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Defense & Security Analyst, Author and Historian. I wrote for BBC, Israel Hayom & RFE/RL in the past. Now for @PtisiMagazine, @Combat_Journal & @AFMonthly
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BREAKING: CCTV footage shows the moment of the U. S. military strike at a wedding ceremony in Kouhestak, Sirik County, southern Iran, tonight. In the footage, the two incoming missiles can be heard making a very distinctive and unusual sound immediately before impact.
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BREAKING: The precision strikes on multiple civilian houses in Kuhestak, southern Iran, kill the ng five civilians in a wedding ceremony, were carried out using AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER cruise missiles launched by F/A-18E/F Super Hornets of the U.S. Navy. These strikes were precise, and the evidence indicates that the houses were deliberately targeted. This was not the result of a missile simply going off course: the target coordinates would have been programmed into the missiles as part of the strike mission conducted by aircraft operating from USS George H.W. Bush. Interestingly, I have also noticed a cluster of bots associated with a notorious contractor working for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office—someone who was once my friend—spreading disinformation claiming that the destruction was caused by a misfired Iranian missile. First, they do not appear to be familiar with the geography and seemingly do not even know where Kuhestak is located. Second, wreckage identified as belonging to the cruise missiles used in the U.S. Navy strike has reportedly been recovered and filmed. They should stop spreading this disinformation. It does nothing except make Netanyahu’s office look bad. Stop it.
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BREAKING: The IRGC Aerospace Force has just launched three Khorramshahr-3 or 4 ballistic missiles from its Al-Qadir ballistic missile base in Yazd, central Iran, toward a U.S. military base somewhere in Jordan. These ballistic missiles are equipped with cluster munitions and can present a particularly difficult interception challenge for the U.S. Army’s Patriot PAC-3 air-defense systems. Their cluster-munition payloads can disperse submunitions across a wide area, potentially damaging multiple aircraft parked in the open on the aprons and ramps of an air base. However, I doubt that many valuable aircraft remain at the targeted base, as the U.S. military has most likely evacuated or dispersed them in anticipation of further Iranian ballistic-missile attacks.
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BREAKING: The IRGC Aerospace Force has now retaliated against the U.S. military strikes in southern Iran, launching tens of ballistic missiles at U.S. military bases in Jordan. This footage shows one of those ballistic missiles being launched moments ago. The IRGC Aerospace Force is not only trying to drain the U.S. Army’s inventory of valuable MIM-104F Patriot PAC-3 interceptors, but is also attempting to target U.S. military aircraft at Mafraq Air Base, Prince Hassan Air Base, and other airbases in Jordan. Timeline of events tonight: 22:28 — Qeshm: Four powerful explosions were reported in quick succession around the city. Reports from the Toula Industrial Township area of Qeshm, near an IRGC facility, described four explosions and said the whistling sound of missiles could be heard immediately before the blasts. 22:28 — Bandar Abbas: Residents reported three explosions coming from the direction of the coast. One witness, whose home is next to Bandar Abbas Airport, reported hearing the explosions. 22:29 — Bandar Abbas: Two major explosions were reported. Other residents reported two explosion sounds and said additional blasts could still be heard. 22:30 — Bandar Abbas: A third and fourth explosion were reported. Another report described two more explosions, bringing the reported number to four. Around the same time — Qeshm: A resident reported that Qeshm had been hit heavily. Khomein: Two missile launches were initially reported, followed by a third. Other witnesses also reported three missiles being launched from Khomein. Aligudarz: Three missile-launch sounds were reported, possibly originating from the direction of Khomein. Khomein: Further missile launches were subsequently reported, with witnesses saying more than three missiles had been fired.
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BREAKING: In the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, an somee used his car to ram a group of Basij paramilitary forces of the IRGC and their families, who had gathered. As a result of the attack, a number of Basij personnel were killed. There is currently no information about the fate of the driver. It is unclear whether he managed to flee the scene, was arrested, or was killed.
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It has now been established that what happened in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla was a successful example of hybrid warfare orchestrated by the Moroccan government against Spain. Nearly 50,000 Moroccan nationals were transported from towns and villages across Morocco using trucks and other heavy vehicles organized by the government before being funneled into the two Spanish enclaves. The objective was to exert political pressure on the Spanish government in an effort to force concessions over Morocco's long-standing claim to Ceuta and Melilla.
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BREAKING: The U. S. Military kills Iranian civilians in an attempt to show Force to the IRGC. In order to put pressure on the Islamic regime of Iran, tonight the U.S. military carried out an airstrike against a village in southern Iran that resulted in significant civilian casualties. In Kouhestak, Sirik County, a U.S. MQ-9A Reaper armed drone flown from Al-Dhafra Air Base launched two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles at a wedding ceremony. More than 50 people were injured and at least five people, including a young child, were killed. Rescue and emergency operations are still underway. The strike raises serious questions about the targeting decision and whether civilians were knowingly put at risk as part of an effort to increase pressure on the Islamic regime of Iran.
