern DRC. The Nairobi process was established alongside the #Luanda process, negotiated in #Angola.
The primary purpose of the Luanda process was to de-escalate tensions between #Rwanda and the DRC, which is threatening to boil over into war. Rwanda accused the DRC of shelling its territory on several occasions, and the DRC accused Rwanda of supporting the March 23 Movement (#M23) rebels, one of the DRC’s largest and most powerful armed groups. The Nairobi process sought to establish peace processes regarding the DRC’s armed groups, including the M23.
The processes established a roadmap for cooperation between Rwanda and the DRC and several means to de-escalate tensions, as well as called for armed groups in the eastern DRC, including the M23 and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (#FDLR)—a militant organization based in the eastern DRC that, in its origin, was formed primarily out of former genocidaires from the Rwandan genocide—to disarm.
The Nairobi process orchestrated the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force (#EACRF) to the DRC at the end of 2022 in order to assist the DRC in pacifying the more than 120 armed groups that operate there. The DRC deemed the deployment to be a failure, due to them not actively engaging militant groups.
The EACRF oversaw a multitude of withdrawals of M23 rebels as a part of agreements reached during the Nairobi process, but the DRC wished them to actively combat the M23. Due to this, the EACRF’s mandate was not renewed, and the EACRF withdrew at the end of 2023.
Following the Luanda process, tensions continued to heighten between Rwanda and the DRC, again primarily over Rwanda’s alleged support of the M23, support that has been corroborated and evidenced by #UN reports, but continually denied by Rwanda.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/27/fleeting-peace-in-the-drc/
The President of the Democratic Republic of the #Congo (DRC), Felix #Tshisekedi, has stated that the DRC will no longer participate in the #Nairobi process, a peace process aimed at bettering the insecurity which plagues the eastern DRC, after referring to the process as “almost dead.” @AtlasNewsTelegram
The Nairobi process, established in #Kenya, was one of two parallel processes aimed at easing tensions and, ideally, ending the insecurity in the eastern DRC. The Nairobi process was established alongside the #Luanda process, negotiated in #Angola.
The primary purpose of the Luanda process was to de-escalate tensions between #Rwanda and the DRC, which is threatening to boil over into war. Rwanda accused the DRC of shelling its territory on several occasions, and the DRC accused Rwanda of supporting the March 23 Movement (#M23) rebels, one of the DRC’s largest and most powerful armed groups. The Nairobi process sought to establish peace processes regarding the DRC’s armed groups, including the M23.
The processes established a roadmap for cooperation between Rwanda and the DRC and several means to de-escalate tensions, as well as called for armed groups in the eastern DRC, including the M23 and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (#FDLR)—a militant organization based in the eastern DRC that, in its origin, was formed primarily out of former genocidaires from the Rwandan genocide—to disarm.
The Nairobi process orchestrated the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force (#EACRF) to the DRC at the end of 2022 in order to assist the DRC in pacifying the more than 120 armed groups that operate there. The DRC deemed the deployment to be a failure, due to them not actively engaging militant groups.
The EACRF oversaw a multitude of withdrawals of M23 rebels as a part of agreements reached during the Nairobi process, but the DRC wished them to actively combat the M23. Due to this, the EACRF’s mandate was not renewed, and the EACRF withdrew at the end of 2023.
Following the Luanda process, tensions continued to heighten between Rwanda and the DRC, again primarily over Rwanda’s alleged support of the M23, support that has been corroborated and evidenced by #UN reports, but continually denied by Rwanda.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/27/fleeting-peace-in-the-drc/
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🇹🇷 ⚠️ 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Turkish President #Erdogan Threatens Intervention in #Israel – via theatlasnews.co
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened an intervention in #Israel at a meeting of his AKP Party. "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them," Erdogan said in his hometown of Rize. @AtlasNewsTelegram
In his speech, he threatens to “do the same” as #Turkey had done in #Libya (where Turkish military assets are present), and in Karabakh, in reference to #Armenia's former disputed territory of #Artsakh (#NagornoKarabakh) that #Azerbaijan seized complete control of from separatist forces in September.
The Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, released a statement firing back at Erdogan, comparing him to Saddam Hussein and stating that Erdogan should “remember what happened there and how it ended.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened an intervention in #Israel at a meeting of his AKP Party. "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them," Erdogan said in his hometown of Rize. @AtlasNewsTelegram
In his speech, he threatens to “do the same” as #Turkey had done in #Libya (where Turkish military assets are present), and in Karabakh, in reference to #Armenia's former disputed territory of #Artsakh (#NagornoKarabakh) that #Azerbaijan seized complete control of from separatist forces in September.
The Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, released a statement firing back at Erdogan, comparing him to Saddam Hussein and stating that Erdogan should “remember what happened there and how it ended.”
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🇲🇱 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 “Rebels in #Mali Display #Ukrainian Flag After #Wagner Defeat” is the noscript of an article published by the Kyiv Post, a Ukrainian media outlet, on July 29th—two days after the #Malian army (#FAMA) and #Russian mercenary personnel were decimated in two ambushes laid by #Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants near the Algerian border. Via theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
Upon further investigation however, it appears the image was taken as early as June 10th, and not ‘just after [the Tuaregs] dealt a major defeat to the Russian state-funded Wagner mercenaries in Mali’ on July 27th, as claimed by the Post.
The “exclusive photo” obtained by the Ukrainian media outlet, allegedly from #Ukraine's Defense and Security Sector, depicts a group of Tuareg rebels standing with both the #Azawad and Ukrainian flags. The image likely was taken sometime before June 10th, as a video posted on X by Akli Sh’kka, a Tuareg journalist, depicts the same fighters, in the same military dress.
One difference between the video uploaded by Sh’kka and the image posted by the Kyiv post is two men, dressed in western attire with their firearms pointed downwards, in contrast to the skywards facing firearms of the Tuaregs. It is likely the two men joined the photo after the video was taken, with the photo only released in the aftermath of the devastating attack on the FAMA and Russian mercenaries over the weekend.
How the men arrived in Mali, and embedded with the rebels—if they are indeed linked to Ukraine—may be connected to the opening of a Ukrainian embassy in Nouakchott, #Mauritania, which shares a nearly 1400 mile border with Mali, in late May.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), referencing the recent attack, claimed on July 29th that “the rebels received necessary information, which enabled a successful military operation against Russian war criminals.”
And while Ukrainian special forces have conducted operations against Wagner (now known as the ‘Africa Corps’) personnel in African nations such as Sudan as well as Middle Eastern nations such as Syria, the probability that Ukrainian personnel took part in this most recent battle is low.
The battle of Tinzaouten illustrated firstly, the deep knowledge of the terrain by both the Tuaregs and the Islamic militants, as well as their ability to predict the routes most likely to be taken by the FAMA reconnaissance convoy on the way to Tinzaouten, as well as the routes most likely to be taken by the support units, as evidenced by the placing of IED’s by both the Tuaregs and the Islamists.
Furthermore, the ‘loss’ of Inafarak, seen by many analysts as the ‘last Tuareg stronghold’ may have been a strategic move by the Tuaregs to draw the convoy closer to Tinzaouten, where at least 900 reserve fighters were stationed, and away from Tessalit, the nearest supply town for the FAMA.
Additionally, the distance of Tinzaouten from Kidal city, where the FAMA would be most likely to launch drone strikes from, is nearly 200 miles, which places the commune out of a Bayraktar TB2’s range, which FAMA is equipped with.
Some Russian analysts have claimed that drone strikes were not conducted due to the FAMA’s lack of payloads for the drones, although this claim is disputed by the FAMA’s drone strikes conducted on the commune of Tin-Essako on July 19th.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/29/fact-check-when-did-tuareg-rebels-tout-the-ukraine-flag/
Upon further investigation however, it appears the image was taken as early as June 10th, and not ‘just after [the Tuaregs] dealt a major defeat to the Russian state-funded Wagner mercenaries in Mali’ on July 27th, as claimed by the Post.
The “exclusive photo” obtained by the Ukrainian media outlet, allegedly from #Ukraine's Defense and Security Sector, depicts a group of Tuareg rebels standing with both the #Azawad and Ukrainian flags. The image likely was taken sometime before June 10th, as a video posted on X by Akli Sh’kka, a Tuareg journalist, depicts the same fighters, in the same military dress.
