🇮🇷🇫🇷⚡- "We are ready to continue nuclear negotiations and hope to implement the commitments in the nuclear agreements and in turn lift the sanctions." – Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a phone call with French President, Emmanuel Macron.

🇺🇲🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has every right to respond after the Hezbollah attack," – John Kirby, US National Security Advisor.

🇺🇲🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Control of the Golan is still important for Israel's security, and American policy on the Golan has not changed." – John Kirby, US National Security Advisor.

🇺🇲🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We do not ask Israel to tolerate any threat and leave it to them to talk about the nature of its response." – John Kirby, US National Security Advisor.

🇺🇲🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Golan Heights is part of and belongs to Israel," – John Kirby, US National Security Advisor.

🇲🇱🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The photo above is being circulated apparently showing the Timur unit of Ukraine's Kraken-GUR in Mali alongside Azawad forces. This is incorrect.

Both Ukrainians and Azawads are feeding the lie. The soldiers that look 'Ukrainian / White' are Tuareg, most likely Algerian, or exiled-Libyan descent. Lighter skin tones amongst Tuaregs are not uncommon.

Multiple Wagner sources deny Ukrainian involvement on the ground, some have even denied Ukrainian intelligence involvement. The Azawad forces and Azawad media has also denied Ukrainian involvement. The French org. 'Little', an intelligence source / think tank that has been operating in the Sahel for over a decade, denies Ukrainian involvement too.

The photo being circulated originates from 'KyivPost', who had previously faked Timur's presence in Syria.

Notably, the photo is a still image from several videos that were recorded prior to the 10th of July, and then shared on multiple platforms on Azawad pages. The photo therefore is over two / three weeks old. 'KyivPost' made the claim that the photo was taken at the scene, which is therefore untrue. For comparison, the current Wagner offensive in the north began on 20th of July.

There also exist numerous close-up shots of light-skin Tuareg individuals at the recent battle scene, who would otherwise look 'Ukrainian' from afar.

🇺🇸⚡️- The gender divide in US politics worsens as young men now favor Trump and the GOP compared to 4 years ago while young women remain reliably Democrat.

🇻🇪⚡- Violent protests across Venezuela.

🇻🇪🇵🇦⚡- Panama recalls its ambassador to Venezuela, suspending all diplomatic relations.

🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Israel has called on NATO to expel Turkey from the alliance after Turkish President Erdogan's threats against Israel.

🇺🇸⚡️- Kamala Harris's VP shortlist has been reduced to Arizona Senator Mark Kelley, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Democratic Senators are calling for the United States to officially recognize Edmundo Gonzalez as the president-elect of Venezuela.

🇻🇪⚡- Venezuela's Foreign Minister announces the withdrawal of diplomatic staff from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. They also demand these countries remove their representatives from Venezuelan territory.

🇻🇪🇸🇻⚡- "What we saw yesterday in Venezuela has no other name than fraud. An “election” where the official result has no relation to reality. Something obvious to anyone." – Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador.

🇻🇪⚡- Protestors in Venezuela tear down a statue of Hugo Chavez.

🇲🇱🇹🇷⚡- "We were very surprised that Turkey, which has always stood in defense of Islamic peoples, began to support Wagner with drones. Now this country is our enemy." – Muhammad Maulud Ramadan, Azawad Spokesman, to Al-Hadath (a Saudi state owned media, politically very anti-Iranian).

Ramadan also says the Turkish forces operate under their own PMC - 'SADAT'.

🇬🇧🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The UK Foreign Office advised all British citizens to leave Lebanon and avoid traveling there.

🇺🇸⚡️- Joe Biden is proposing sweeping changes to the United States Supreme Court. Among them are term limits, an enforced code of conduct, and a constitutional amendment to strip former presidents of their immunity.

— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran is behind a large covert campaign interfering in the U.S. Presidential elections, according to U.S. intelligence – CNN

@Middle_East_Spectator

🇻🇪🇦🇷⚡️- Protests outside the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. Masked men apparently attempted to storm the complex but eventually retreated.