🇪🇬⚡️- Local Egyptian media report protests due to “economic situation, the suppression of freedoms, and government corruption.”

🇪🇬⚡- Scenes from Cairo, Egypt.

🇪🇬⚡️- Protesters are chanting "Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam," a popular Arab Spring color revolution chant.

"The people want the fall of the regime."

🇪🇬⚡️- Additional scenes from Cairo, Egypt.

The protests have been swelling despite it being nearly midnight in Egypt.

🇪🇬⚡️- Some Egyptian outlets are claiming protests in Cairo are old footage, being spread by "the enemy" to "provoke people."

This, however, is not true. The protests in Cairo right now are actually happening.

🇪🇬🇮🇱 - A few days ago, President Sisi held emergency talks with the Israeli intelligence to discuss possible Israeli protection for the government against in case of a popular uprising. Egyptian intelligence, Mukhabarat, feared the events in Syria could fuel a similar uprising in Egypt too.

The reports were confirmed by Ma'ariv.

🇪🇬⚡- Local Cairo outlet, Diwan, claims the protests are definitely real but at the moment remain small. However, Diwan says a lot of the videos being circulated are old.

🇪🇬⚡- Cairo outlet, al-Qahera, denies rumors of protests against the government.

🇪🇬⚡️- Clarification: This specific video is from a 2019 protest.

🇪🇬⚡️- Mainstream Egyptian outlets - as well as a friend of the channel - deny reports of mass protests in Cairo.

There are likely small, incidental protests in the poorer suburbs of Cairo, however nothing serious that would threaten Sisi's regime.

Most of the news of mass anti-government protests in Egypt are being spread by Iranian (resistard) outlets.

🇪🇬 - Leave Mediterranean Man alone. He's trying to sleep! Thank you.

🇾🇪⚡- BREAKING: The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council launched a surprise attack on the northern region of Taizz, Yemen (Ansarullah-controlled Yemen). Fighting reported around al-Ogala and al-Janad.

🇾🇪⚡- Scenes from al-Janad, Taizz direction, Yemen.

🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️- BREAKING: Turkish media report Saudi shelling against Saada, northern Yemen, controlled by Ansarullah!

🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah affiliated media claim they've stopped the STC offensive in the mountains of Jabal Sabr.

🇾🇪⚡- "We will continue, and the goal is Sana'a," - Abu Tariq, STC military journalist.

🇺🇸⚡️- Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, has plead not guilty to murder.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Intense artillery shelling by the Turkish army against SDF positions around Ayn Issa, northern Syria.

🇾🇪⚡- The situation is now calm, no significant territorial changes. Both sides are bringing reinforcements into the area.

🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- People take down a Christmas tree in Istanbul, Turkey.

Yesterday, Turkish-backed mercenaries burnt a Christmas tree in al-Suqailabiyah, western Hama, Syria. Turkish propaganda then blamed the event on pro-Assad cells. It's likely they may blame the Istanbul incident on pro-Assad cells too.

🇸🇾⚡- Manbij remains entirely under SNA control. Reports of SDF forces entering the city are false.