🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Trump insists Iran nuclear war talks are ongoing despite Tehran's denials, as a cargo vessel is struck near the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports.

➡️ Trump told reporters Monday that negotiations with Iran are "going on right now" at Iran's request, calling it a "last chance" for Tehran to "sign a good document" — Iran's government says no talks with the US are taking place.

➡️ A dry bulk cargo ship was struck by an unidentified projectile near the Strait of Hormuz off Oman's coast; crew abandoned the vessel and one seafarer is missing.

➡️ Traffic through Hormuz remains severely reduced — six vessels transited Monday compared to over 100 per day in peacetime.

➡️ Pakistan, acting as mediator, says back-channel efforts to bring both sides to the table are continuing.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Missile strike in Odesa.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The US has exhausted nearly all of its long-range precision missile stockpiles during five months of war with Iran, raising concerns over military readiness for future conflicts, Reuters reports.

➡️ The US has used "virtually all" of its Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), according to three sources familiar with the data — the extent of the drawdown has not been previously disclosed.

➡️ Roughly 65% of Patriot interceptors and at least 38% of THAAD ballistic missile interceptors have been expended since February, per a CSIS report corroborated by two sources with access to internal US data.

➡️ The US has also used just under half of its global Tomahawk cruise missile supply; Raytheon has reached a tentative multi-year deal with the Pentagon to boost production.

➡️ Internal administration debates over the past week have centered on how much longer the US can continue striking Iran without depleting stockpiles to levels that would compromise response capability elsewhere — including against China and Russia.

➡️ Trump disputed the concern, saying the US has "far more munitions than anyone in the world"; the Pentagon said the military "has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President's choosing."

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — The FSB has released footage of the arrest of a resident of Crimea who, at the behest of the SBU, was printing drones at his home using a 3D printer.

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🇸🇾🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — Damascus has agreed to drastically reduce Russian oil imports as part of talks with Washington on lifting the last major sanctions designation on Syria.

➡️ The commitment was made during discussions on removing Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) designation — in place since 1979 — with US officials telling Damascus the move would speed up the process.

➡️ Russian oil shipments to Syria jumped 75% to ~60,000 bpd this year, making Moscow the dominant supplier; Syrian officials say the reliance is out of necessity, not preference.

➡️ A Syrian energy official confirmed Damascus is already seeking alternative suppliers and expects a "radical change" in its energy supply network.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that it struck four dry cargo ships and two unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the port of Chornomorsk — a container terminal with military cargo, as well as a warehouse with FP-2 drones.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Operators of Mangas heavy hexacopter drones from Russia's Vostok Group of Forces are striking enemy positions with high-explosive fragmentation munitions.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A Ukrainian drone raid on Moscow is ongoing. Nine drones have already been shot down.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — A migrant with any criminal record will not be able to obtain Russian citizenship or residency rights in Russia

— a law signed by Putin.

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🇾🇪🇮🇶⚡️ — An Indian cargo vessel, Faize Noore Oliya, sank in the Red Sea after being struck by an unmanned surface vessel (USV) approximately 13 nautical miles south of Hodeidah, off Yemen's western coast.

All 14 crew members, 13 Indian nationals and one Yemeni, were safely rescued by the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard of the internationally recognized government.

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🇮🇶🇮🇶❌🇸🇾 — NEW: There are reports from major Syrian sources that the Syrian Armed Forces have entered a state of high alert after receiving threats from PMU forces in Iraq to attack Syria.

➡️ The Syrian army has declared a state of full military alert along the Iraqi border, Al Arabiya reports.

➡️ Syria's Defense Ministry has placed forces on "Alert C" status and deployed military units along the Syrian-Iraqi border, according to Syrian media.

➡️ Earlier in August, Syria warned Iraq that Iranian-backed militia movements had been detected near the border, cautioning that any attack launched from Iraqi territory would be met with a response.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russia may be preparing an offensive through Ukraine's Chernihiv region, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service says.

Border Guard spokesman A. Demchenko cited Ukrainian intelligence assessments pointing to a potential incursion through the Chernihiv region.

One likely objective, per Demchenko, is drawing Ukrainian forces and resources away from other sections of the front.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The US and regional governments have rejected Iran's demand to collect transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz, instead demanding guarantees that Iranian proxies will not attack or threaten their territory, WSJ reports.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A Turkish-flagged cargo ship carrying fruits and vegetables to Russia was attacked by Ukraine near Novorossiysk.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️— The Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have struck four cargo ships and two unmanned boats belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the port of Chernomorsk, there is a container terminal with cargo of military significance, as well as a warehouse containing FP-2 drones.

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🇩🇰🇱🇻⚡️ — Denmark has begun transferring a battalion of approximately 850 personnel to Latvia, where they will join a multinational NATO brigade under Canadian command.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — A migrant with any criminal record will not be able to obtain Russian citizenship or the right to reside in Russia—a law signed by Putin.

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