🇱🇾 - The situation in western Libya was likely orchestrated by Qatar purposefully.

Former Tripoli's Foreign Minister, Najla al-Mangoush's interview in which she confesses to meeting Eli Cohen was published by the pro Muslim Brotherhood outlet, al-Jazeera, to cause unrest against the Misrata-based National Unity Government (NUG), led by 'Prime Minister' Dbiebah.

The NUG was established after the escalation in fighting between 2019-2020. The NUG was to bring together the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR). The HoR was, and still is, supported militarily by Khalifa Haftar's LNA. The HoR pushed for Dbiebah to lead the newly established Misrata-based NUG. After Dbiebah began attacking US-backed Sadiq al-Kabir (then the Governor of Libya's Central Bank), the HoR withdrew their support and set-up a rival to the NUG, the Government of National Stability (GNS) based in Benghazi. The GNS is currently led by Osama Hamada.

The NUG is no longer supported by the HoR (and therefore Khalifa Haftar) and lacks support amongst the GNA, as he wasn't their choice when the NUG was initially being established.

The recent flare ups in western Libya look like they are aimed at toppling the NUG entirely, with Misrata falling back to the GNA. And as a result, things will return to pre-2021, two separate governments - the GNA in Tripoli and the HoR in Tobruk/Benghazi. Note, the GNA's military (mostly independent brigades) are mainly financed by Qatar and Turkey. With a majority of the mercenaries being the very same people who travelled to Syria to topple Bashar al-Assad.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump is expected to offer an expanded SALT cap in exchange for blue state Republicans to vote on a new tax bill.

🇺🇸🔥⚡️- California wildfires continue to spread. The Los Angeles Fire Department are asking for any active or retired firefighters to come help contain the blaze.

🇺🇸🔥⚡️- California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency due to the fires.

🇺🇸🔥⚡️- Scenes from Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.

🇺🇸⚡️- Current view from above LA

🇺🇸⚡️- Reports of looting have begun in the Palisades area.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has arrived in Tehran, Iran on an official state visit.

🇦🇿🇪🇷⚡- Three Azerbaijani vessels, along with their crews, have been detained By Eritrea's Coast Guard after the three vessels entered its territorial waters. The vessels were heading from Baku to Saudi Arabia, but due to unfavorable weather conditions they were forced to deviate from the route and ended up off the coast of Eritrea.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Turkish airstrikes against Ayn Issa, SDF-controlled northern Syria.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Turkish strikes reported against the Tishrin Dam and Karoqazat Bridge areas, Manbij direction, SDF-controlled Syria.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Scenes from the Manbij direction, Syria.

🇲🇱🇧🇫⚡- Clashes broke out between the al-Qaeda affiliated, JNIM, and the Islamic State along the Fadar-Fadar front (Mali - Burkina Faso border).

Several Islamic State fighters were captured by JNIM.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- SDF reports shooting down a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone in the Tishrin Dam region, Manbij direction, Syria.

🇫🇷⚡- "We had a security relationship. In fact, it had a dual nature. One part was our commitment to fight terrorism since 2013. We were right to carry out these operations. I think they forgot to thank us. No big deal, it will come with time," - Emmanuel Macron, President of France, slams African countries for being 'ungrateful'.

This comes after Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal and Ivory Coast kicked French troops out.