🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡️- Russia says it has opened diplomatic ties with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS.)

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- White House National Security Advisor John Kirby made a statement on the New Jersey drone sightings, stating there is no evidence of foreign involvement in the drone sightings.

🇸🇾⚡- Ibrahim al-Banawi, Commander of the extremist Liwa Jund al-Haramain Brigade in the SDF, defects and joins the Joint Forces (SNA-backed).

Liwa Jund al-Haramain were previously part of the notorious Ahrar al-Sham (now Maghawir al-Sham).

🇷🇺🇱🇾⚡- 5 Russians and 1 Libyan detained in Tripoli, west Libya, after arriving from eastern Libya.

The Tripoli-based Unity Government Foreign Ministry said the reasoning was that they were involved in "malicious activities aimed at corrupting the Libyan youth as well as connections with armed groups operating in Africa".

🇳🇪⚡- 250+ militants attacked Chatoumane, Tillaberi Region, Niger. According to local sources, the attack left 90 Nigerien forces and at least 50 civilians dead.

Local sources also believe the attack was carried out by the Islamic State of the Sahel region, which has become increasingly active over the past month.

No one has yet claimed responsibility.

🇸🇴⚡- "Hassan Sheikh is responsible for what happened in Kamboni, Jubaland, because he incited conflict in a peaceful area," - Hassan Mungab, former Mayor of Mogadishu.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- UAV alerts in Rostov and Voronezh regions of Russia.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- US airstrikes destroy the al-Hatla bridge connecting SDF-controlled east of the Euphrates with Deir-ez-Zur, Syria.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - SNA media claim the SDF blew the bridge themselves, while Kurdish sources say it was the US.

🇸🇩⚡- BREAKING: The Rapid Support Forces, RSF, have launched a large-scale offensive in the Rabak direction, Sudan.

Several towns have fallen to the RSF, with the Sudanese Armed Forces defensive lines crumbling. The Sudanese state media has only recently admitted the attacks by the RSF, after denying the reports since the beginning of the RSF offensive which started in the morning. RSF is approaching the city of Ad Douiem from both sides, Ad Douiem is 85km from Rabak.

🇸🇩⚡- The Rapid Support Forces have entered the towns of Bobuk and Ad-Damazin with fighting ongoing inside - Rabak direction, Sudan.

🇸🇩⚡- The Rapid Support Forces in al-Awaj, Rabak direction, Sudan.

🇸🇩⚡- The Rapid Support Forces in Khawr al-Mitraq, just north of Ad Douiem - Rabak direction, Sudan.

🇸🇩⚡- Violent clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces along the outskirts of Ad-Damazin, Rabak direction, Sudan.

🇮🇶🇹🇷⚡- Fighting between the Turkish military and Kurdish forces in the Amedi direction, northern Iraq.

🇮🇶🇹🇷⚡- Scenes from Amedi, northern Iraq.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- 17 Russian UAVs in Ukraine's airspace currently.

Over 100 Russian drones were used so far in tonight's operation.

🇮🇱⚡- Initial reports, gunfire heard in Tel-Aviv, Israel.