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An image published by the Saudi Ministry of Defense during Saudi Chief of the General Staff General Fayyadh Al-Ruwaili’s visit to King Khalid Air Base in southwestern Saudi Arabia reveals the presence of Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) personnel.
The image shows a Bahraini pilot holding the rank of major, wearing the insignia of the RBAF’s 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron, known as the Desert Falcons, on his right shoulder.
The squadron operates F-16C/D fighters and is based at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. It is tasked with defending Bahraini airspace and has not previously been publicly known to have participated in overseas operations.
A member of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) can also be seen in the background, identifiable by his uniform.
معالي رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة الفريق الأول الركن فياض الرويلي يزور الوحدات العسكرية بالمنطقة الجنوبية والوحدات المرابطة في الحد الجنوبي، والقيادات العسكرية في خميس مشيط وجازان، ويستمع إلى إيجاز عن المهام العملياتية، ويطّلع على سير العمل في الوحدات المرابطة.
#وزارة_الدفاع
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NEVER FORGET: One year has passed since the El Fasher massacre in Sudan's Darfur region, one of the deadliest episodes of ethnically targeted violence in recent decades, which UN investigators said had "hallmarks of genocide."
Between October 26 and November 4, 2025, the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out unprecedented killings after capturing El Fasher, the Sudanese military's last major stronghold in Darfur. The violence primarily targeted non-Arab communities, including the Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti, alongside captured soldiers and other civilians.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed, although the full death toll remains uncertain. Civilians were executed, burned, and tortured in streets, hospitals, and while attempting to escape.
RSF commanders and fighters proudly filmed themselves committing horrific atrocities. One example is the genocidal RSF commander "Abu Lulu," who appeared in several videos where he was seen executing civilians en masse while celebrating it. Following the controversy, the disgraced UAE-backed RSF militia staged a video showing Abu Lulu being arrested and put in prison before he was seen on the battlefield again and continues to be active to this day.
Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab estimated that the approximately 250,000 civilians remaining in the city had been killed, displaced, died from other causes or remained in hiding. A UN fact-finding mission subsequently concluded that the atrocities bore the "hallmarks of genocide."
Despite the scale of the atrocities, the massacre received comparatively limited attention in Western media.
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The city hall in Limoges, France, which was set on fire amid the unrest, is now reportedly collapsing.
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A large burning barricade has been erected roughly 1 km from the Élysée Palace as unrest continues in central Paris.
The fire is adding to heavy smoke and disorder in the area while police maintain security lines around the presidential district.
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I contacted a USAFE spokesperson regarding the relocation of 12 B-1B bombers from RAF Fairford today, also asking if it was linked to the terrorist attack thwarted last week, here is the official statement I received:
"Due to operations security, additional information will not be released at this time. U.S. Forces remain ready and globally deployable to address mission requirements across the European theater and beyond."
This latter part implies that there is likely no connection to the situation in Whelford, instead, it is far more probable that they were moved back to the United States because they certainly won't be needed for at least the next month, and when the need arises, they can be rapidly redeployed, just as happened today.
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In my opinion, the target of the Ansarallah ballistic missile attack on Riyadh was likely King Salman Airbase, just south of Riyadh.
If the target was Prince Sultan Airbase, there likely wouldn't have been any early warning alerts for Riyadh, as it is located 80 km from the city. Early warning alerts typically weren't triggered for Riyadh when Prince Sultan Airbase was attacked by Iran earlier this year.
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Yemen Civil War - Situation on the Marib Front:
Over the last 4 hours, Ansarallah has begun limited offensive operations in the area of Marib, attempting to capture positions around the city to lay the groundworks for a full-scale storming operation.
Ansarallah has been primarily focused on advancing north of Marib, where they were able to take control over Labinah & an Nuddar Mountains, as well as the Labinah Camp, before advancing further south and capturing a number of trenches and fortifications in the desert. With the main PLC defences north of the city breached, some fighters have managed to penetrate towards the northern outskirts, where they engaged in clashes and mutual shelling with PLC forces for around an hour. In the last 30 minutes, the situation has calmed slightly, and it remains unclear if they were able to consolidate control over the fortifications directly north of Marib.
Meanwhile, Ansarallah continued some limited attacks west of Marib, pushing east down both highways towards the western outskirts of the city. Despite the withdrawal of part of the PLC force from Marib to the eastern Hadramaut Governorate, Ansarallah has not yet been able to enter Marib from the west, although the fighting here remains limited and they have not fully committed their forces to advancing yet.
