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Al-Yatmah was already controlled by PLC.

— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Contrary to some claims, Al-Yatmah has in fact been captured by Ansarallah (the Houthis)

It belonged to tribal and PLC forces for a while, but Ansarallah recaptured it.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s air defenses shot down an American MQ-1C ‘Gray Eagle’ in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas

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NOTE: Only one drone was shot down, reports saying a second drone was downed are mistaken, there was a confusion about the location.

Iran’s Army confirmed it was shot down as the drone entered the coastal airspace of Bandar Abbas.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: One of the two American F-15 pilots shot down and rescued from Iran has been interviewed by CBS News for the first time

The interview will be aired on Sunday, on the program ‘60 minutes’.

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— An important IRGC Navy statement / video will be released in a few minutes, according to state TV

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Ali Al-Nasi, a reliable Yemeni war journalist:

‘The Yatmah market in Al-Jawf was captured in the morning by Al-Alimi’s (PLC) forces.

Before Asr (afternoon), the Sanaa forces [Ansarallah] had already taken it back.’

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Netanyahu: ‘We are very close to cutting off the head of the Iranian terrorist octopus’

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Saudi Foreign Ministry after last night’s Yemeni attacks:

‘The door to diplomacy with the Houthis remains open. The Kingdom will always support peace and diplomatic solutions.’

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇬🇧 NEW: Israel announces it is closing the British consulate in Jerusalem, banning 12 British individuals from entering Israel, and suspending British involvement in the U.S.-led Gaza peace mission

All of this comes in response to the UK declaring a ban on importing goods from illegal Israeli settlements.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Earlier today, 12 countries issued a joint statement declaring a national ban on trading with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine

🇫🇷 France
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇨🇦 Canada
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇸 Spain
🇫🇮 Finland
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇵🇱 Poland
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇸🇪 Sweden

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The IRGC Navy announces it monitored, ambushed, and captured the most advanced and classified American UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vessel) in the Strait of Hormuz

The unmanned submarine contains the most advanced and new technology, and was only delivered to the U.S. Navy a year ago, in 2025.

It has been captured in a complete state, and will be showcased on state TV in the coming hours.

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— The Dive LD, developed by Anduril and delivered to the U.S. Navy for operational testing in 2025, is a cutting edge Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with 10-day endurance and 6000m depth.

It is used for mapping the seabed, deploying loitering munitions, inspecting underwater infrastructure, relaying and intercepting communications, and detecting sea and underwater mines.

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— Today is the birthday of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei

I would like to thank President Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao for presenting the Supreme Leader with this gift.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: As part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of Treasury has sanctioned every civilian Iranian airline

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