🇹🇷🇸🇾 - Turkish media, for the millionth time, are falsely reporting an escalation along the Dayr Hafr axis. The Turkish media have launched similar campaigns before, which had all been rejected by the SDF. Turkish media is trying to interfere yet again in the Damascus-SDF talks.

Fighting was minimal in the Dayr Hafr region, the Syrian Ministry of Defense claimed an SDF unit attempted an incursion, which is unlikely. In reality, it was the Turkish-funded Suleiman Shah Division that launched attacks on the SDF first. Small artillery exchanges continue every once in a while.

There are no exchanges in the Tell Abyad - Ayn al-Arab direction, nor any unusual Turkish military movements in this area.

🇸🇾⚡- SDF special forces reinforce the Dayr Hafr direction, SDF-controlled northern Syria.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Red Crescent reports the death of one of its employees after Israel directly struck the aid group's building in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

🇸🇩🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- Sudanese media deny that Khartoum instructed TPLF-70 to deploy to the Sudan-Ethiopia border, but have not denied the reports of the 70th Division amassing near the disputed region of al-Fashaga, opposite the Tigray region.

🇲🇱🇨🇳⚡- Four Chinese were kidnapped after JNIM attacked a factory in Dougabougou, Mali, on August 1st.

Footage shows the aftermath of the attack.

🇺🇸⚡- "FBI’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office earlier this year, in preparation for the potential release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, tasked close to a thousand agents to go though over 100,000 documents, files, and trannoscripts, in order to redact the names of many high-profile figures and officials, including President Donald Trump.

The FOIA reviewers at the FBI applied for two exemptions to justify their redactions of President Trump:

1) Exemption 6 - protects individuals against "a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."
2) Exemption 7(C) - protects personal information contained in law enforcement records, the disclosure of which "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

A White House spokesperson would not respond to questions about the redactions of Trump’s name, instead referring questions to the FBI. The FBI declined to comment as did the Justice Department," - Bloomberg.

🇷🇺⚡️- Russian government to introduce new state-approved messaging service called "MAX," which will come pre-downloaded on all smartphones; this among fears Russia could be preparing to block WhatsApp and Telegram.

🇷🇺🇮🇳⚡️- The Telegraph reports that India will continue to buy Russian oil despite Donald Trump's tariff threats.

🇸🇦🇱🇧⚡️- "Saudi Arabia is strongly pressuring the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah and bring the weapons issue to Tuesday's government session." - Al-Manar, Hezbollah-funded Lebanese outlet.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tesla’s board just approved a $30 billion pay deal for Elon Musk, giving him 96 million shares.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "The decision has been made, we are going to occupy the Gaza Strip immediately," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "It's over. We are going for a full conquest of the Gaza Strip," - Israeli Channel 14.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu held a limited security cabinet meeting over the hostage-ceasefire deal. The cabinet have decided to begin annexing the Gaza Strip until Hamas releases the remaining Israeli hostages.

Netanyahu has told Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, who opposes the annexation plan, "if the Chief of Staff refuses to put on the uniform, he should go home."

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Trump Administration will deny disaster relief funds to cities and states that boycott Israeli companies. This is the most aggressive targeting of the BDS movement by the US so far. Most states already have anti-BDS laws.

🇱🇧⚡- Saudi outlet al-Hadath says Hezbollah are planning protests ahead of tomorrow's Lebanese cabinet meeting on the disarming of Hezbollah entirely.

🇰🇷🇮🇳⚡- India may purchase South Korea's domestically developed KF-21 fighter jets.