One difference between the video uploaded by Sh’kka and the image posted by the Kyiv post is two men, dressed in western attire with their firearms pointed downwards, in contrast to the skywards facing firearms of the Tuaregs. It is likely the two men joined the photo after the video was taken, with the photo only released in the aftermath of the devastating attack on the FAMA and Russian mercenaries over the weekend.
How the men arrived in Mali, and embedded with the rebels—if they are indeed linked to Ukraine—may be connected to the opening of a Ukrainian embassy in Nouakchott, #Mauritania, which shares a nearly 1400 mile border with Mali, in late May.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), referencing the recent attack, claimed on July 29th that “the rebels received necessary information, which enabled a successful military operation against Russian war criminals.”
And while Ukrainian special forces have conducted operations against Wagner (now known as the ‘Africa Corps’) personnel in African nations such as Sudan as well as Middle Eastern nations such as Syria, the probability that Ukrainian personnel took part in this most recent battle is low.
The battle of Tinzaouten illustrated firstly, the deep knowledge of the terrain by both the Tuaregs and the Islamic militants, as well as their ability to predict the routes most likely to be taken by the FAMA reconnaissance convoy on the way to Tinzaouten, as well as the routes most likely to be taken by the support units, as evidenced by the placing of IED’s by both the Tuaregs and the Islamists.
Furthermore, the ‘loss’ of Inafarak, seen by many analysts as the ‘last Tuareg stronghold’ may have been a strategic move by the Tuaregs to draw the convoy closer to Tinzaouten, where at least 900 reserve fighters were stationed, and away from Tessalit, the nearest supply town for the FAMA.
Additionally, the distance of Tinzaouten from Kidal city, where the FAMA would be most likely to launch drone strikes from, is nearly 200 miles, which places the commune out of a Bayraktar TB2’s range, which FAMA is equipped with.
Some Russian analysts have claimed that drone strikes were not conducted due to the FAMA’s lack of payloads for the drones, although this claim is disputed by the FAMA’s drone strikes conducted on the commune of Tin-Essako on July 19th.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/29/fact-check-when-did-tuareg-rebels-tout-the-ukraine-flag/
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🇮🇱 ⚠️ 🇱🇧 #IDF Strikes #Beirut:
The IDF has confirmed that it has conducted an airstrike in #Lebanon's capital of Beirut targeting the #Hezbollah commander “responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and killed many Israeli civilians.” theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
The identity of said commander remains unknown at this time. Dozens of casualties are reported from the strike but exact details unconfirmed.
Lebanese sources earlier reported that an explosion occurred in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The blast came in anticipation of #Israel's response to this weekend’s rocket attack against the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the #GolanHeights, which left 12 children and teens dead.
Up until now, Israeli strikes against Hezbollah have been outside of Beirut. Via theatlasnews.co
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Reuters: "Hezbollah has denied firing the rocket that killed the youngsters. It said on Saturday it had fired a missile against a military target on the Golan.
Israel's security cabinet has authorised Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to decide on the manner and timing of a response to Saturday's strike. Gallant reaffirmed, in comments to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday, that "Iranian proxy Hezbollah" would be held responsible for the rocket strike.
Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted unidentified officials as saying the response would be "limited but significant".
The report said options ranged from a limited attack on infrastructure, including bridges, power plants, and ports, to hitting Hezbollah arms depots or targeting Hezbollah commanders.
Exacerbated by the Gaza conflict, hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have been their worst since they went to war in 2006.
Hezbollah, an ally of Palestinian militant group Hamas, has said its attacks on Israel have aimed to support the Palestinians and indicated it will only cease fire when Israel's offensive on Gaza stops.
The conflict at the Israel-Lebanon border has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes on both sides.
Israel seized the border region from Syria after the 1967 war and has since annexed it in a move not generally recognised internationally, although the U.S. considers it part of Israel.
While Washington has also blamed Hezbollah for the rocket strike and defended Israel's right to respond, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday, emphasised the importance of preventing escalation of the conflict, the U.S. State Department said.
Since October, Israeli strikes have killed around 350 Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and more than 100 civilians, according to security and medical sources and a Reuters tally of Hezbollah death notifications.
Israel says 23 civilians and at least 17 soldiers have been killed in Hezbollah attacks since October."
Article from yesterday before strike: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-braces-israeli-retaliation-strike-kills-2-south-lebanon-2024-07-29/
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Since the strike today, demonstrations have started in Lebanon in support of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has also, as of just now, denied the target of Israel's strike in Beruit was killed. Other casualties are reported on the ground from the strike, but no solid figures yet or confirmations.