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BREAKING: The number of Islamic regime officials and supporters, including Shia clerics, defecting to Canada has increased. This footage recorded at Toronto International Airport shows the arrival of a Shia cleric and his family at the airport. Canada has long been a safe haven for officials of the Islamic regime of Iran. After the fall of the Islamic regime in Iran, many Iranians will return to their homeland, while more regime officials and supporters will come to Canada. #OperationLionsRoar #OperationEpicFury
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BREAKING: Following the pattern of their Kurdish Marxist comrades in the PDKI and Komala in Iraqi Kurdistan, the National Liberation Army of Colombia, an internationally recognized Narco terrorist organization, has just announced that it has launched a new terror campaign against the Colombian government for the purpose of creating independent Communist/Marxist states. Colombians will treat these terrorists the same way FARC was treated. The ELN terrorists have started capturing and murdering female police officers in Colombia. Right image shows their recent victims.
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BREAKING: Unfortunately, the Ukrainian Air Force has lost another of its valuable MiG-29 fighter interceptors, this time over Odesa. The MiG-29 was preparing to engage an incoming Russian one-way attack drone with an air-to-air missile but the missile malfunctioned during launch. Its rocket motor ignited, but the missile failed to separate properly from its launcher and remained attached beneath the aircraft’s wing. The burning rocket motor subsequently caused serious damage to the MiG-29, leaving the pilot with no option but to eject. Fortunately, the pilot survived, but the valuable MiG-29 was lost and subsequently destroyed.
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BREAKING: First video shows heavy clashes between USAF CSAR teams and IRGC Basij militants attempting to capture the second F-15E crew member who had been given shelter by villagers in Kuh-e-Siah, Koohdasht county, Iran. The A-10C+ pilot protecting the HH-60W CSAR helicopters launched guided rockets at the Basij militants, killing them before they could capture the crew member. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
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BREAKING: A video recorded by a civilian truck driver in Sirik, southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, appears to show the aftermath of one of the recent U.S. military strikes in southern Iran. According to the video's narration, the strike hit several old barrels of tar in a remote area. The truck driver expresses surprise that what appear to be long-abandoned tar barrels were struck by what he describes as a costly precision-guided munition dropped by a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft. This is one of many examples of low-value targets being attacked in southern Iran, claiming it reflects a lack of significant military objectives remaining. It further characterizes the strikes as a sign of desperation by the Trump administration as it seeks to bring the conflict to an end. #OperationEpicFury
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BREAKING: Happening right now in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the IRGC Aerospace Force is targeting its international airport, disrupting flight operations in the city and causing fear among people. You can see UAE air defense launching what appears to be an MIM-104 surface-to-air missile at one of the incoming Iranian one-way attack drones. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
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BREAKING: One of the surface-to-air missiles belonging to a THAAD battery of the U.S. Army protecting Israel has been found crashed in Suwayda, Syria. Its seeker section has survived the crash and could potentially be shared with Russia and China for reverse engineering. The system appears to be equipped with an infrared sensor used to detect ballistic missiles and trigger the proximity fuse. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
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BREAKING: Footage released by the IDF shows how a Hermes-900 armed drone of the Israeli Air Force chased a group of IRGC Aerospace Force officers who were attempting to launch several Shahed-136 one-way attack drones at Israel from Kermanshah, western Iran. You can see the Israeli drone using Mikholit air-to-surface bombs to target the drone operators, killing them one by one. #OperationLionsRoar #OperationEpicFury
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This occurred during Exercise #BrightStar25 in #Egypt on August 30, 2025, and was released only recently. An #USAF F-16C pilot from the 55th Fighter Squadron outmaneuvered an #Egyptian Rafale DM in a dogfight. While the Rafale is generally superior in close air combat, a moderately experienced Rafale pilot stood little chance against one of the world’s best F-16 pilots — a veteran with thousands of flight hours and combat sorties including missions against #Iranian drones on June 13–14, 2025.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremists are trying to turn #Israel into another #Iran under control of a religious extremist regime which violates women's rights. Gender Segration in public transport was its start. Now, these extremists are attacking women who don't cover their hair in public!
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BREAKING: To humiliate Israel, the IRGC Aerospace Force launched a pair of intermediate-range ballistic missiles from its Al-Ghadir ballistic missile base in Yazd at Tel Aviv just minutes after the Israelis bombed it. This shows that the IDF is incapable of pausing operations at this missile base—and many other IRGC missile bases—due to their hardened structure. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
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BREAKING: The failed assassination attempt against Donald Trump may have been carried out on the orders of IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi, the same individual who sabotaged Iran–U.S. negotiations and is now attempting to have Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrested and imprisoned (as he previously did to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad).
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BREAKING: Extremely sad scene show the world’s last KC-747 tanker (Boeing 747-131F), 5-8107, on fire following an Israeli airstrike at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. The IDF falsely claimed that the aircraft was associated with the Quds Force, which is absolutely untrue. It was a tanker aircraft used to refuel F-4E Phantom IIs and was a veteran of Operation H-3, having refueled IRIAF F-4Es that struck the H-3 air bases in Iraq on April 4, 1981. 1981 was also the last year this aircraft flew to Syria, when it refueled IRIAF F-4Es at an altitude of just 100 feet over the Iraqi-Syrian border. It was never used by the Quds Force and never carried any weapons or ammunition for them. The aircraft was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when the Israeli Air Force targeted Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. It was not alone. The strikes also destroyed two passenger Boeing 747s (one of them already decommissioned) and two civilian cargo Boeing 747s, in addition to three Iranian Air Force Boeing 747s, one KC-707 tanker and two RC-707 reconnaissance aircraft that were bombed at Mehrabad Airport on March 7, 2026. My image of 5-8107 from 2011. #OperationLionsRoar #OperationEpicFury
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