+ ~1,209 km² in favour of Ansarallah.
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Around 20 IRGC Navy speedboats can be seen on Landsat satellite imagery, 23/08/2026.
They are currently patrolling the Iranian route of the Strait of Hormuz in close formation.
Coordinates: 26.64039 56.65621
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Palestinian children playing with kites is a apparently a ceasefire violation, but the IDF wiping out Hamas' entire chain of command, carrying out daily assassination strikes, and almost constant artillery shelling and drone attacks isn't.
Logic.
Several kites have crossed from Gaza into Israeli territory over the past week, including five on Saturday, prompting residents of Western Negev communities to call on the IDF to respond.
Israeli military sources claim the kites are being sent over by "12- and 13-year-old teenagers, who themselves are being operated by other parties, likely Hamas operatives."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the military to respond "immediately and forcefully" to any further launches, describing each incident as an "act of war."
"A balloon is treated like a kite, and a kite is treated like a drone, with or without explosives," Katz said, adding that anyone organizing, carrying out, or facilitating the launches "will be dealt with immediately and with full severity."
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A Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 surveillance drone is unusually operating directly inside Syrian airspace, following recent tensions with Israel.
The fact that it is flying over Syria rather than along the border represents a significant shift in posture.
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A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (USS George H.W. Bush or USS Abraham Lincoln) can be seen on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, 19/08/2026.
It is sailing in the Sea of Oman, escorted by at least one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
Coordinates: 22.74883, 60.47948
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The Greek-owned bulk carrier "Minoan Pioneer" can be seen leaking oil in the Strait of Hormuz on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, 05/08/2026.
It was trying to transit the strait under US-escort through the Omani side, before being struck by Iran.
Coordinates: 26.45935, 56.53788
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🇾🇪 - Overnight, tribes aligned with the Presidential Leadership Council, PLC, captured al-Yatmah in northern Yemen's al-Jawf Governorate, forcing pro-Ansarullah tribal forces to withdraw toward Wadi Aatif.
The advance marks the first time PLC-aligned forces have seized a section of the al-Hazm - al-Buq' road (Highway 556) since the start of the current civil war, severing Ansarullah's key supply route serving positions around the strategically important Jibal al-Madmun highlands.
The loss of al-Yatmah is also the most significant territorial change involving Ansarullah in five years.
🇾🇪 - Visual confirmation of the presence of the pro-PLC Dhaw Hussein tribal coalition in the al-Yatmah market, al-Jawf region, northern Yemen.
Heavy gunfire can be heard in the background, as reports indicate the pro-PLC tribes are attempting to storm the nearby pro-Ansarullah tribal controlled Wadi Aatif heights (17.0003649, 44.8588092).
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The target of these missile strikes was an S-300 surface-to-air missile plant in Kyiv.
Secondary detonations were heard for over an hour after the strikes. Nearby residents were ordered to remain indoors.
NASA FIRMS data shows that large fires continue to burn at the plant.
Coordinates: 50.385591, 30.356629
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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇸🇦 - CENTCOM published an image of a B-52 Bomber refueling in the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, dated to March 26.
Rerum Novarum has geolocated the image to 27.0477883, 46.9865168, northwest of Ar Rafah, east of the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, eastern Saudi Arabia. The aircraft is moving in a northwest direction (as shown on Rerum Novarum's map), which indicates it's therefore returning from an attack on Iran, and heading back to base (likely in the UK).
Saudi Arabia has consistently asserted it has not given the US permission to use its airspace to launch attacks on Iran. CENTCOM's image states otherwise.
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I hate to cite Wikipedia, but it sums it up well. I’ve never seen such a campaign from pro-Israel, anti-Islam, anti-Islamism accounts accusing Muslims of committing genocide in Sudan, while the RSF, a UAE-backed, anti-Islamism and anti-Islam group, is indiscriminately killing everyone. The claims about Islamists or the Muslim Brotherhood targeting Christians are false: most victims are Muslims. Sudan’s Christian population is only around 4%, mostly in Khartoum and Omdurman, far from El Fasher where the massacres are occurring.
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⚡️🇺🇸 CIA-linked Beechcraft 350 Surveillance Plane (reg N60125) active over Gaza for the first time.
It was deployed a few days ago in the British RAF Akrotiri Air Base, Cyprus.