The IDF has confirmed that it has conducted an airstrike in #Lebanon's capital of Beirut targeting the #Hezbollah commander “responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and killed many Israeli civilians.” theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
The identity of said commander remains unknown at this time. Dozens of casualties are reported from the strike but exact details unconfirmed.
Lebanese sources earlier reported that an explosion occurred in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The blast came in anticipation of #Israel's response to this weekend’s rocket attack against the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the #GolanHeights, which left 12 children and teens dead.
Up until now, Israeli strikes against Hezbollah have been outside of Beirut. Via theatlasnews.co
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Reuters: "Hezbollah has denied firing the rocket that killed the youngsters. It said on Saturday it had fired a missile against a military target on the Golan.
Israel's security cabinet has authorised Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to decide on the manner and timing of a response to Saturday's strike. Gallant reaffirmed, in comments to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday, that "Iranian proxy Hezbollah" would be held responsible for the rocket strike.
Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted unidentified officials as saying the response would be "limited but significant".
The report said options ranged from a limited attack on infrastructure, including bridges, power plants, and ports, to hitting Hezbollah arms depots or targeting Hezbollah commanders.
Exacerbated by the Gaza conflict, hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have been their worst since they went to war in 2006.
Hezbollah, an ally of Palestinian militant group Hamas, has said its attacks on Israel have aimed to support the Palestinians and indicated it will only cease fire when Israel's offensive on Gaza stops.
The conflict at the Israel-Lebanon border has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes on both sides.
Israel seized the border region from Syria after the 1967 war and has since annexed it in a move not generally recognised internationally, although the U.S. considers it part of Israel.
While Washington has also blamed Hezbollah for the rocket strike and defended Israel's right to respond, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday, emphasised the importance of preventing escalation of the conflict, the U.S. State Department said.
Since October, Israeli strikes have killed around 350 Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and more than 100 civilians, according to security and medical sources and a Reuters tally of Hezbollah death notifications.
Israel says 23 civilians and at least 17 soldiers have been killed in Hezbollah attacks since October."
Article from yesterday before strike: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-braces-israeli-retaliation-strike-kills-2-south-lebanon-2024-07-29/
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Since the strike today, demonstrations have started in Lebanon in support of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has also, as of just now, denied the target of Israel's strike in Beruit was killed. Other casualties are reported on the ground from the strike, but no solid figures yet or confirmations.
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SITREP: #Beirut Airstrike
The #IDF has reported that an airstrike in the capital of #Lebanon, Beirut, has killed senior #Hezbollah official Fuad Shukr, described as the “Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and [Hezbollah Secretary-General] Hassan #Nasrallah’s right-hand man.” theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
The strike presents itself as the anticipated Israeli response to this weekend’s rocket attack against the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the #GolanHeights, which left 12 children and teens dead.
Initial casualty claims by Lebanese media suggest at least three people were killed and over 60 others were wounded, including reportedly several children and women according to local outlets.
At approximately 7:45 pm local time, reports began to emerge of an explosion in the Danish neighborhood of Beirut, which was quickly speculated to be an #Israeli airstrike. Geolocation of the strike placed it at a multi-story building, which received significant damage and caused sections of it to collapse (GEO: 33.8532180, 35.5065807).
Shukr is a senior military advisor and is believed to be the current chief of staff for military operations. He is also wanted by the United States for his alleged role in planning the October 23, 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 U.S. military personnel and wounded 128 others.
Tensions have steadily escalated between #Israel and the #Lebanese militant group over the past several months, with fears that the conflict could boil over into a full-scale war.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/30/sitrep-beirut-airstrike/
The #IDF has reported that an airstrike in the capital of #Lebanon, Beirut, has killed senior #Hezbollah official Fuad Shukr, described as the “Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and [Hezbollah Secretary-General] Hassan #Nasrallah’s right-hand man.” theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
The strike presents itself as the anticipated Israeli response to this weekend’s rocket attack against the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the #GolanHeights, which left 12 children and teens dead.
Initial casualty claims by Lebanese media suggest at least three people were killed and over 60 others were wounded, including reportedly several children and women according to local outlets.
