🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Two people are confirmed dead.

🇮🇷🇮🇶🇮🇱⚡️- Esmail Qaani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, visited Baghdad 72 hours before the Iraqi elections and met with prominent Shiite-led militias and factions to coordinate and unify their stance in case of continued Israeli aggression in southern Lebanon.

IDF officials are reportedly preparing for a potential attack by Iraqi militias—not only with drones and missiles, but also a possible ground incursion through Syria toward the Jordan-Israel border.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli drone targets Meiss El Jabal, Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇭🇺🇷🇺⚡- During Prime Minister Orbán's visit to the White House, Trump has given Hungary a 1 year full exemption from Russian energy sanctions.

🇺🇸🇾🇪🇮🇱⚡️- Yemen’s Ansarallah announced that they have discovered a major spy network being used to funnel sensitive information to Israel and the United States. They uncovered the plot in what they called a major security achievement.

🇯🇴🇮🇱⚡️- Reports of a suspected security incident along the Israel–Jordan border. The IDF has instructed a state of high alert, and security squads have been deployed in some communities.

🇯🇴🇮🇱⚡️- It is being described as a “criminal incident” and nothing out of the ordinary.

‼️ Syrian Ministry of Interior:

There has been an opening in security relations between Syria and Russia recently, with the possibility of signing security agreements and exchanging expertise and information between the two sides, which serves the interests of both countries.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli drone strike targets Khan Yunis, Gaza, one person confirmed dead.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli drone strikes truck in southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived on a historical trip to Washington.

🇹🇷🇸🇾🇺🇸⚡- Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to arrive in Washington tomorrow, joining Syria's President al-Sharaa.

🇮🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰⚡- Iranian Majlis Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran has expressed their desire to join the mutual defense agreement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

🇺🇸⚡- President Trump fell asleep at an event in the White House on Thursday, CNN reports.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump announced earlier this morning that the United States will be paying "a dividend of at least $2000" to all Americans from the tariff revenue.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Regional officials warn that another Israel-Iran war is brewing and only a matter of time, with Iran having built a new enrichment site named "Pickaxe Mountain." - NYT.

🇮🇱⚡- Israel's Ministry of Defense has barred all senior generals from briefing the media. All military staff must first request permission from Defense Minister Katz personally, and must state who's speaking, to which outlets, and the topics of discussion.

🇸🇾⚡️- Mass anti-Shiite protests in Syria aimed at pressuring the HTS-led authorities to expel the Shiite population.

🇺🇸⚡️- Deal between GOP and Democrats is near completion to end the Government shutdown, the deal will include a December vote on Obamacare subsidies.

🇺🇸⚡️- The funding end date for this CR would be January 30th, when another shutdown fight will likely begin.

🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: Gunfire heard in the Shiite-dominated Sayida Zainab district of Damascus, Syria, amid anti-Shiite protests taking place in the area.