—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: The Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announces the downing of an AH-64 ‘Apache’ attack helicopter belonging to the Royal Saudi Air Force above Najran Province with a surface-to-air missile

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— 🇫🇷 NEW: The bell tower of Limoges town hall has collapsed after the building was set on fire during the unrest.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Latest update on the situation in Taizz city:

– Ansarallah have advanced to the northwest of the city, capturing Jabal Al-Madraj and Madreei, with clashes ongoing around the 35th Armored Brigade HQ and the ‘Old Airport’ (Al-Matar Al-Qadeem) area of the city.

– Ansarallah may have captured some key positions on Han Mountain west of the city, but the status of the mountain is currently unclear.

– Clashes are ongoing east of Al-Hanjar checkpoint, with the situation very fluid—Ansarallah forces managed to advance earlier in the day but were pushed back later.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian Shahed-136 drones are striking positions in Iraqi Kurdistan

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: The Saudi Air Force is carrying out strikes in the Matar Al-Qadeem neighbourhood in western Taizz, after Ansarallah managed to advance

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NOTE: The helicopter that was downed is an AH-6i, the export variant of the U.S. MH-6 ‘Little Bird’

It seems Ansarallah mistakingly identified the downed helicopter as an AH-64 ‘Apache’, which is much larger and more valuable.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: General Mehrdad Akhlaqi has been appointed as Iran’s new Minister of Defense

His background is mainly in ballistic missile development and logistics.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 WATCH: Ansarallah have released footage of shooting down a Saudi AH-6i helicopter in Najran with a surface-to-air missile

Saudi Arabia falsely claimed the helicopter crashed due to a ‘technical malfunction’, killing both pilots.

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— 🇮🇷/🇦🇪 NEW: Iran struck a tug boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates

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—❗️🇪🇬/🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Egypt’s National Defense Council has approved providing ‘all necessary support’ to help Saudi Arabia fight against Ansarallah in Yemen

This morning, at least 2 Egyptian C-130H military transport aircraft already landed at King Fahd Air Base in Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Soon, the Egyptian Parliament will approve the sending of troops, fighter jets, air defenses, and other types of military aid to Saudi Arabia.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump officially endorses Netanyahu for the upcoming Israeli elections

He says he wants to ‘finish the job’ with Iran, and needs Netanyahu in order to accomplish that.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Latest update on the situation in Taizz city:

– Ansarallah have advanced further in western Taizz city, capturing Al-Jabalayn, Al-Jabali, and the PLC’s 35th Armored Brigade camp.

– Ansarallah have also circumvented the strategically important Jabal Han (Han Mountain) by capturing Al-Murab’ah area and the Al-Ariel hill located to its northeast, encircling the few dozen PLC fighters that still remain at their positions on Jabal Han. As of now, the mountain is no longer assessed to be under effective PLC control.

– Heavy clashes are ongoing in Al-Matar Al-Qadeem (Old Airport) neighbourhood and along the entire line of contact east of Han Mountain (Mlihaa’, Wadi Al-‘Areen, etc.)

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. Embassies around the Middle East have all issued security alerts, warning of escalation in Yemen and Iran

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— 🇮🇷/🇪🇬/🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, held a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty

Iran advised Egypt not to send troops to Yemen or assisst Saudi Arabia with airstrikes against Ansarallah, warning that it could lead to unwanted consequences.

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 NEW: Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has arrived in Tehran to meet with Iranian officials

There are rumors (not news, simply rumors) that he is carrying a proposal to remove Iran’s 60% HEU from the country and send it to Russia. America would remove sanctions in exchange.

Iran has previously expressed its opposition to such a proposal and insisted that the enriched uranium must be diluted inside Iran as part of any future nuclear deal.

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