At approximately 7:45 pm local time, reports began to emerge of an explosion in the Danish neighborhood of Beirut, which was quickly speculated to be an #Israeli airstrike. Geolocation of the strike placed it at a multi-story building, which received significant damage and caused sections of it to collapse (GEO: 33.8532180, 35.5065807).
Shukr is a senior military advisor and is believed to be the current chief of staff for military operations. He is also wanted by the United States for his alleged role in planning the October 23, 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 U.S. military personnel and wounded 128 others.
Tensions have steadily escalated between #Israel and the #Lebanese militant group over the past several months, with fears that the conflict could boil over into a full-scale war.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/30/sitrep-beirut-airstrike/
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🇺🇬 #Uganda’s Forever President:
On July 22nd, #Ugandan social media was abuzz. The day had come for the much anticipated ‘March2Parliament,’ a peaceful march organized by aggrieved Ugandan youth to the nation’s Parliament building in #Kampala to protest government corruption. theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
The partyless, leaderless movement came as the result of a series of ‘exhibitions’ promulgated by Ugandan youth on X, which highlighted the deep rooted corruption among the Ugandan political elite, particularly the dealings of the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among.
Among is sanctioned by both the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) for her office’s ‘irregular expenditures.’ The UK has accused Among of “stealing from the poorest communities in Uganda,” while the US’s sanctions are based on “[her] involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership.”
And while Among was the name most commonly seen in the many posts against corruption in the country, the ‘March2Parliament’ signified something much larger.
In a nation that has been ruled since 1986 by President Yoweri Kaguta #Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM)—the political wing of the National Resistance Army (NRA) which gained power through a relentless bush war against the government of Milton Obote and later the government of Tito Okello, dissenting politically can result in the loss of life, health, and home.
Utilizing memories of life under the “butcher of Uganda” Idi Amin, who served between 1971-79 and killed some 300,000 of his own people, as well as the chaos that was the Ugandan bush war, Museveni, through his clamp-downs on press, internet, and speech freedom, has crafted a national story that ends in despair unless he remains head of state.
Full history and context in the article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/30/ugandas-forever-president/
On July 22nd, #Ugandan social media was abuzz. The day had come for the much anticipated ‘March2Parliament,’ a peaceful march organized by aggrieved Ugandan youth to the nation’s Parliament building in #Kampala to protest government corruption. theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram
The partyless, leaderless movement came as the result of a series of ‘exhibitions’ promulgated by Ugandan youth on X, which highlighted the deep rooted corruption among the Ugandan political elite, particularly the dealings of the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among.
Among is sanctioned by both the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) for her office’s ‘irregular expenditures.’ The UK has accused Among of “stealing from the poorest communities in Uganda,” while the US’s sanctions are based on “[her] involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership.”
And while Among was the name most commonly seen in the many posts against corruption in the country, the ‘March2Parliament’ signified something much larger.
In a nation that has been ruled since 1986 by President Yoweri Kaguta #Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM)—the political wing of the National Resistance Army (NRA) which gained power through a relentless bush war against the government of Milton Obote and later the government of Tito Okello, dissenting politically can result in the loss of life, health, and home.
Utilizing memories of life under the “butcher of Uganda” Idi Amin, who served between 1971-79 and killed some 300,000 of his own people, as well as the chaos that was the Ugandan bush war, Museveni, through his clamp-downs on press, internet, and speech freedom, has crafted a national story that ends in despair unless he remains head of state.
Full history and context in the article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/30/ugandas-forever-president/
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Hamas has confirmed that political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Iran.
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Goes without saying this was an Israeli operation, but exact details remain unclear.
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In the past 12 hours the head of Hezbollah military operations and the political head of Hamas have been killed
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Any hope for negotiations (with little momentum they had) are completely out the window now
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The next few days are going to be wild.
Hezbollah will already likely to respond due to the killing of Shukr early today.
Houthis will likely take action, potentially attacking Israel directly or its interest in the region.
Islamic Resistance will resume attacks against American forces in the region.
Question is whether Iran will respond similar to that back in April.
Hezbollah will already likely to respond due to the killing of Shukr early today.
Houthis will likely take action, potentially attacking Israel directly or its interest in the region.
Islamic Resistance will resume attacks against American forces in the region.
Question is whether Iran will respond similar to that back in April.
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