— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Major General Farouq Al-Kholani, commander of Saudi-backed forces on the Hodeidah axis, was killed by Ansarallah today

Only a few days ago, he threatened the Houthis that it was ‘a matter of time’ before they got eliminated.

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— 🇾🇪 NEW: The Yemeni Armed Forces announce the successful completion of the military operation dubbed ‘God is Strongest in Might and Severe in Punishment’, which liberated 5,400 square kilometers of territory on the Red Sea coast

It is announced that international maritime navigation remains safe and permitted, with the exception of vessels affiliated to Saudi Arabia.

During the offensive, a total of 9 Saudi drones were downed, and hundreds of Saudi-backed soldiers were taken captive.

The Yemeni Armed Forces reiterate the siege against Saudi Arabia will continue and the policy of ‘escalation for escalation’ shall remain.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: On this day, 25 years ago, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 What was Iran's reaction to the September 11 attacks?

The morning following 9/11, thousands of Iranians gathered in the streets of the capital Tehran to hold a candlelight vigil for the victims. According to eyewitnesses, the vigil lasted for several miles.

At Tehran's largest soccer stadium, a crowd of 60,000 people observed a minute of silence and recited prayers for those killed, before the start of Iran's World Cup qualification match.

On the same day, the Iranian President at the time, Mohammad Khatami, said the following: 'On behalf of the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic of Iran, I denounce this terrorist act, which led to the killing of defenseless people, and I express my deepest sorrow and sympathy with the American people.'

The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also commented on the attack: 'Islam condemns the massacre of defenseless people, whether Muslim or Christian or others, anywhere and by any means. However, this act should not be used as a pretext to carry out any attack on Afghanistan, which will lead to another human tragedy.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NOTE: After the collapse of the World Trade Center, in which nearly 3,000 Americans died, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the 9/11 attacks ‘very good’ and said it would strengthen the bond between Israel and the United States

Reported in a New York Times article, archived and accessible here.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇳 NEW: Iran’s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, decided to hold hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS summit

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Hamas was aiming yo attack the reim and nahal oz military bases on oct 7. Israeli police report concludes this. Nova festival was moved last minute to border location despite advance intel of the attack. Low level hamas attackers were baited. Why did they cancel rputine patrols of that section of gaza border wall on oct 7? Why did an IDF intel officer visit thw day b4? Wht was a unit 8200 idf intel officer threatened with court martial for warning of oct 7 weeks b4 the attack took place? Why did a nova security chief say he was warned of the attack a week in advance by a contact at the nearbg Re'im military base?